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How do we fix our infamous pothole season?

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Delica Leboe-McGowan
After surviving months of winter driving, the Manitoban driver’s reward is the beginning of pothole season. The erratic fluctuations between warm and cool temperatures in early spring are responsible for this annual damage to...
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Vaquita porpoises at risk of immediate extinction due to illegal fishing...

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Malak Abas
The world’s rarest marine mammal, the vaquita porpoise, has lost half of its population in one year. Just last year, it was reported by the Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA) that there...
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Stephen Lewis slams Trump on human rights during U of M...

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Osho Samuel Adetunji
A strong voice calling for the revival of human rights spoke at St. John’s College Feb. 28 for the annual Marjorie Ward Lecture. Stephen Lewis, a professor of distinction at Ryerson University and a renowned...
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UMSU VP candidate apologizes for comments on transgender rights bill

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Levi Garber
A University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) vice-presidential candidate has apologized for comments made in November regarding a federal government bill that would provide further protections for transgender people in Canada. In a social media...
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Platform promises

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Lauren Siddall
Here is your UMSU election Spark Notes.
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Large counter-protest dwarfs anti-Motion 103 rally at Winnipeg City Hall

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Levi Garber
A small Winnipeg protest against the Liberal's anti-Islamophobia motion, Motion 103, was met with a counter-protest at City Hall.
Photo of counter-protesters challenging anti-Motion 103 protesters in Winnipeg.
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UMSU United claims campaign shenanigans

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Levi Garber
A web address with the same name as an executive slate running in the 2017 University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) General Elections directed visitors to the opposing slate’s Facebook page Tuesday. The webpage UMSUUnited.com...

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