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Blue wave sweeps Manitoba in overwhelming PC election victory

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Manitoban staff
The Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Manitoba swept the 2016 Manitoba general election Tuesday, adding 21 seats to their previous 19 for a 40-seat majority. The party's traditional base is in rural southern Manitoba, but...
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Progressive Conservatives avoiding students: CFS-MB

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Shawn Huberdeau
The Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS-MB) is accusing Progressive Conservative (PC) leader Brian Pallister of ignoring students in his campaign for the province’s top office. After the PC leader failed to...
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Election hopefuls talk education policies

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Lauren Siddall
As the provincial election draws nearer, all three major parties have released their education policies to be put in place if elected. The Manitoban sat down with a representative from the Liberals, the New...
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A Winnipegger is using Simpsons images to poke fun at the...

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Chantelle Dubois
The Tumblr page A Perfectly Cromulent Election has been making the rounds on social media recently, using still images from the popular cartoon show The Simpsons to poke fun at the campaigns for the...
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UMSU set to run roughly $300,000 deficit, says vice-president internal

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Ethan Cabel
The University of Manitoba Students' Union (UMSU) revealed at last week's annual general meeting that the union has accumulated a deficit, based on financial data from May 1, 2015, to the end of February...
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Credit card, CFS-MB discussed at UMSU AGM

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Shreya Ghimire
Roughly 85 students showed up to the University of Manitoba Student’s Union’s (UMSU) annual general meeting (AGM) March 28 to raise concerns about the state of the union. The union took flak over the time...
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UMSU condemns CFS-MB over alleged partisan position

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) condemned the Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS-MB) at its March 24 meeting, passing a motion criticizing the advocacy group for expressing political favouritism...