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WEBINAR WEDNESDAYS // CONVOCATION AWARDS // SINGLE-SESSION COUNSELLING // GRADUATION POW WOW // STUDY SKILLS // THE WELLNESS HUB
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City briefs
Kinew extends fuel tax cut // Around the Kitchen Table // Community orgs react to provincial budget // U of W student films to screen at Cinematheque // Province boosts healthcare spending // Words of a Toole
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Harm reduction tools, safe consumption sites lower crime
A new harm-reduction vending machine is now at NorWest Co-op Community Health’s location at Access Norwest (785 Keewatin St.). The clinic is participating in the Our Healthbox program, a nationwide initiative by the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions.
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More windows smashed than burgers
Elena Grande has worked at Mona Lisa Ristorante for almost all of her adult life. As operations manager of the family-run business, she works tirelessly to keep her family’s tradition alive.
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Safety officers not addressing real cause of transit violence
Winnipeggers have mixed feelings about safety officers who began patrolling buses and bus routes at the end of February.
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Rebuilding with purpose
Joey Fagnan remembers visiting his family for Christmas and holiday dinners as a child, where relatives shared their stories about the horrors of the residential schools. Fagnan feared he would be abused at school, too.
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The Urban Issue: Addressing violent crime
It’s a tradition here at The Uniter for us to release a special themed issue as our last weekly edition of the publishing year. The Urban Issue, as we call it, is an opportunity for us to look at social, political and street-level issues that are impacting Winnipeg as a whole: as a city, as a community, as a place, as people.
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Campus briefs
WEBINAR WEDNESDAYS // SPRING TERM REGISTRATION // LAST DAY OF LECTURES FOR WINTER TERM // EXAM SCHEDULE FOR WINTER TERM // CONVOCATION AWARDS // TAX FORMS // SINGLE-SESSION COUNSELLING // STUDY SKILLS
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University of Winnipeg rebuilding services after cyber attack
University of Winnipeg (U of W) staff are working “day and night” to restore the school’s critical web services following what they’re calling a criminal cyber attack they discovered on Sunday, March 24. In the meantime, it’s clear that the outages will have significant repercussions for U of W students and faculty.
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U of W faculty no longer working under expired contract
After nearly a full academic year at the bargaining table, the University of Winnipeg (U of W) and the U of W Faculty Association (UWFA) ratified a collective agreement for 340 regular academic staff in early March.
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‘I think (Winnipeggers are) addicted to ice cream’
Two of Winnipeg’s most iconic ice-cream shops are now open for the season and have already had customers lined up at their door despite a lapse in warm weather.
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Council votes to open Portage and Main
The City of Winnipeg council members have voted in favour of reopening Portage Avenue and Main Street for pedestrians.
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City briefs
Winnipegger sues Uber // Federal ministers visit U of W // Amy Mazowita artist talk at 1C03 // Alleged human smuggler pleads ‘not guilty’ // Ten Ten Sinclair strike ends // Feds probe alleged China spying in Winnipeg
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City briefs
Firefighters’ union sounds alarm // Some pool closures paused for now // The (Video) King is Dead // Winnipeg police beef up retail presence // Tory obstruction // Cop sued for abuse – again
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Campus briefs
MONEY TALKS // WEBINAR WEDNESDAYS // GOOD FRIDAY – UNIVERSITY CLOSED // GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL STUDIES BURSARY // SPRING TERM REGISTRATION // LAST DAY OF LECTURES FOR WINTER TERM // EXAM SCHEDULE FOR WINTER TERM // CONVOCATION AWARDS // SINGLE-SESSION COUNSELLING // TAX FORMS
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Incoming UWSA executives ‘open for suggestions’
Candidates from a single slate, Change, won a clean sweep of all three executive positions in the 2024 University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) general election. Jashanpreet Singh, Parth Kaushik and Saurav (Sherry) Dhand were elected president, vice-president student affairs and vice-president external affairs, respectively.
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Former U of W prof returns to campus for trans genres keynote
Celebrated poet and former University of Winnipeg (U of W) women’s and gender studies professor Trish Salah will deliver a keynote talk, titled “‘After T-Day it got worse’: trans genres for the interregnum,” on Friday, March 22 at 5 p.m. in Riddell Hall.
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Profiting off a broken child-welfare system
On Feb. 28, CBC Manitoba published a bombshell investigation that found that a local foster home had been giving cannabis to children in its care on a daily basis.
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Overcoming language barriers for refugees
For many Winnipeggers, it’s easy to take basic services for granted. Relationships with one-on-one service providers like dentists, doctors or barbers are personal and often develop over the course of years. But for the city’s many newcomer refugees, there’s a significant barrier to accessing these services: language.
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The Uniter Speaker Series presents: Jennifer Smith
For Métis curator Jennifer Smith, replacing colonial practices begins with a reexamina- tion of values. “Our systems need to change in enormous ways.”
