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Taxi turmoil
Winnipeg cabbies try to pump the brakes on Uber
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News Briefs
National Coming Out Day // Forums, forums everywhere // Two U of W staff publish new books // Poll workers needed // Mental Health Awareness Week // RecPlex gets Ax-ed
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Girl on fire
Mrs. Universe rocks the vote in Winnipeg
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News briefs
National Coming Out Day // Poll workers needed // Forums, forums everywhere // Mental Health Awareness Week // Two U of W staff publish new books // RecPlex gets Ax-ed
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Keep the local beat going
On Sept 29, CBC/Radio-Canada held their Annual Public Meeting at the University of Winnipeg. Earlier in the day, CBC/Radio-Canada president Hubert Lacroix met with The Uniter and Le Réveil to share his thoughts about the CBC, the current state of journalism and the job market for young reporters.
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Fashion Streeter
Maryam “I’m kind of simple, and yet chic.”
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One for all
The University of Winnipeg is home to dozens of campus clubs and community groups interested in everything from saving Mother Earth to riding on broomsticks.
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Food fight?
For six years, Diversity Food Services Inc. at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) led a surge in sustainable food practices at universities across Canada. But in the last three months, the campus catering company tossed two executive chefs, leaving its future uncertain at the beginning of another busy school year.
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Daycare dreams
With more than 500 kids on the waitlist for the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) Day Care, more funding from the provincial government to add extra space can’t come soon enough, the student union says.
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The PROFile
The PROFile - Beverley Fehr
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Real Talk
When Daily Xtra journalist Graeme Coleman asked actor Tom Hardy about celebrity and sexuality during a TIFF press conference for the film Legend, he didn’t expect it to create a media firestorm.
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View from above
From rooftops, urban explorers have quite a view. Caleb Ackerman-Stratton’s rooftop adventures started in primary school when he climbed Wolseley School.
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Stopping sexual violence
Having a downtown campus means University of Winnipeg students can’t shy away from the harsh realities of living in and around the city’s core. One such reality is sexual violence.
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News Briefs
Empowering the indigenous vote // Right to know week // Student issues debate // U of W prof nets national history award // Gold star for green building
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Media and the message
There have been a lot of conversations about media on campus this week. CBC/Radio-Canada held their Annual Public Meeting (APM) at the University of Winnipeg on Sept. 29, and senior staff fielded some tough questions from the floor about the future of the organization.
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Fashion Streeter
Pearl “This is just me keeping it simple.”
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Learning reconciliation
Some University of Manitoba student reps recently sat down to discuss how the U of M could better support indigenous students at the school.
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Bon lecture
When Bon Cop, Bad Cop was first released in 2006, it didn’t necessarily seem like a surefire hit. Canadian films don’t typically perform well at the box office.
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Coming back strong
The University of Winnipeg Wesmen women’s soccer team has a new outlook on competition in 2015.
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A safer space for help
Historically, the University of Winnipeg’s (U of W) Counselling Centre has been understaffed and inappropriately located, but that changed on Sept. 14.