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Stefanson exaggerated ICU capacity during third wave

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Colton McKillop
During last year’s third wave of COVID-19, Heather Stefanson claimed Manitoba’s health-care system could handle dozens more critically ill cases five days after a top health official discussed the possibility of out-of-province ICU patient...
Basel Abdelaziz
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Province ordered to pay UMFA $19.3 million

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Colton McKillop
The Manitoba government has been ordered to pay the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) over $19.3 million for secretly interfering with UMFA’s contract negotiations in 2016.
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Manitoba dropping self-isolation requirement

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Colton McKillop
Manitoba will drop self-isolation requirements for people who test positive for COVID-19, the province announced last week.
Marina Djurdjevic
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UMSU election nominations close March 11

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Colton McKillop
UMSU general elections will be held this month, with voting beginning March 31 at 9 a.m. AND CLOSING APRIL 1 AT 4:30 P.M.
Megan Colwell
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Sustainability week to focus on greenwashing

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Colton McKillop
UMSU’s annual series of sustainability initiatives will be held March 1 through March 10 and will focus on the theme of greenwashing, the process through which an organization misrepresents itself or its products as environmentally...
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MAPSS backs international students’ health buy-in

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Colton McKillop
The Manitoba Alliance of Post-SecondaryStudents (MAPSS) is proposing that international students be allowed to buyinto the provincial health-care system rather than paying private premiums.
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Provincial school funding falls behind inflation

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Colton McKillop
Inflation will outpace increases in funding for public school divisions struggling with COVID-19-related expenses, wagesettlements and a general increase in cost of living for another consecutive year.
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Colton McKillop