Manitoban hockey pool
Greetings hockey fans! Whether you’ve officially entered the 2010-11 Manitoban Hockey Pool or just interested in keeping up with the goings on of the NHL…
January 2011
Supply and motherfucking demand in northern British Columbia
What would you say if a company with an arguably poor environmental track record asked to put a pipeline to pump some of the most…
Royal Dutch Shell shock
No longer a topic that people can take for granted, oil issues have leaked into all facets of society. The result has been increased environmental…
A lesson China should learn
A lesson was given by the Nobel Peace Prize committee of Norway. Liu Xiaobo, arrested and given a sentence of 11 years in prison by…
Midnight massacre
Protests and memorial ceremonies attempt to comfort Coptic Christians who seem to be surrounded by hatred and discrimination everywhere they go in Egypt, in the…
International News Briefs
Harvard missed signs of forgery The application of Adam Butler Wheeler, the student who famously conned his way into Harvard, was fraught with errors and…
News Briefs
Eco-friendly supercomputer unveiled at U of M The U of M is now home to the province’s first energy efficient High Performance Computing (HPC) system,…
Province to cover med school costs for some students
The province has agreed to cover the costs of medical school for students who agree to work in under-serviced areas for a specified term. The…
Province upgrades Privacy Act
The provincial government of Manitoba recently made changes to its privacy and information act, creating a new privacy and information adjudicator and improving information access….
U of M chooses not to renew agreement with Access Copyright
The University of Manitoba has now joined the group of universities who have chosen not to renew their contract with Access Copyright, the collective that…