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Manitoba to raise minimum wage to $15 by October 2023

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Colton McKillop
The Manitoba provincial government raised the province’s minimum wage from $11.95 per hour to $13.50 per hour on Oct. 1, with plans to further increase it to $14.15 per hour in April 2023 and...
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Rally demands free international student health care

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Colton McKillop
International students, student groups and opposition parties gathered at the legislature last Wednesday to demand that the province reinstate free universal health care for international students. According to representatives from student groups, the provincial government...
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U of M takes part in Orange Shirt Day

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Matthew Merkel
In honour of the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, students and faculty members alike hosted and took part in a number of different events. UMSU Indigenous students community representative and University of...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
Features

Why we wear our ribbon skirts

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Ebunoluwa Akinbo
Every 30th of September in Canada is set aside as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. This day recognizes the survivors of residential schools, the children who...
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UMSU president speaks out following lawsuit

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Gillian Brown
UMSU president Jaron Rykiss is speaking out following a lawsuit from the Canadian Federation of Students over unpaid dues amounting to nearly $1 million. While he could not comment on the lawsuit itself, saying that...
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Sexual Violence Resource Centre reopens in person

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Colton McKillop
The University of Manitoba’s Sexual Violence Resource Centre (SVRC) is readjusting to the return of in-person activities after two years of remote learning. The centre opened in January 2020, but was soon forced to shut...
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Men’s washroom sign replaced by gender-inclusive sign

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Colton McKillop
For the second time in six weeks, an unknown person has replaced the sign for a men’s washroom in the Price faculty of engineering building with a gender-inclusive sign. The dean of the Price faculty...
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