Idle No More supporters gather for national day of action
Protestors walked from Bloodvein, Hollow Water, Brokenhead, and Little Black River First Nations to the Manitoba Legislature on Jan. 28, where they met local Idle…
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Province backing Lake Winnipeg groups
Groups involved in Lake Winnipeg research and water quality advocacy received a total of $600,000 in funding from the provincial government on Monday, Jan. 21….
Unist’ot’en Camp resident visits Winnipeg to discuss resistance
Winnipeg’s Mondragon Bookstore and Coffeehouse filled up quickly on the evening of Monday, Jan. 21 for a community dinner and discussion in support of Unist’ot’en…
City releases proposed budget
The City of Winnipeg released its 2013 capital and operating budget plans during the week of Jan. 7 and, in doing so, unveiled an abrupt…
Lecture examines past, present, and future of the Canadian West
David Barnard, vice-chancellor and president of the University of Manitoba, hosted a talk on Wednesday, Jan. 16 entitled “The New West: The Political and Economic…
Report from the U of M Senate
The University of Manitoba’s senate meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 9, was dominated largely by a discussion of the school’s Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) planning framework,…
Asper business school holds international marketing competition
Last week, students from the University of Manitoba’s Asper school of business held the 31st annual Manitoba International Marketing Competition (MIMC). MIMC is the only…
Private college on U of M campus criticized by former students, faculty
A privately-run college located on the University of Manitoba campus, the International College of Manitoba (ICM), has recently drawn anger from former students and the…
Hunger strike proves effective
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office released a statement on Friday, Jan. 4, declaring that he would attend a meeting with Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence as…
Child and family advocacy group releases report on poverty in Canada
Campaign 2000, an anti-poverty advocacy group, released its annual report card on the state of child and family poverty in Canada last week. The report…