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Release the kraken! Giant squid captured on video in deep sea

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Tom Ingram
For the first time ever, ocean explorers have captured footage of a giant squid in its natural environment deep in the ocean. The expedition took place off of Japan’s Ogasawara archipelago, and was funded...
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Career Week gives U of M students opportunity to find jobs

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Alycia Rodrigues
Career week at the U of M began on Jan. 9 and gave students the opportunity to network, furthering their potential success at finding jobs. Students were encouraged to interact with the career advisors...
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Canadian Forces to start charging provinces, municipalities for disaster relief

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Jill Patterson
It was recently announced that the Canadian Forces will now be charging provinces and municipalities that have been affected by natural disasters, for their assistance. Currently, the federal government is responsible for footing the bill...
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Report from the U of M Senate

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Quinn Richert
The University of Manitoba’s senate meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 9, was dominated largely by a discussion of the school’s Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) planning framework, a collection of data and perspectives on academic institution...
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Asper business school holds international marketing competition

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Quinn Richert
Last week, students from the University of Manitoba’s Asper school of business held the 31st annual Manitoba International Marketing Competition (MIMC). MIMC is the only competition of its kind in the province and this...
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Crime beat

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Rachel Wood
The holidays saw five instances of theft at the University of Manitoba. The U of M Security Services reported that two thefts of cell phones occurred. These thefts occurred when the devices were left...
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NHL lockout felt by businesses and workers downtown

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Alycia Rodrigues
The NHL lockout is officially over and, according to a photograph of the Jets game schedule leaked online in the Winnipeg Free Press, the first game is set for Jan. 19 at the MTS...