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UMSU  has committed to fund up to 25 new scholarships for Indigenous students. The UMSU Award for Indigenous Community Leaders, which will be spread out over 12 years beginning this academic year, will be...

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) organized several mini-talks covering a range of topics every Saturday through February to mark Black History Month. The talks mainly focused on three areas: the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade,...

A recent study by a University of Manitoba undergraduate student suggests that Lake Winnipeg, and the fish that inhabit it, contain high levels of microplastics. Microplastics are tiny (approximately five millimetres in diameter) bits of...

Darla Contois and a small group of protesters  began  camping on the Manitoba legislature grounds Feb. 22 after Raymond Cormier was acquitted of second degree murder charges relation to the death of Tina Fontaine. Contois...

Hundreds of Manitobans took part in a march Friday honouring the life of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine. The march and following rally came a day after an 11-member jury acquitted Raymond Cormier of second degree murder...

The federal government announced new financial initiatives for part-time and mature students Wednesday. Winnipeg South Liberal MP Terry Duguid unveiled Skills Boost, a plan initially launched Jan. 24 as a part of Budget 2017 by...

A number of buildings on the Fort Garry campus of the U of M are experiencing a power outage after a main feeder line was tripped this morning. A university release said “physical plant’s electrical...