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Protesting on both sides of abortion debate
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The University of Manitoba’s Womyn’s Centre held an options fair on Nov. 6 as a counter-protest to the “40 Days for Life ” campaign, which ended on the same day.
The Womyn’s Centre protest took...
Senate Notes
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The University of Manitoba Senate met on November Nov. 2, 2011. Early in the meeting, Robert Macmillan, dean of the faculty of education at U of M, spoke in memory of Kenneth Slentz and...
Crime beat
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Thefts dominated crime on campus for the month of October, with 14 thefts reported this month. “The items stolen range from a cellphone and items taken from breaking into a vending machine to laptops...
Biotech battle
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A European court recently ruled that processes involving the use or prior destruction of human embryos are unpatentable. The decision came after a 2004 Greenpeace challenge to a patent held by Oliver Brüstle, a...
Prostate cancer roundup
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Welcome to Movember, the month-long moustache-growing extravaganza raising awareness and money for men’s health issues — especially prostate cancer. Since its beginning in 2003, the movement has raised US$176 million, and last year alone...
Winnipeg restaurants now BYOW
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Restaurants in Manitoba now have the option of allowing patrons to bring their own wine to the table, thanks to a new law passed by the provincial government.
The law, which came into effect Nov....
International news briefs
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Bangkok evacuations ordered as death toll from flood exceeds 500
The death toll from Thailand’s worst flood in half a century surpassed 500 on Nov. 6, reported the Globe and Mail.
The spreading flood waters threatened...

