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NDP promise to cap tuition with inflation, expand student aid

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Sarah Petz
The Manitoba NDP have pledged to cap tuition increases at the rate of inflation and expand student aid eligibility if reelected this fall. Greg Selinger made the announcement during a visit to the University...
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Racialized rep deffered for now

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Joanna Graham
A proposal to create a racialized student representative (RSR) on UMSU council has been deferred for the time being. The deferral was the result of a motion passed at an UMSU council meeting...
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Interview with Greg Selinger

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Leif LarsenSarah Petz
During his visit to the University of Manitoba, Greg Selinger, leader of the provincial NDP, sat down with Manitoban editor-in-chief Leif Larsen and news editor Sarah Petz, where we grilled him on some of...
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Splitting every vote

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Leif Larsen
We’re splitting every vote,” said Caitlin McIntyre, Green party candidate for Fort Richmond, referring to the rhetoric that the Greens are splitting the left vote during the Manitoba provincial election. McIntyre insists Manitoba’s Greens...
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Manitoba Greens petition to get in debates

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Sarah Petz
The Green Party of Manitoba is taking action to ensure that its leader, James Beddome, is included in the upcoming televised debates. “In the interests of democracy and the opportunity to have all...
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Local News Briefs

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Funds announced for U of M ag research Over $700,000 in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CsomethingFI) will be allocated to three researchers at the University of Manitoba who are working on...
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PhD legal battle comes to a close

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Leif Larsen
A case that saw the University of Manitoba embroiled in a highly publicized legal battle with one of its professors for close to a year came to a conclusion in late August. On Aug....