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Over 25% of Manitobans obese

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Leah Hansen
A new study from the University of Manitoba faculty of medicine has found that while more than a quarter of people in Manitoba are now considered obese, the province’s healthcare system is unlikely to...
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U of M student helps revitalize North End neighbourhood

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Leah Hansen
In the winter of 2010, Kale Bonham, an aboriginal student in the faculty of education at the University of Manitoba, started the process of redesigning the lamppost banners that hang along Selkirk Avenue. It...
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U of M one step closer to a more eco-friendly campus

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Leah Hansen
The University of Manitoba sustainability committee recently released a draft of their sustainability strategy, which aims to present an organized vision of a sustainable university, and introduces a path for how to act and...
Features

Wrapped-up in time

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Leah Hansen
For those of you who may have been raised under the ocean, deep underground in secret government bunkers or have been hermits for most of your lives, a condom is a barrier device placed...
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local news briefs

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Leah Hansen
Four grow-ops busted by Winnipeg police Four search warrants were executed on Oct. 5 by Winnipeg police at separate addresses, leading to the seizure of more than half a million dollars worth of marijuana, reported...
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VoteAnyWay contest winners revealed

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Leah Hansen
Along with the results of the Manitoba provincial election, the winners of the VoteAnyWay project’s public service announcement contest were announced last week. The “VoteAnyWay” initiative, organized by professors and students at the University of...
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Country-wide election analysis

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Leah Hansen
Fixed election dates in fall 2011 present researchers with an unparalleled opportunity to study the quality of democracy in provincial elections across five Canadian campuses in different provinces. The Comparative Provincial Election Project (CPEP) draws...
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