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Buzz about bees

Honeybees have been getting a lot of buzz recently due to their high mortality rates across the country, as well as in the United States…


Breaking the silence on postpartum depression

On Wednesday, Sept. 18, health-care professionals and concerned family members gathered at McNally Robinson to discuss postpartum depression. “Postpartum Depression and Psychosis: Understanding Early Warning…


Chris Hedges speaks

Writer, journalist, activist, teacher, and Pulitzer Prize-winner are some of the titles that can be appropriately affixed to the name Chris Hedges. The Vermont native…


“Save our science”

During the lunch hour of Sep. 16, science supporters across Manitoba gathered outside of the University of Winnipeg for the Stand Up For Science rally….



Is there a right to sex?’

Beginning in 2010, the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) has held a series of Critical Conversations seminars, each of which examines…


Bison briefs

Golf The U of M golf team is off to a flying start, winning back-to-back team titles through their first two tournaments of the 2013…



Local news briefs

Winnipeg athlete files multi-million dollar lawsuit Kevin Kwasny, a football player from Winnipeg, has permanent brain damage as a result of an injury on the…


Deciding to die

The evening was warm on Sept. 10. At Riverview Community Centre, around 50 people gathered to hear a lecture about death. The talk, entitled “The…