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City briefs
Last late-summer late-night market // Defining research data // Walk in a United way // National Day for Truth and Reconciliation // Shoal Lake 40 water update // Vaccine mandate updates
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Winnipeg Twitter hates itself
What are the rules of creating humour from Winnipeg? A tweet from the account @MasonDRM sums it up nicely: “You are only allowed to make fun of Winnipeg if you are from Winnipeg, anybody else & we’ll fight you & steal your bike.”
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See you there
With the return of live events and music picking up steam, organizers and artists are thinking outside the box and putting in extra effort to bring in-person events to fruition.
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City briefs
U of W vaccination mandate update // Doors Open Winnipeg is back // Rock climb online // Virtual Pride panel // Federal election voting details // When Veins Meet Like Rivers at Plug-In
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The feds giveth, and the feds taketh away
While liberal and conservative political commentators alike characterize youth in post-secondary programs as politically engaged in the extreme, voter turnout rates over the past 30 years suggest that while the youth (typically defined as those between 18 and 24 years of age) vote is currently the largest voting bloc by age, young people have been casting fewer and fewer votes since the 1990s.
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Distress from afar
Close your eyes and envision education for all, peaceful gatherings and women rising the workforce ladder. This was Afghanistan’s trajectory before the atrocities that have flooded media outlets in the past weeks.
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London, Ont. terror attack ignites calls for change
The Muslim community in Winnipeg has been thrown into a state of grief. On June 6 in London, ON, four members of the Afzaal family were killed by a driver who was targeting them because of their faith.
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Freedom of information at risk with Bill 49
Premier Brian Pallister’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been roundly criticized by the opposition, local news media and community activists alike. But beyond the pandemic response itself, Pallister’s Progressive Conservative (PC) government has also been accused of using the pandemic as cover to push through anti-democratic legislation.
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Empty sanctuaries
Local places of worship adapt to COVID-19
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‘Eye-popping’ conditions and ‘reactive’ policies
A transit operator’s pandemic work environment
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Campus briefs
Winter Term // Spring Term // Good Friday // Exams // Bursaries for Spring Term // Convocation Awards // Grades // myVisit
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Romance, unprecedented
Making it official in the time of COVID-19
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City briefs
See it before the final curtain call // Physics and geography thesis presentations // A new space to gather and learn in // Psychology students sharing research // Exploring strategies to end homelessness
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Opening in a pandemic
Why the owners of Gâto and Thyme took the risk
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Arts briefs
Free online art talk // Charlene du Toit: Feminine and Fierce // Flux // Within Reach // Yom Hashoah Interfaith Commemoration
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640 electric candles in the wind
City memorializes lives lost due to government laziness with more of the same
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Isolation and anxiety
Student mental health after a year of online school
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Campus briefs
Webinar Wednesdays // Winter Term // Spring Term // Good Friday // Exams // Convocation Awards // Grades // myVisit
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Bridging the suburban/inner-city gap
Dynamics of the Inner City course now offered at Maples Met School
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Hydro tensions
Strikes and opposition to Bill 35 creating friction at Manitoba Hydro