Editorial

Who says we should defund the CBC?

By
Gillian Brown
A sizeable portion of Canada’s right wing believes the CBC should be defunded. Perhaps the most vocal is the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Pierre Poilievre, who promises to defund the broadcasting...
Dallin Chicoine
News

Guest speaker accused of Islamophobic remarks sparks response, calls for action

By
Colton McKillopGillian Brown
Haneen Nakhleh and Belkis Elmoudi attended Bassem Eid’s talk on campus last Monday. Before even walking into the room, they felt unwelcome. When Nakhleh, her sister Ronia and Elmoudi — who had all registered for...
Dallin Chicoine
News

How a U of M prof unwittingly became one face of...

By
Gillian Brown
In May of 2022, a man walked into frame on the set of Netflix’s documentary Bitconned. “Hello, I’m Michael Edwards, founder and CEO of Centra Tech,” he said, sitting down behind a wooden desk...
Features

Vigil held to honour international student killed by police

By
Gillian Brown
The day Afolabi Stephen Opaso was shot and killed by Winnipeg police, he called Favour Babalola, his friend of eight years, twice. The two had known each other since high school in Nigeria, and had...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
News

Nursing student suspended

By
Gillian Brown
Fourth-year nursing student Arij Al Khafagi is facing academic discipline following what lobbyists say were social media posts “expressing her opposition to Israel’s extreme violence against Palestinians in Gaza.” Al Khafagi, senior stick of the...
Arts & Culture

’Toban staff try the new Starbucks holiday drinks

By
Braden BristowGillian BrownSarah Cohen
With Halloween being so last week and Starbucks officially having its holiday drinks out, we at the Manitoban tested them all so you don’t have to. Our tasters ranked each drink — the gingerbread oat...
Matthew Merkel
Features

The Manitoban enters 110th year

By
Ezra TavesGillian BrownJessie Krahn
As the Manitoban approaches the midway point of its 110th publishing year, we are reminded of the vital role that student journalism plays in a university’s society.  Journalism is essential to a functioning democracy. Good...
Teegan Gillich
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