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Metro: Autonomous drone brain being tested at University of Manitoba

August 18, 2016 — 
Up up and away

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A hand tinted postcard from about 1910 shows a man between two women // Wikimedia

Vice: Why people are fighting to get polyamory recognized as a sexual orientation

August 17, 2016 — 
Polygamists argue that how we think about sexual orientation should consider "relationship orientation”

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CTV: Allergic to flossing? It can happen, small study finds

August 16, 2016 — 
“Very flippantly, we said, ‘Stop flossing,” she says.

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CBC: Pallister government to axe civilian oversight board of Crown corporations

August 16, 2016 — 
The eight-member panel includes the dean of the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba

Dairy cow // Wikipedia

Op-ed: Supply management: red flags and red herrings

August 15, 2016 — 
'It is not clear how maintaining a 40-year-old system of market regulation can be considered trendsetting, but that is beside the point.'

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Free Press, Metro, et al.: Gov’t will pour $9M into Churchill scientific facility

August 11, 2016 — 
Supported by government, the University of Manitoba is taking the lead in understanding how ice and oil mix.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Easygoing Onyemata fully immersed in the grind of his first NFL training camp

August 11, 2016 — 
A lot has changed in his life since he was plucked by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft, 120th overall.

Image from iStock/Manuel Faba Ortega

CBC: Desiree Scott makes ‘mama’ proud in Canada’s Olympic soccer win over Germany

August 10, 2016 — 
CBC News interviewed Scott's mom

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Winnipeg Free Press: Wog speeds to breaststroke crown

August 9, 2016 — 
Bisons swim recruit defends her 200-metre breaststroke crown at 2016 Canadian Swimming Championships

The first of the series is a public event, An Evening with Justice Murray Sinclair, who will begin the conversation on how initial teacher education may best respond to the TRC’s Calls-to-Action.

National recognition for Murray Sinclair

August 9, 2016 — 
Senator Murray Sinclair has been named the recipient of the 2016 Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Relations by the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB)

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