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U of M Engineering student David McGinn saw something weird on campus Friday, April 8: pigs running loose. The student spotted the animals outside of the Animal Sciences building on the Fort Garry campus....

WINNIPEG (CUP) — With the federal election well underway, one student organization has taken it upon themselves to get education issues on the table. The Canadian Alliance of Students Associations launched their online campaign last...

When you think of wireless power, your thoughts probably drift to giant Soviet-era towers — maybe the name Tesla comes up. Wirelessly transmitted power has long been the domain of quack science, but recent...

Your body is an organism requiring a source of protein (normally meat), but what if you could eat meat without killing animals? Vegans and vegetarians consume things like nuts for their protein, since they have...

The tree of life, the ingenious device used to visualize the evolution of the various taxa, is constantly undergoing changes and revisions. With new improvements in gene sequencing, coupled with the discovery of new...

Early this year I watched a four-part special investigation conducted by the Winnipeg Free Press titled “No Running Water.” The footage, available on their website, documents the lack of clean drinking water that many...

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) held their annual general meeting (AGM) on March 31 to discuss what UMSU has accomplished this year and what it hoped to accomplish in the year to...