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Liquor outlets could be in grocery stores by next spring The Manitoba Liquor Control Commission has issued a request for proposals to grocers interested in having liquor outlets in their stores, reported the Winnipeg Free...

Could your cellphone be giving you brain cancer? It’s hard to say, but the latest research is reassuring. A study recently published in the British Medical Journal followed almost 360,000 Danish cellphone subscribers for 18...

New data from the Herschel Space Observatory shows massive reservoirs of ice near the young star TW Hydrae. The ice, if it were in liquid form, would fill “thousands of Earth oceans,” according to...

I went snorkeling in Puerto Rican waters on my day off this week. Yes, that’s right. I will rub it in, thank you. Even though the saltwater burned every scratch and cut I have...

Students may be disappointed with the upgrade planned for Cinema City McGillivray, Winnipeg’s “cheap seats,” as renovations will be followed by higher ticket prices. The second-run cinema will get a $4.5 million makeover to open...

University of Manitoba president David Barnard made history Oct. 27, with a statement of apology for the university’s indirect role in the residential school system. The statement was made before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission...

U of M graduate awarded U.S. medal of honour Yvonne Brill was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by U.S. President Barack Obama at a ceremony at the White House on Oct.21, reported...