Inner-city campus helps with annual community event
An annual holiday event, Lighting Up The Avenue (LUTA), will brighten up Selkirk Avenue once again on Dec. 6. The yearly celebration is hosted by…
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Social workers hired to help those in need downtown
Two new social workers, hired by the Downtown Winnipeg Business Improvement Zone (BIZ), will be available in 2013 for people in need downtown. The move…
Winnipeg police officer on trial for assault of prisoner
A Winnipeg police officer is currently standing trial for allegedly assaulting a prisoner who he was transporting to the Winnipeg Remand Centre. The trial commenced…
Contest to change U of M’s campus landscape
The official launch of the Visionary (re)Generation Open International Design Competition commences Dec. 5. Competitors are able to register for the competition on this date…
Human rights and legal groups critique inquiry process
Three human rights and advocacy organizations have released a report critiquing the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (MWCI). West Coast LEAF (Legal Education and Action…
Christmas Bird Count 2012: Citizen science event to take place on Dec. 16.
Since the winter of 1900, amateur and experienced birdwatchers alike have participated in the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Ornithologist Frank Chapman started this ambitious…
NHLPA stars play on campus, score Goals For Dreams
With the lockout dragging on in the NHL, hundreds of lucky Winnipeg hockey fans took in the Goals For Dreams charity hockey game Nov. 17…
Crime beat
October saw several accounts of criminal activity at the University of Manitoba. Ten thefts were reported from Oct. 1 to 31, nine of them being…
Climate change and the community: Participate in local discussion on the effects of climate change.
For thousands of years humans have taken for granted that we would have winter and summer, a planting season and harvest season. Suddenly we’re finding…
Bombers play second annual ‘Last Game Ever’ at Canad Inns Stadium
This time they mean it! After construction delays to Investors Group Field on the University of Manitoba campus saw the Winnipeg Blue Bombers play an…