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Kinew revokes Eckhardt’s honours, WAG drops name
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Premier Wab Kinew posthumously revoked one of the province’s highest honours from Ferdinand Eckhardt earlier this month. Eckhardt was an art historian and philanthropist who was recently uncovered to have been a Nazi sympathizer.
Eckhardt...
Barbershop opens on U of M campus
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Two years after the opening of its first location in 2019, Swish Barbershop was voted the number one barbershop in Winnipeg by CommunityVotes Winnipeg. Since then, the shop has opened two additional locations to...
Three friends of U of M appointed to Order of Canada
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Members of the University of Manitoba community Richard Kroeker, Gen. Raymond Henault and Victor Hetmanczuk were appointed to the Order of Canada for their achievements and contributions to the country on Dec. 28.
Kroeker said...
How a U of M prof unwittingly became one face of...
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In May of 2022, a man walked into frame on the set of Netflix’s documentary Bitconned. “Hello, I’m Michael Edwards, founder and CEO of Centra Tech,” he said, sitting down behind a wooden desk...
Investigation into U of M student’s death transferred to Alberta organization
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To avoid any “perceived conflict of interest,” an out-of-province organization has taken over the investigation into the Dec. 31 fatal police shooting of 19-year-old U of M international student Afolabi Stephen Opaso from the...
‘Zero calls to action were completed in 2023’: report finds
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An annual status update published by the Yellowhead Institute found that zero of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) calls to action were completed in 2023.
Of the 94 calls to action, the...
Self-funded healing lodge has grand opening
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the founders of Three Wyndi’s Healing noticed that, while interruptions and changes occurred around the world, grief and trauma remained constant.
Angie Cote, Leading Standing Eagle Woman, her husband Sheldon Cote,...
