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Ebola and ZMapp questions answered
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The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has placed pressure on pharmaceutical labs worldwide to develop a treatment for those infected and to prevent the spread of the virus.
On July 31, a highly experimental...
University of Manitoba Bison busted
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For the first time in over a decade, and just the second time in the program's history, a Manitoba Bison athlete has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
Ranji Atwall—former two-time British Columbia Football Conference national...
Researchers examine the question of genocide in Canada
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How will it be determined whether indigenous people were the victims of genocide in Canada?
These types of questions were raised in front of the largest group of indigenous scholars from around the world...
Fighting for water rights in First Nation communities
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On June 25 to 26 the University of Manitoba faculty of law hosted the CREATE H20 and Water Rights Conference, which focused on the struggle for securing clean drinking water and sanitation facilities in...
International students protest faculty of engineering admission policies
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A group of University of Manitoba students and supporters protested on July 17 against what they called discriminatory admissions policies at the university’s faculty of engineering.
Demonstrators were protesting the discrepancy between admissions cut-offs for...
Council signs long-term health and dental contract
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At the June 16 council meeting UMSU approved changes to their policy manual allowing the student union to enter into long-term health and dental contracts. Council subsequently approved a second motion to sign a...
The blue green elephant
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When using the word “nutrient,” we tend to speak positively. After all, were nutrients not in those pills forced on us every morning by our mothers since before we could remember?
Nutrients are also needed...
