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Progressive Conservatives lagging in MSBI funding targets
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During the campaign leading up to the 2016 Manitoba provincial election, the only Progressive Conservative platform plank that reached into post-secondary education was a promise to increase funding to the Manitoba Scholarships and Bursaries...
Students, faculty challenge “regressive” Bill 31
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Nearly all of the more than 50 people registered to speak at a public hearing on Bill 31 - the Advanced Education Administration Amendment Act - last week argued against lifting the cap that...
Department of Canadian Heritage gives NCTR 1.1 million dollars for a...
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The department of Canadian Heritage has contributed $1.1 million to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) to acknowledge Canada 150 through a nationwide celebration of Indigenous arts, artists, and literature.
The grant will...
Frosh Music Festival may be on verge of cancellation
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union’s (UMSU) Frosh Music Festival is on the ropes.
Reporting on this year’s festival at UMSU’s regular council meeting Oct. 26, VP external Wilfred Sam-King said the event either needs...
Students descend on legislature to protest expected tuition fee increases
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More than one hundred students marched from the University of Winnipeg to the Manitoba legislature on Thursday, calling on the provincial government to scrap Bill 31.
Bill 31 was introduced by the Progressive Conservative government...
Winnipeg developer sues protesters who occupied Parker Lands construction site
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Nearly 50 protesters are being sued in excess of $500,000 by a Winnipeg developer after the Parker Lands development site was blockaded for nearly two months this summer.
A lawyer for Gem Equites, a Winnipeg...
