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Public education funding announcement draws fire from teachers’ union
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Manitoba public school teachers are expressing outrage at the provincial government’s recent announcement regarding upcoming public school funding.
Manitoba minister of education and training Ian Wishart announced in a press conference Feb. 8 that the...
Motion to hold referendum on Manitoban’s funding presented, withdrawn prior to...
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A motion to hold a referendum on defunding the Manitoban briefly appeared in the package sent to UMSU councillors in preparation for council’s Feb. 1 meeting, before being withdrawn little more than a day...
Anti-abortion group asked to leave Fort Garry campus
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Members of the Manitoban chapter of the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR) - an anti-abortion advocacy group - were asked to leave the Fort Garry campus by U of M security services Jan....
Winnipeg remembers victims of Quebec City Mosque shooting
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Members of the Muslim community and the general public gathered Jan. 29 at the Manitoba legislature to commemorate the Quebec City Mosque shootings which took place one year prior.
The mass shooting left six people...
Students vote to continue membership in Canadian Federation of Students
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University of Manitoba students have indicated they wish to continue membership with the Canadian Federation of Students.
Students voted in a non-binding plebiscite last week asking if they “believe UMSU should remain a member of...
Grad student paper to disband
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The University of Manitoba Board of Governors held a meeting Jan. 30 where, among other motions, the University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) carried a motion to disband the Gradzette and alter the...
Suspension of Churchill field study course draws criticism
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The cancellation of a U of M Churchill-based field study course is drawing criticism from former students of the program.
A Facebook post published by the course’s instructor, Ryan Brook - associate professor at the...







