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The Narwhal: Prairie provinces are supposed to share water. What happens during a drought?

August 8, 2025 — 
Manitoba is the last in line for water sharing from Prairies rivers stemming from the Rockies. It’s also the province most dependent on that water for electricity generation

A basketball court is over grown with weeds and being taken over with flood water (credit Harrison Haines)

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CBC Manitoba: Could flash floods happen in Manitoba?

July 8, 2025 — 
Could flash floods happen in Manitoba?

Research and International News

New research aims to improve quality of Lake Winnipeg

July 4, 2025 — 
A new research project is set to provide solutions to improve Lake Winnipeg’s water quality. Led by UM’s Dr. David Lobb, Professor in the Department of Soil Science, this project will investigate a critical missing piece in the decades-long effort to reduce harmful nutrient pollution by fingerprinting the sources of airborne phosphorus that affect water quality of the lake.

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Ahmed Shalaby, a civil engineering professor at the University of Manitoba, says under current design standards, a highway intersection would have a median wide enough for a truck and a stop sign. (Travis Golby/CBC)

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CBC Manitoba: Site of deadly Manitoba bus crash was studied in 2006, but suggested improvement wasn’t completed

June 23, 2025 — 
Province to announce recommendation for upgrade this week, 2 years after crash that killed 17 near Carberry

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Strategic Support Fund initiatives drive progress on UM’s shared goals

June 20, 2025 — 
As UM moves forward with implementing MomentUM: Leading Change Together, Strategic Plan 2024-2029, innovative projects supported through the Strategic Initiatives Support Fund (SISF) are bringing the plan’s vision to life. With the 2024–2025 funding cycle concluding, several impactful initiatives have successfully wrapped up, while a new round of funding recipients have just been announced. Learn about three projects that illustrate the kind of transformative work that is taking place at UM..

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Walking the path of Truth and Reconciliation

June 18, 2025 — 
A documentary outlining the Price Faculty of Engineering’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and respectful, relational, and reciprocal collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, has recently been released.

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Meet the 2025 ENGAP grads

May 30, 2025 — 
Meet the 2025 graduates of the Engineering Access Program.

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Students News

The highest standing

May 29, 2025 — 
Six students have been awarded Governor General’s Academic Medals for outstanding achievement at their level of study.

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Dr. Philip Ferguson

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The Canadian Press: Cost of Canada joining Trump’s Golden Dome missile defence project still unknown

May 23, 2025 — 
Cost of Canada joining Trump's Golden Dome missile defence project still unknown

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Research and International News

Meet Xihui (Larry) Liang, 2024 Rh Award Winner in the Applied Science category

May 22, 2025 — 
Dr. Xihui (Larry) Liang, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Emerging Researcher Award in the Applied Sciences.

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