Country-wide election analysis
Fixed election dates in fall 2011 present researchers with an unparalleled opportunity to study the quality of democracy in provincial elections across five Canadian campuses…
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Road construction underway
Construction continues throughout the University of Manitoba campus, with construction projects underway on Chancellor Matheson, the Pembina Highway intersection and Maclean Crescent. “The good news…
Laptop theft number one crime on campus
Laptop theft is regarded as the most common crime on the University of Manitoba campus, Linda Lavallee, director of Security Services at the U of…
Student concerns
In an effort to provide student focused coverage of the upcoming provincial election, we launched a contest asking students to tell us what issues mattered…
New centre aims to educate youth on farming
If you ate today, thank a farmer” is the last message you read when you walk out of the new Bruce D. Campbell Farm and…
Aqua Books saved
Aqua Books is set to become a non-profit organization centred on books, community and entertainment, after nearly falling off the Winnipeg map. The owner of…
What would Carl Sagan say?
E=MC^2 is the theory of mass-energy equivilance, and hinges on the value of the constant “C,” or the speed of light, which is about 300…
Putting their name on the ballot
Along with the Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens, there’s a fifth party running in the Manitoba provincial election: the Communist Party of Canada – Manitoba….
Elections Manitoba hopes to make voting a breeze for students
On Oct. 4, thousands of Manitobans will go to the polls for our 40th provincial election, but if voter turnout follows past statistics, young people…
Latest domino is in place
As the opening of the University of Manitoba’s new Pembina Hall residence marks the latest piece to fall into place for Project Domino, progess on…