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Greens allowed in televised debate
The Manitoba Green party’s efforts to get leader James Beddome into the televised debates on Friday have paid off.
Beddome will join provincial NDP leader Greg Selinger, Conservative leader...
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UPEI to pay profs forced to retire
The University of Prince Edward Island will be forced to compensate three professors who were forced to retire after they turned 65, reported the Guardian.
The P.E.I. Human Rights...
Crime beat
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There was one report of assault during the month of August, involving an argument between a male and a female who had previously been dating. The male allegedly shoved the female, leading to the...
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Petition circulated to beef up math skills
Close to 200 people, most of them professors, have signed a petition to toughen up admission standards to the faculties of education, reported the Winnipeg Free Press.
The...
NDP promise to cap tuition with inflation, expand student aid
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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...
Interview with Greg Selinger
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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...
Manitoba Greens petition to get in debates
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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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