News
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U-Pass negotiations uncover huge funding gap
Student groups at the University of Winnipeg and Manitoba are scrounging for sponsorships to help make up a $3.5 million shortfall needed to create a universal bus pass.
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Saline salience
Pretzel-crunching, mayonnaise-slathering Canadians could soon have one less excuse for maintaining their salt-savouring ways - at least if one federal MP gets her way.
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Wesmen net bronze in B.C.
Hampered by injury, the University of Winnipeg men’s basketball team returned home from their first foray into the Canada West final four last weekend with bronze medals around their necks.
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Money for honour?
Late last month, the University of Winnipeg announced that the Duckworth Centre gym will be named after Dr. David Anderson, former director of physical education and recreation at the school, in conjunction with a $400,000 donation made by his family to the university.
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International News Briefs
General strike in Greece; North Korea threatens more nuclear tests; Opposition to ANC in South Africa; Women’s status elevating in Saudi Arabia
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Local News Briefs
Winnipeg seeing organic food boom; Goodbye city-owned arena; PAYS not paying off; Traffic tickets costing taxpayers
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Lebowskipalooza - How do you feel about The Dude’s drink of choice, White Russian cocktails?
Lebowskipalooza is this weekend. How do you feel about The Dude’s drink of choice, White Russian cocktails?
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Wesmen men’s basketball team advances to final four in playoffs
They finally did it.
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Rethinking Republican
The reelection of Barack Obama in November 2012 proved a two-sided coin in American political life.
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Minister of Health responds to accusations that Birth Centre is a failure
Amid media criticism over low usage rates during its first 15 months of operation, Manitoba minister of health Theresa Oswald is defending the city’s first midwife-run Birth Centre, arguing it gives the province a competitive edge in the race to recruit health-care workers.
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City Councillor pledges 28K to Save Our Seine
An environmental group working to promote and improve the health of Winnipeg’s smallest river is praising a much-needed funding boost from the city to resume its operations.
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Gio’s closes after a decade downtown
Shortly after 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17, Gio’s Club and Bar closed its Smith Street doors for the last time amidst an outpouring of emotion from Winnipeg’s LGBT* community - a community that, for nearly a decade, found special refuge within its walls.
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Local News Briefs
New blog calls out misogyny aimed at politicians; Valentine’s Day of remembrance; Unions protest privatization; Saskatchewan urban reserve a success; Porn star to return to Manitoba liquor stores
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International News Briefs
Oil companies find new land; Gang rape in Africa; Monks attacked with white phosphorous; Israeli women arrested for wearing men’s prayer shawls
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All aboard the mothership
A residential development fit for E.T. will soon join the ranks of the many swanky condos comprising Waterfront Drive’s recent building boom.
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U of W pension commitments experience unprecedented increase
The University of Winnipeg’s pension commitments have increased by an unprecedented $3 million this year.
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Winnipeg Film Group planning relocation, new building project
After more than 25 years in the Artspace Building, the Winnipeg Film Group is eyeing a move out of downtown.
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City upholds field rental fee hike
A Winnipeg sports organization is upset over a 105 per cent fee hike to rent public fields in the new civic budget, which, in spite of an appeal, was upheld by a city council vote last week.
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International News Briefs
Ahmadinejad the astronaut; Assassinations and amusement; Singapore cartel centre of football match-fixing probe; Union decries minimum wage hikes
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Local News Briefs
Outlaws outlawed; Lake Winnipeg world’s most threatened; Mine moving forward despite objections; Martin sets sights on nickel, quarter