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2015: A space odyssey
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The year 2014 saw many exciting space missions come to fruition; the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission saw its first rover land on a comet, and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Mars Orbiter...
UMSU withholding $640,000 in CFS student fees
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union is refusing to hand over roughly $640,000 in student fees owed to the Canadian Federation of Students.
The fees include: $197,000 owed to the CFS for the 2013-14 academic...
Top 25 Manitoba Employers distinction awards University of Manitoba
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The University of Manitoba has been named one of Manitoba’s Top 25 Employers for the third year in a row, prompting mixed reactions from unions representing U of M employees.
The ninth annual edition of...
University Centre food court reopens
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After undergoing extensive renovations for the first half of the academic year, Campo, the new campus food court in University Centre at the University of Manitoba, briefly reopened its doors to the public.
Construction of...
Goodbye “Gritty Grotto”
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The new Active Living Centre at the University of Manitoba—a 100,000-sq.-ft., $45 million facility—will be open to all U of M students next month, accompanied by a sports and recreation fee tacked onto winter...
Robert-Falcon Ouellette wants indigenous university
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Less than 48 hours following the day of the Winnipeg civic election which saw a third place finish for former mayoral candidate Robert-Falcon Ouellette—who just announced that he intends to run in the 2015...
Manitoba throne speech prioritizes online education
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At last month’s throne speech the provincial NDP announced a number of policies to be implemented in the coming year. While interest-free student loans have been heralded as a major treat for post-secondary students,...






