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New study able to identify genes involved in Face shape A new study, published by Plos Genetics, has shined a light on the genes that shape the human face. Using techniques of 3D magnetic resonance...

Vaccination is really important. That may seem to you like an unusually benign assertion – not because it’s false, but because it’s so trivially and obviously true that it shouldn’t need to be said. If...

In an effort to create a new taxpayer subsidization system for funding political parties in Manitoba, the Selinger government has enlisted the help of William Neville, a University of Manitoba political scientist, to help...

This past week Winnipeg’s downtown area was plagued with anti-Semitic posters which targeted Winnipeg’s Mayor, Sam Katz. The posters were discovered on Sept. 14 in various locations around downtown, including Carlton and Broadway. Soon after...

A call for campus blood donations on Sept. 24 reopened the debate on the Canadian Blood Services (CBS) long-standing donation ban from men who have sex with men. A Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) campaign,...

Quinn Thomas, a 21-year-old medical student from Montreal, decided to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation by cycling across Canada. After starting on June 24, he managed to undertake the feat in just...

Monday, Sept. 17 marked the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement as well as the commencement of the fall session in Parliament. Several activists groups in Winnipeg took that opportunity to voice...