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American army deserter speaks at University of Manitoba
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Former United States solider Joshua Key delivered a speech to a near-capacity crowd at the University of Manitoba last week, describing his experience as an army deserter and war resister living in Canada. Key,...
National union demands changes to economics department
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Over two months after the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) released a controversial report on tensions within the University of Manitoba department of economics, the national union is calling on the university to...
UMSU domain dispute with CFS continues
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is planning to break away from the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) web and other services even after the apparent resolution of a protracted dispute over administrative...
Heated UMSU election results in mixed executive
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The 2015 UMSU general election turned out to be a nail biter, with students electing five candidates from the two competing executive slates, resulting in a mixed-slate executive.
While last year's election brought a sweeping...
Space news briefs
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Sentinel-2A ready for launch
Sentinel-2A, an Earth observation satellite, is currently undergoing a last round of tests before being shipped to French Guiana for launch. The launch has been planned for June 12, and is...
Recent marijuana studies
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“Pot is safer than alcohol,” echoes a stoner attempting to catch the ears of politicians who aren’t listening.
Many people, especially those who use marijuana recreationally, believe that weed is safer than other drugs, like...
Three’s a crowd
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Recently, parliament’s upper house in the United Kingdom passed a law which allows for the mitochondrial DNA of a donor to be used as therapy for mitochondrial diseases. As early as 2016 some babies...






