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Welcome to Movember, the month-long moustache-growing extravaganza raising awareness and money for men’s health issues — especially prostate cancer. Since its beginning in 2003, the movement has raised US$176 million, and last year alone...

Restaurants in Manitoba now have the option of allowing patrons to bring their own wine to the table, thanks to a new law passed by the provincial government. The law, which came into effect Nov....

Bangkok evacuations ordered as death toll from flood exceeds 500 The death toll from Thailand’s worst flood in half a century surpassed 500 on Nov. 6, reported the Globe and Mail. The spreading flood waters threatened...

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) council met on Nov. 4. UMSU president Camilla Tapp reported that she had discussed student issues with Internet service technology (IST) on campus with the U of...

A survivor of the infamous Evin prison in Iran, author and activist Marina Nemat shared her story at the Strangers in New Homelands conference held at the University of Manitoba last week. In 1982,...

Before you read this, I want you to do something. Make sure you are alone with a computer and in a private place; it’s kind of a dirty request. All set? Great, now Google...

The University of Manitoba’s Student’s Union (UMSU) Toy Drive will launch as the “411 Toy Drive Challenge” in honour of U of M student Allan Gould’s single-handed contribution of 411 toys to this year’s...