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Brandon Trask is an associate professor in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of law. (Warren Kay/CBC)

Faculty of Law

CBC London: Hockey Canada sexual assault trial ‘reinvigorated’ talk on complex issues of consent, sports culture

July 23, 2025 — 
Justice Maria Carroccia will give decisions in case of 5 ex-world junior players

Daxx Turner is a U SPORTS national champion in triple jump.

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

CBC Manitoba: Neepawa’s Daxx Turner Heads to Germany for World University Games

July 22, 2025 — 
Neepawa’s Daxx Turner Heads to Germany for World University Games

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Dr. Zulma Rueda smiling at the camera in her lab.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CTV Winnipeg: Manitoba researchers working to put end to HIV stigma

July 22, 2025 — 
Manitoba researchers working to put end to HIV stigma

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Dr. Zulma Rueda smiling at the camera in her lab.

CTV Morning Live: Fighting HIV stigma

July 21, 2025 — 
Dr. Zulma Rueda, Canada Research Chair in sexually transmitted infection – resistance and control at the Max Rady College of Medicine speaks to CTV Morning Live about how her team is tackling record-high HIV rates and stigma through community-led, Manitoba-made research.

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An artist's impression of two black holes merging, which can be detected on Earth through the gravitational waves the collision creates. (Victor de Schwanberg/SPL)

Faculty of Science

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba researchers part of team working to unravel mystery of largest black hole merger ever detected

July 20, 2025 — 
Discovery helps us understand 'where we come from,' says U of M Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics

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Melina Jobbins, in the foreground, and summer student Mitchell Baker sift through rock at an Interlake quarry, looking for fossils. (Karen Pauls/CBC)

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

CBC Manitoba: Move over, Jurassic Park. Manitoba was home to newly discovered 390-million-year-old extinct fish

July 20, 2025 — 
Manitoba paleontologist identifies, renames new classification of ancient fish

pea size hail stones in a pile in someone's hand

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

CBC Manitoba: Hail-focused research projects ‘long past due’ in Canada, U.S., prof says

July 20, 2025 — 
Projects aim to minimize damage by better predicting hailstorms, hailstone sizes

BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Poor food intake and subsequent malnutrition can lead to a host of problems for people living in long-term care, University of Manitoba professor Christina Lengyel says.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Free Press: From unpalatable to appalling

July 18, 2025 — 
The state of long-term care home food is tough to stomach for many residents and their loved ones

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Man with short brown hair, grey short beard, big smile and a dark blue collared shirt.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Portage Online: Farms spotlight sustainability in Lake Winnipeg Basin tour

July 17, 2025 — 
Farms spotlight sustainability in Lake Winnipeg Basin tour

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Faculty of Arts

CBC Manitoba: Will increased penalties lower the number of violent attacks on first responders?

July 17, 2025 — 
Will increased penalties lower the number of violent attacks on first responders?

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