Local news briefs
Alternative Reading Week announces local partners Four Winnipeg agencies are partnering with the University of Manitoba Student Life offices and Students’ Union for this year’s…
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local news briefs
Protesters call attention to photo radar tickets Approximately 30 Winnipeggers gathered at the intersection of Grant Avenue and Nathaniel Street to protest the use of…
Occupy Winnipeg lives on
They may have lost their campsite, but Occupy Winnipeg is still protesting economic inequality and banking policies beyond Memorial Park. A small group of Occupy…
CUPE gets the boot
After nearly a year of working side by side, the Graduate Students Association (GSA) served CUPE 3909 with an eviction notice on Nov. 28. The…
Crime Beat
November Theft of personal items continued to be prevalent during month of November, the majority of incidents involved the theft of laptops. 11 thefts were…
Body found on U of M campus – UPDATE –
University of Manitoba Security Services reported the discovery of a body on the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus to the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS)…
Recommendations proposed to address reasonable accommodation
In an effort to address a number of concerns brought forward to Senate last year, an ad hoc committee has developed a number of recommendations…
Fact sheet: crime and punishment in Canada
Police reported crime In 2010, police reported overall crime in Canada reached its lowest level since 1970s, according to Statistics Canada; since 1999, police-reported violent…
Opposition remains strong against bill C-10
As the federal government’s bill C-10, aka the Safe Streets and Communities Act, is poised to make its way to the Senate, opposition of the…
The challenge of separation
Through his research, Peter Karari, a PhD student at the Arthur Mauro Centre for Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies, is hoping to raise awareness of…