Downtown fire damages U of M Aboriginal Education Centre
The University of Manitoba’s downtown Aboriginal Education Centre is closed for the time being after it suffered extensive smoke damage as a result of a…
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Degrees Update
Degrees is expected to be up and running again in time for the first day of the classes, although slightly later than it’s expected completion…
UMSS lockout ends
The University of Manitoba and members of the AESES-UMSS union reached an agreement Tuesday afternoon, effectively ending the lockout imposed by the university. Security Services…
Fort Richmond citizens voice stadium concerns
On Monday night just over 200 concerned Fort Richmond citizens packed the Richmond Kings Community Centre to voice their displeasure with the ongoing plans to…
LOCKED OUT
Efforts to reach a contract deal between University of Manitoba Security Services (UMSS) and the University of Manitoba stalled Friday, resulting in the university initiating…
Science book review
I like birds. Although I have probably passed my prime birding days — when I lived in my Jeep for months at a time and…
Get to know the Arduino
So, let’s say you want to get into programming microcontrollers, but — and I know this may sound entirely implausible — you don’t have a…
Zoological investigations
The Andean condor is the largest raptor in the world. Adults weigh between 20 to 30 pounds and can reach a shocking 1.2 metres in…
Solar Doom!
Last week, according to NASA, the sun emitted a class C solar flare that produced what scientists refer to as a coronal mass ejection (CME)….
UMSU notes
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) council met on July 22, 2010. UMSU President Heather Laube reported that the National Aboriginal Day of Action…