U of M students support Standing Rock activists
University of Manitoba students are showing solidarity with North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux tribe in its months-long effort to block the construction of the Dakota…
environment
The U of M needs to move forward with composting on campus
Whether it is a takeout container from Degrees or the remnants of your lunch packed from home, one thing is certain: at the University of…
University of Winnipeg student executives, director detained outside Parliament in anti-pipeline demonstration
On Oct. 24, two executives and one director from the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) were among a group of young people detained for…
Letter to the editor
I agree with columnist Shaden Abusaleh almost 100 per cent. My only criticism of this insightful article is the car culture reference to us being an…
Canadian photojournalist to share thought-provoking stories of marginalized animals
Twenty years ago, Canadian photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur realized that she regarded animals differently from the way most people did. While backpacking in Ecuador, she came…
Science Briefs: Animal Activity Edition
A recent study by scientists at Duke University, Kyoto University, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has provided evidence that great apes (bonobos,…
Why Manitobans should care about the Dakota Access Pipeline
The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a $3.8 billion oil pipeline stretching from North Dakota to Illinois, covering approximately 1,900 kilometers of terrain. Nearly as…
World Health Organization reports 92% of world population breathes dangerous air
In a report released this past Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 92 per cent of the world’s population breathes air that exceeds…
With friends like Trudeau and McKenna, Canada’s environment doesn’t need enemies
In 1879, Leonard Tilley said of a young Canada, “The time has arrived when we are to decide whether we will be simply hewers of wood…
Stop saying ‘bottoms up’ to oil
Protesters are piping up, and you should too.