Friday is when the 2010 season begins for the Manitoba Bison football team, as they take to the road and travel west to Regina. Fifth year veteran running back Matt Henry has been named a captain for the third consecutive season. Henry rushed for over 600 yards last season and is now second in all [...]

The U of M Bison men’s basketball team will look for redemption in preseason action tonight against the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits. The Jackrabbits beat the Bisons by over 30 points on Tuesday ending the first of two games 94-60. Tuesday was the first time in over a quarter century that Manitoba played a [...]

The battle for the number one spot on the U of M Bison football team is heating up as training camp goes into its second week. Tuesday morning coach Brian Dobie was leaning towards Kevin Hayes to start as quarterback, as Khaleal Williams tweaked an injury early on in camp. Watch: “It has been a [...]

Following the sudden resignation last week of Walt McKee, the University of Manitoba Bisons have announced Chris Lewis as the interim Bison women’s soccer head coach for the 2010 season. Lewis, 45, has an extensive background in soccer throughout his over 20 years experience as a soccer coach and educator. The former Bison student-athlete suited [...]

Posted by David Klassen A group of Fort Richmond residents who oppose the new Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium at the U of M are holding a town hall meeting on Monday evening. The Fort Richmond Coalition has been vocal in recent months about the project’s cost overruns and the potential noise the stadium could create, [...]

A select group of University of Manitoba students will get to ring the closing bell at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange later today — almost exactly one year to the day they last had the honour of doing so. The university was invited to New York due to its reputation for launching enterprises based on business [...]

The Manitoba Bisons football team will tackle its first on-field practice of the season on Friday, but not on its former field next to University Stadium. Head coach Brian Dobie spoke to the media on Wednesday and said the construction of the new Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium at the U of M has taken away [...]

The inaugural head coach of the Manitoba Bison women’s soccer program has stepped down due to undisclosed medical reasons. Walt McKee, 61, has 37 years of coaching experience under his belt and helped lead the Bisons to a winning regular season record of 35-32-5 plus two playoff berths. “I have enjoyed my tenure at the University [...]

One of the largest steel trusses ever to be installed in the province will go up Thursday morning at the University of Manitoba. Pembina Hall, the new U of M residence building, will see 60 tons of steel erected at 6:30 a.m. The piece of steel measures 160 feet long, 17 feet high and eight [...]

Posted by David Klassen Two University of Manitoba art students have won the honour of having their work on display at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto. School of Art student Sherrie Rennie was the national winner of the recent BMO Financial Group’s “1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition 2010.” Rennie won with [...]

Houston, we have lift off. Homemade rockets were creating quite the blast at the University of Manitoba stadium on Tuesday. Watch: High school students from across the province are enrolled in Manitoba Space Adventure Camp this week at the U of M, and were testing out their creations. The week-long session is being put on [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz Seven local players have signed up with the Manitoba Bisons football team this fall. The Bisons announced Tuesday the addition of receiver Anthony Malot, offensive lineman Ben Downs, linebacker Ryan Ditchfield, defensive back Mitchell Harrison, offensive lineman Bradley Schwean, defensive end Christien Walby and offensive lineman Kris Stevens. “In this group, [...]