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Arab League ignores calls to suspend Syria over violent crackdown on protests The Arab League plans to open dialogue between the Syrian government and opposition…
Erin Jackson
Occupiers not going to budge
It has been a chilly first few nights for the Occupy Winnipeg protesters camped in a downtown park since Oct. 14. Around a dozen people…
New centre aims to educate youth on farming
If you ate today, thank a farmer” is the last message you read when you walk out of the new Bruce D. Campbell Farm and…
Aqua Books saved
Aqua Books is set to become a non-profit organization centred on books, community and entertainment, after nearly falling off the Winnipeg map. The owner of…
Latest domino is in place
As the opening of the University of Manitoba’s new Pembina Hall residence marks the latest piece to fall into place for Project Domino, progess on…
CD Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers, I’m With You
After a five-year hiatus since the release of the highly criticized double-album Stadium Arcadium, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have a lot to prove with…
TEDx makes its Winnipeg debut
Ideas worth spreading” make their way to Winnipeg as the first TEDx Winnipeg event is set to take place at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on…
Sure I’ll work . . . but for free?
I have been slave to many an academic institution over the course of my (nearly) 22 years of life. Since entering school at the age…
Asper family matriarch dies at 78
Ruth ‘Babs’ Asper, the matriarch of the prominent Asper family, died suddenly on Saturday July 30 at the age of 78. She was the wife…