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National Indigenous Peoples Day 2018 News Archive

Sean Carleton

Faculty of Arts

Global News Winnipeg: Parents seek apology for school lockdown and being labeled ‘a disturbance’

March 14, 2025 — 
Two award-winning Indigenous musicians are saying it was racial profiling after a Winnipeg elementary school went into lockdown when they went to deal with bullying concerns involving their daughters.

Hands typing at a desktop computer

Faculty of Arts

The Canadian Press: Manitoba election disinformation bill goes into ‘uncharted waters,’ analyst says

March 13, 2025 — 
The Manitoba government is entering new territory with a plan to crack down on election disinformation and fine people.

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Leif Jensen, a legal aid lawyer who represented Mason, said the legislation is a step in the right direction. (Trevor Brine/CBC)

Faculty of Law

CBC Manitoba: Legislation will ban incarceration under Health Act after Manitoba woman with TB jailed

March 13, 2025 — 
CBC investigation found Geraldine Mason spent month in jail after missing tuberculosis medication

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Associate professor Chi Liao, Asper School of Business.

Asper School of Business

CBC Manitoba: Winnipeg shoppers ‘heartbroken’ as future uncertain for Hudson’s Bay Co.

March 13, 2025 — 
Storied department store company moving forward with restructuring after being granted creditor protection

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Dr. Tara Horrill

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Global News Winnipeg: Winnipegger urges patients to advocate for themselves after mother’s delayed cancer diagnosis

March 12, 2025 — 
Melanie Leslie-Bernard describes their mom Zoe as a brave, adventurous woman who loved travel and the outdoors

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Woman with long brown wavy hair, wearing a grey suit jacket and v-neck black shirt.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: 5 years after start of pandemic, experts say Manitoba can still learn lessons from COVID-19

March 12, 2025 — 
Long-COVID treatment, public health information strategies among areas of possible improvement

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The Manitoba Legislative Building in winter. // Image from the Legislative Assembly/Facebook.

Faculty of Arts

The Canadian Press: Manitoba Progressive Conservatives have 11,000 members as April leadership vote looms

March 11, 2025 — 
Manitoba Progressive Conservatives have 11,000 members as April leadership vote looms

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Dr. Christopher Adams, rector of St. Paul's College. Photo taken December 15, 2021 (University of Manitoba)

Faculty of Arts

CBC Manitoba: Mark Carney ‘has what it takes’ to deal with Trump, say Manitoba politicians

March 11, 2025 — 
'This battle is about economic war and we need to build our best at the front': Chartrand

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Portrait of Barry Prentice

Asper School of Business

CBC Manitoba: With Trump tariff uncertainty, this Manitoba manufacturer is doubling down on Canadian pride

March 11, 2025 — 
Brandon-based Behlen Industries says focus on domestic sales and production will help weather trade war storm

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Christine Sinclair holding a soccer ball in front of University of Manitoba branding colours

CTV Morning Live: Christine Sinclair, Knight Lecture Series

March 10, 2025 — 
2025 Knight Lecture Series speaker, Christine Sinclair, talks to CTV Morning Live about her historic career in soccer, and the message she wants to convey to the next generation of women in sport, and in life.

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