Local news briefs
MPI order to issue rebate Manitoba’s Public Utilities Board (PUB) has ordered Manitoba Public Insurance to issue a 45 per cent rebate cheque to customers…
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Liberals talk childcare
On Thursday, March 31, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff briefly toured the Lord Roberts Preschool before announcing that his party, if elected, would create an “early…
Harper slams Liberal’s PSE aid plan
Stephen Harper slammed the Liberal party’s post-secondary aid plan at a candidates rally in Winnipeg on March 29, saying that it would raise taxes for…
ASBC elections experience CRO switch and alleged vandalism
The Arts Student Body Council (ASBC) elections campaign period has been plagued by hostility and a mid-campaign chief returning officer (CRO) change. Voting for the…
Tensions mount at town hall
Tensions mounted at the University of Manitoba president’s town hall meeting last Thursday, where president David Barnard responded to some tough questions from U of…
How was the service?
It’s officially spring! The sun is shining and we no longer have to put up with sub-zero temperatures. Spring time also means that it is…
Joke Issue
Copies available at over 90 locations on the University of Manitoba campus and more than 50 other locations across Winnipeg!
Space robots!
Androids have long been the holy grail of sci-fi, and it seems like we’re one step closer to achieving our space race era dreams. NASA…
American protectionism vS. European common sense
I too spent my Sunday afternoon watching videos of a young girl drawing infinite numbers of smaller shapes within other shapes across an 8.5×11 page…
BoG notes
The University of Manitoba Board of Governors met on March 15. Peter George, president and chief operating officer of McKim Cringan George, a full service…