Student concerns
In an effort to provide student focused coverage of the upcoming provincial election, we launched a contest asking students to tell us what issues mattered…
Sarah Petz
Putting their name on the ballot
Along with the Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens, there’s a fifth party running in the Manitoba provincial election: the Communist Party of Canada – Manitoba….
International briefs
AT scores hit four-decade low SAT reading scores hit their lowest point in close to four decades, reported the Washington Post. The average reading score…
Local Briefs
Greens allowed in televised debate The Manitoba Green party’s efforts to get leader James Beddome into the televised debates on Friday have paid off. Beddome…
International briefs
UPEI to pay profs forced to retire The University of Prince Edward Island will be forced to compensate three professors who were forced to retire…
Crime beat
There was one report of assault during the month of August, involving an argument between a male and a female who had previously been dating….
Local Briefs
Petition circulated to beef up math skills Close to 200 people, most of them professors, have signed a petition to toughen up admission standards to…
NDP promise to cap tuition with inflation, expand student aid
The Manitoba NDP have pledged to cap tuition increases at the rate of inflation and expand student aid eligibility if reelected this fall. Greg Selinger…
Interview with Greg Selinger
During his visit to the University of Manitoba, Greg Selinger, leader of the provincial NDP, sat down with Manitoban editor-in-chief Leif Larsen and news editor…
Manitoba Greens petition to get in debates
The Green Party of Manitoba is taking action to ensure that its leader, James Beddome, is included in the upcoming televised debates. “In the interests…