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Arts & Culture

Spending the Japanese New Year with community

By
Hanako Teranishi
After a prolonged break due to COVID-19, the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba (JCAM) hosted the Japanese New Year celebration, Oshogatsu, at the Manitoba Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Jan. 7.  I attended the celebration...
Arts & Culture

Revitalizing historic Chinatown through art

By
Kelsey Chin
Winnipeg artist Natalie Mark was commissioned by the Winnipeg Arts Council to create new banners to adorn Winnipeg’s historic Chinatown this year.  The pieces will hang from lamp posts in various spots around Chinatown and...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
News

How a U of M prof unwittingly became one face of...

By
Gillian Brown
In May of 2022, a man walked into frame on the set of Netflix’s documentary Bitconned. “Hello, I’m Michael Edwards, founder and CEO of Centra Tech,” he said, sitting down behind a wooden desk...
News

Investigation into U of M student’s death transferred to Alberta organization

By
Kyra Campbell
To avoid any “perceived conflict of interest,” an out-of-province organization has taken over the investigation into the Dec. 31 fatal police shooting of 19-year-old U of M international student Afolabi Stephen Opaso from the...
Matthew Merkel
News

‘Zero calls to action were completed in 2023’: report finds

By
Michaela de Hoop
An annual status update published by the Yellowhead Institute found that zero of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) calls to action were completed in 2023.  Of the 94 calls to action, the...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
News

Self-funded healing lodge has grand opening

By
Michaela de Hoop
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the founders of Three Wyndi’s Healing noticed that, while interruptions and changes occurred around the world, grief and trauma remained constant.  Angie Cote, Leading Standing Eagle Woman, her husband Sheldon Cote,...
News

October and November campus crime report

By
Sarah Cohen
Statistics published by U of M security services for the months of October and November are now available on the security services’ website. In a previous statement, security services said not all incidents are...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo