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Eradication victory
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As of Jan. 13, India had not had a case of polio in a year. The country was a major centre of polio infection as recently as 2009, when its 741 cases accounted for...
March of the supersoldiers
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Ancestral Developmental Potential Facilitates Parallel Evolution in Ants,” a study out of McGill University published Jan. 6 in Science, shines light on a different class of ant: the supersoldier. The study was able to...
The big cheese
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It is evident when cheese goes bad. A foul-smelling odour paired with the presence of uniquely coloured moulds and fungi renders this once pleasurable food item uneatable. As much as your roommate may protest,...
CWB versus Canada
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On Jan. 18 Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Shane Perlmutter reserved his decision on whether to grant eight former directors of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) an injunction against the further implementation of Bill...
Missing: female executives in business
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Canadian Women in Communications (CWC) is holding a presentation on women in business in response to a report that shows little growth in the number of women in senior positions across Canada.
The presentation, called...
Low attendance for key UMSU events
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Due to the cancellation of their annual Charity Ball and low attendance at their last annual general meeting (AGM), the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) says they are trying to create a greater...
international news briefs
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Yemen’s president flies to Oman
Ali Abdullah Saleh, president of Yemen, flew to the Persian Gulf country of Oman on Sunday Jan. 22. He will continue to fly to the United States for medical treatment...



