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NDP tax move not cut and dry

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Caleigh MacDonald
Senior citizens in Manitoba will soon be paying a reduced amount of yearly provincial tax as Greg Selinger’s NDP government makes good on a 2011 election commitment. Finance Minister Stan Struthers announced the plan nearly...
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Benjamin Klass, Open Media, and the CRTC

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Grace Kennedy
Taking the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) up on an open offer to all citizen groups, Open Media, a British Columbia-based advocacy group for fair media practices, will hold five conferences across Canada...
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National news briefs

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Quinn Richert
Military issues memo on whistleblowers Lt.-Gen. Marquis Haines of the Canadian army distributed a memo to service members recently announcing his commitment to disciplining service members caught leaking confidential military information to the press. “As in...
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Canadian food just barely safe enough for America

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Caleigh MacDonald
A report recently released by American health inspectors said that Canadian food is safe enough to be exported – but barely. The report, written in 2012 and only made public last month, expressed concerns over both...
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U of M Bangladeshi students and grads protest violence against religious...

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Kevin Linklater
Violence and turmoil rocked Bangladesh leading up to, and during the national parliamentary elections held Jan. 5. A group of U of M alumni and students brought to light some of the issues facing the...
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Science competition needs funding to survive in Manitoba

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Elizabeth Drewnik
Science literacy among youth is a phenomenal asset to have, and one that this country has been accumulating due to contributions from various science-and-community programs. One of these programs, the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada...
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U-Pass gains critical support from city hall

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Kevin Linklater
The push to get Winnipeg university students access to a universal bus pass, or U-Pass, gained an important endorsement from Mayor Sam Katz in December. After an executive policy committee meeting on Dec. 13, Katz...