New report shows increase in Aboriginal overrepresentation in prisons
A report released by the Office of the Correctional Investigator showed that Aboriginal peoples account for 23 per cent of the population within Canadian federal…
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Teen boys from Big Red football team charged with rape
Two teenage boys from the Big Red football team in Steubenville, Ohio have been charged and found guilty for the rape of a 16-year-old girl….
Centre for Arctic research opens at U of M
The U of M’s Clayton H. Riddell faculty of environment, earth, and resources has had its home building, the Wallace Building, extended to house a…
“Where we are shapes who we are”
U of M president David Barnard began the most recent installment of the Visionary Conversations speaker series by saying, “Where we are shapes who we…
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Victims of 2011 flood suing province Those who lost homes, cottages, businesses, and farms in the 2011 Lake Manitoba flood are suing the province for…
Survivor of Sierra Leone’s civil war visits the U of M
Mariatu Kamara, UNICEF special representative for children in armed conflict and author of the book The Bite of the Mango, was at the University of…
The Manitoban 2013 NHL Hockey Pool Update: sponsored by Source For Sports!
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Rare Louis Riel photographs recovered
The University of Manitoba received a new set of rare 140–year–old photographs of Louis Riel and Manitoba from a civil war memorabilia auction in Australia….
New pope selected after two days of voting
A new pope was chosen on Wednesday, Mar. 13, approximately two weeks after Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation and at the closing of two days of…
Scott Harris meets with students to discuss successful activism
Prairies regional organizer of the Council of Canadians Scott Harris spoke to students at the U of M about organizing activism and politics in the…