Student group loses court challenge against Fair Elections Act
The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) lost a court challenge late last month that attempted to have the Fair Elections Act ruled unconstitutional in advance…
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Katz trial dismissed
The conflict-of-interest lawsuit against Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz was dismissed on Friday, Apr. 5 by Queen’s Bench judge Brenda Keyser. Keyser reached her decision after…
“Where we are shapes who we are”
U of M president David Barnard began the most recent installment of the Visionary Conversations speaker series by saying, “Where we are shapes who we…
Survivor of Sierra Leone’s civil war visits the U of M
Mariatu Kamara, UNICEF special representative for children in armed conflict and author of the book The Bite of the Mango, was at the University of…
Facebook photo draws criticism of newly elected UMSU president
A photo of recently elected University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) president Al Turnbull has been circulating on Facebook drawing some criticism of the Fresh…
Resistance is fertile
Both women and men marched down Broadway Avenue on Friday, Mar. 8 for International Women’s Day. Participants chanted phrases such as, “two, four, six, eight,…
Preliminary UMSU general election results
Preliminary vote counts released by the chief returning officer (CRO) supervising the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) general elections indicate that the UMSU Fresh…
UMSU elections: preliminary election results
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) chief returning officer (CRO) supervising the students’ union election has released the preliminary 2013 elections results to the…
Winnipeg Transit is about to get whole lot smarter
A new automatic fare collection system (AFCS) will soon replace the current system of paper bus passes and tickets. The AFCS will be implemented in…
Bullying of staff main issue at U of M town hall meeting
Friday, Mar. 1 was the University of Manitoba’s 10th town hall meeting under president and vice-chancellor David Barnard. Faculty and students gathered to discuss and…