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Wpg Free Press: U of M shows off Formula SAE

October 27, 2017 — 
Every year, a team of University of Manitoba engineering students compete with students from other universities throughout North America and Europe in building and racing a formula-type car.

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Phys.Org: Scientists find a new way to transform ambient heat into motion in nanoscale devices

October 26, 2017 — 
We suspected from the beginning that the boundaries would strongly affect the magnetic ordering and the dynamics."

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CBC: Three years down, one to go: Brian Bowman enters home stretch of his first mayoral term

October 24, 2017 — 
Prof Royce Koop weighs in

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newspaper stackwed up and all that shows is the word "classified"

Op-ed: Stop naming mass murderers in the media!

October 19, 2017 — 
The media can play a role in helping prevent future tragedies by not giving the perpetrators what they want. They can refuse to publish the names or photos of the people who commit these crimes.

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CBC: Judge to decide fate of man accused in 1984 killing of Candace Derksen today

October 18, 2017 — 
Frank Cormier, a criminologist at the University of Manitoba, says regardless of the outcome there will still be unanswered questions.

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Metro: ‘The costs are incredible’: Manitoba report weighs emotional, economic toll of MMIWG

October 17, 2017 — 
“If you don’t do anything, of course it’s going to cost you anyway, and you’re just basically not solving a problem,” Loxley said.

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Steinbach Online: Alumna Meets With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

October 13, 2017 — 
'I think as you become exposed to people who have a new way of looking at things, who have a new idea that builds into your overall outlook, that might give you ideas on how you can really push forward'

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National Post: How prepared is Canada for a nuclear attack? ‘We get on our knees and pray’

October 12, 2017 — 
James Fergusson, director of the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies, testified in front of the Standing Committee

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Op-ed: Made-in-Manitoba tax proposal pointless

October 5, 2017 — 
To keep things from getting a great deal worse, we have got to get the carbon monkey off our back. If our climate policy in Manitoba is summed up in a farm-exempt $25 flat tax, the monkey will be in no rush to budge

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Sun: Preventative measures like this are just the beginning, says U of M prof

October 4, 2017 — 
Prof Rick Linden weighs in on public safety around the stadium

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