Sports

A dive into the surge of Canadian sports gambling

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Joshua Brandt
Sports betting in Canada has become remarkably common place. As of 2021, through the ratification of Bill C-218, Canada legalized single-game sports betting, shifting the immense and illegal cash-flow to a government regulated cash-flow. There are certainly...
Jenna Solomon
Sports

Women’s volleyball team finishes fourth at nationals

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Joshua Brandt
Over this past weekend, the U of M women’s volleyball team participated in the U-Sports volleyball championship in Vancouver, B.C. To get to nationals, the herd beat its local rival University of Winnipeg Wesmen in a...
Matthew Merkel
Sports

Bison football alumnus making inroads in the NFL

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Joshua Brandt
This past Thursday, March 16, former Bisons football star and University of Manitoba alumnus David Onyemata signed a three-year US$35 million contract with the National Football League’s (NFL) Atlanta Falcons. The contract guarantees the 30-year-old former environmental...
Dallin Chicoine
Sports

A poor man’s guide to March Madness

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Joshua Brandt
It’s March. It’s that time of year when we foolishly hope the snow will be gone by April, and when we all take a keen interest in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball. We take an interest...
Dallin Chicoine
Sports

Bisons fall short in championship bid

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Joshua Brandt
For the first time since 2014, this past weekend the University of Manitoba women’s volleyball team competed in the Canada West (CanWest) conference semi-finals, facing off against the Mount Royal University Cougars (MRU) in a best-of-three...
Matthew Merkel
Sports

The end of a hockey season and of an era

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Joshua Brandt
The U of M men’s hockey team finished its season entrenched in eighth place in the Canada West conference (CanWest) standings, two points shy of a playoff spot. Additionally, head coach Mike Sirant’s coaching tenure ended...
Matthew Merkel
Editorial

The importance of planting flowers

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Joshua Brandt
By now, I think many Manitobans are likely quite weary of winter. I know I am. So take heart, for today on the first of March, spring — that elusive shrinking violet — has finally arrived....
Jenna Solomon
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