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U of M raises flag on its first Pride week

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Tom Ingram
Students, university officials, and community members gathered in the atrium of the Brodie Centre on the Bannatyne campus May 30 for a flag-raising ceremony marking the University of Manitoba's first-ever official participation in Pride...
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Media coverage, voter dissatisfaction may have driven declined ballots

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Tom Ingram
Manitoba's recent provincial election saw the Progressive Conservatives take an overwhelming share of both the popular vote and the seats in the legislature. But evidently not everyone was satisfied with the options available on...
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Candidates settle in around University of Manitoba

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Tom Ingramwith files from Shawn Garbutt
Tuesday's provincial election saw several new MLAs elected to the constituencies surrounding the University of Manitoba. Manitobans elected a majority Progressive Conservative (PC) government in a landslide victory that saw the New Democratic Party (NDP)...
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NDP pledges to convert student loans to grants

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Tom Ingramwith files from Craig Adolphewith files from Garett Williams
If re-elected April 19, the Manitoba NDP will offer non-repayable grants in place of student loans and provide free tuition to students in foster care up to age 25, leader Greg Selinger announced at...
Craig Adolphe
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UMSU credit card statements released

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Tom Ingram
A routine meeting of the University of Manitoba Students' Union (UMSU) council Thursday night took a dramatic turn when councillors put forward three successive emergency motions concerning alleged misuse of a union credit card...
Editorial

Front and Centre: an elaborate fiction

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Tom Ingram
The controversial fee hike motion recently passed by the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) council omitted three key words that might have killed the proposal outright, had they been spoken back in November. Front...
Editorial

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right

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Tom Ingram
It’s been a little over a year since the University of Manitoba announced that it would be trimming budgets by up to four per cent in order to square up a funding shortfall. This...
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