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Fort Richmond citizens voice stadium concerns

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Ryan Harby
On Monday night just over 200 concerned Fort Richmond citizens packed the Richmond Kings Community Centre to voice their displeasure with the ongoing plans to construct a multi-million dollar stadium on the University of...
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LOCKED OUT

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Leif LarsenSarah Petz
Efforts to reach a contract deal between University of Manitoba Security Services (UMSS) and the University of Manitoba stalled Friday, resulting in the university initiating a lockout. According to John Urkevich, from the Association...
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Science book review

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Andrew Miller
I like birds. Although I have probably passed my prime birding days — when I lived in my Jeep for months at a time and birding was not just a pass time but the...
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Get to know the Arduino

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Martin Turczynowicz
So, let’s say you want to get into programming microcontrollers, but — and I know this may sound entirely implausible — you don’t have a working knowledge of at least three different programming languages,...
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Zoological investigations

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Leanne Grieves
The Andean condor is the largest raptor in the world. Adults weigh between 20 to 30 pounds and can reach a shocking 1.2 metres in height with a wingspan of up to three metres!...
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Solar Doom!

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Miguel Yetman
Last week, according to NASA, the sun emitted a class C solar flare that produced what scientists refer to as a coronal mass ejection (CME). This resulted in the spectacular production of aurora borealis,...
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UMSU notes

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Sarah Petz
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) council met on July 22, 2010. UMSU President Heather Laube reported that the National Aboriginal Day of Action had been a fantastic day, where the executive and...