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Climbing robotic tank

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Fraser Nelund
Something of gravity is developing in Simon Fraser University’s research labs. Gravity defying that is. Researchers have put together a machine on the edge, a machine that can crawl over the edge and down...
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Antarctic glacier to calve large iceberg

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Tom Ingram
A NASA mission flying over Antarctica discovered a new rift in the ice shelf of Pine Island Glacier. The glacier could soon calve a large iceberg, the first such event since 2007. Across the...
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Student leaders take opposing views on conference

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Shuja Safavi
Student leaders at the University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg are taking opposing views on the value of the fifth annual Canadian Conference on Student Leadership, which will take place from Nov. 17...
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CAA raising awareness about texting while driving

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Richard Farthing-Nichol
The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) has come up with a creative way to raise awareness about the dangers of texting while driving. Last week the CAA launched an online video contest encouraging contestants to submit...
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Nursing PhDs at the U of M

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Joanna Graham
By September 2012, students who would have had to go out of the province or the country to pursue a doctoral degree in nursing could instead pursue one at the University of Manitoba. The university...
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Eco reserve in the making

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Joanna Graham
Hundreds of people have been displaced from the Lake St. Martin reserve since this spring because of flooding, and now the reserve must be relocated permanently. In light of all of the community’s struggles,...
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Lukacs leaves U of M

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Sarah Petz
A year-long, controversial battle between the University of Manitoba and math professor Gabor Lukacs has ended with Lukacs leaving the university. A joint statement released Nov. 10 explains that the university and Lukacs “have...

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