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Facebook announces AI team

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Caleigh MacDonald
New research within Facebook involves using artificial intelligence to process data, according to a recent announcement from the company. The research project, which uses a technique called “deep learning,” aims to give the website...
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Toronto mayor, on the rock(s)

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Caleigh MacDonald
Rob Ford is no stranger to controversy. The recent scandal involving a video of him under the influence of crack cocaine is just the latest in the saga of Ford’s public run-ins with the...
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U of M panel highlights Canada’s worsening international reputation

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Kevin Linklater
Canada’s waning international reputation was the subject of a panel discussion hosted last Tuesday by the global political economy program at the University of Manitoba, as a part of World Opportunities Week. The panellists...
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A tale of two student groups

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Quinn Richert
Two U of M student groups interested in examining the Arab-Israeli conflict were recently before the University of Manitoba Students’ Union’s (UMSU) Student Group Promotion and Affairs Committee (SGPAC) seeking official group status approval....
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Campus news briefs

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Katy MacKinnon
Final exam policy changed The U of M implemented changes to the final exam and final grades policy effective Sept. 1 of this year. The policy applies to final exams scheduled within exam week, deferred...
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Campus redesign winners announced

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Grace Kennedy
On Nov. 3 the University of Manitoba announced the winners of the Visionary (re)Generation Open International Design Competition, a contest that drew submissions from around the globe for the redesign of the Fort Garry campus...
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Albert Street Autonomous Zone hosts Winnipeg’s sixth Anarchist BookFair

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Kevin Linklater
This past weekend, Winnipeg leftists, anti-capitalists, and other folks critical of the current state of affairs gathered at the Albert Street Autonomous Zone at 91 Albert St. in Winnipeg’s Exchange District for the sixth...