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“Save our science”

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Elizabeth Drewnik
During the lunch hour of Sep. 16, science supporters across Manitoba gathered outside of the University of Winnipeg for the Stand Up For Science rally. Seventeen such events were held across the country that...
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Twelfth Harvest Moon Festival held in Clearwater, Manitoba

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Kevin Linklater
This past weekend the town of Clearwater, Manitoba welcomed visitors to its annual Harvest Moon Festival. Harvest Moon brings together musicians, artisans, food producers—and now over 1,200 patrons—from across the region for three days...
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Is there a right to sex?’

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Alycia Rodrigues
Beginning in 2010, the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) has held a series of Critical Conversations seminars, each of which examines a contemporary human rights issue. This year’s focus: sexual...
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Bison briefs

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Marc Lagace
Golf The U of M golf team is off to a flying start, winning back-to-back team titles through their first two tournaments of the 2013 fall season. On August 30-31, the team participated in the 2013...
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U of M, ICM both see enrolment increases this term

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Grace Kennedy
The University of Manitoba recently released its preliminary enrolment figures for the fall 2013 term, showing an overall increase of 1.8 per cent, to 29,321 students, alongside a 17.1 per cent increase in international...
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Local news briefs

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Katy MacKinnon
Winnipeg athlete files multi-million dollar lawsuit Kevin Kwasny, a football player from Winnipeg, has permanent brain damage as a result of an injury on the field. An alumnus of St. Paul’s High School and the...
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Deciding to die

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Tom Ingram
The evening was warm on Sept. 10. At Riverview Community Centre, around 50 people gathered to hear a lecture about death. The talk, entitled “The Great Canadian Euthanasia Debate: Where are we now?” was...

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