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Report from the U of M Senate
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The University of Manitoba’s senate meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 9, was dominated largely by a discussion of the school’s Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) planning framework, a collection of data and perspectives on academic institution...
Asper business school holds international marketing competition
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Last week, students from the University of Manitoba’s Asper school of business held the 31st annual Manitoba International Marketing Competition (MIMC). MIMC is the only competition of its kind in the province and this...
Crime beat
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The holidays saw five instances of theft at the University of Manitoba. The U of M Security Services reported that two thefts of cell phones occurred. These thefts occurred when the devices were left...
NHL lockout felt by businesses and workers downtown
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The NHL lockout is officially over and, according to a photograph of the Jets game schedule leaked online in the Winnipeg Free Press, the first game is set for Jan. 19 at the MTS...
Campus news briefs
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Bisons With Byte group invited to Russia for computer programming competition
A University of Manitoba computer science group, Bisons With Byte, will be traveling to Russia for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate...
Federal ruling grants victory to Métis and non-status groups
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A recent ruling on Jan. 8 by a federal court redefined “Indian” under the Constitution Act to include Métis and non-status Aboriginal peoples. The decision has First Nations groups celebrating, while the federal government...
EPA chief steps down: Rumours of protest over Keystone pipeline
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Lisa P. Jackson, the U.S.’s top environmental regulator, is stepping down as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), effective later this month (following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address). An anonymous...



