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Experimental Lakes Area’s federal funding, control to run dry Federal funding of the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), an unoccupied and protected area of land in…
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Resistance is fertile
Both women and men marched down Broadway Avenue on Friday, Mar. 8 for International Women’s Day. Participants chanted phrases such as, “two, four, six, eight,…
Preliminary UMSU general election results
Preliminary vote counts released by the chief returning officer (CRO) supervising the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) general elections indicate that the UMSU Fresh…
Crowdsourced gunsmithing: 3D-printed guns raise unsettling questions
“Information wants to be free.” This is the motto of the Internet. At this moment I can go to one of several shady websites and…
Living with wildlife: Biologist Ryan Brook discusses human perspectives on wildlife conflict
As wild areas shrink and human populations expand, there is more contact between humans and wildlife, and inevitably more conflict. Consider Bambi, the pet deer…
Early intervention: infant may have been cured of HIV
The child was born in rural Mississippi in July of 2010. The mother was infected with HIV, a fact that the doctors were unaware of…
Not as advertised: Horse meat scandal reveals cultural divide
Earlier this year a controversy surrounding the use of horse meat in beef products found across Europe dominated headlines. Although the story has since caused…
UMSU elections: preliminary election results
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) chief returning officer (CRO) supervising the students’ union election has released the preliminary 2013 elections results to the…
Researcher profile: Shantel Gushue
Shantel Gushue is a University of Manitoba M.Sc. candidate studying Prion disease through the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases.
2013 UMSU general election interviews – Your Voice slate
1. If you are elected, how will you approach the next stages of the U-Pass adoption? Ronnie Cruz, VP student services: We’re going to continue…