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Occupy Winnipeg lives on
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They may have lost their campsite, but Occupy Winnipeg is still protesting economic inequality and banking policies beyond Memorial Park.
A small group of Occupy Winnipeg protestors gathered in the concourse area of Winnipeg...
‘It’s over’
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A controversial 2009 paper that linked a mouse retrovirus to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) has been through dozens of criticisms and a partial retraction. Now, after a nine-lab study showed that the retrovirus could...
Dream weaver
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Dreams are a peculiar aspect of the human mind, and the scientific study of dreaming — oneirology — seeks to illuminate this phenomena.
Reported in the Nov. 8 issue of Current Biology, a recent experiment...
University e-mail shuts down
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Students, faculty, and administration should experience better performance from the university e-mail system starting in the new year.
After the university experienced an e-mail outage in December, Information Services and Technology (IST) transferred the...
CUPE gets the boot
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After nearly a year of working side by side, the Graduate Students Association (GSA) served CUPE 3909 with an eviction notice on Nov. 28.
The office of CUPE 3909, which represents teaching assistants, markers,...
Construction starts at U of M library
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Students could face difficulty studying in the Elizabeth Dafoe Library this semester as the early phases of construction started in December and is expected to continue until the middle of April.
Scaffolding has been...
Shoppers expansion draws ire
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In the coming months, Osborne Village may undergo a dramatic facelift.
On Wednesday, Dec. 21, Winnipeg’s Board of Adjustment, a body comprised of citizen appointees who rule on zoning bylaws, unanimously approved a Shoppers Drug...