Posted by Sarah Klein A low-speed, electric utility vehicle will soon be roaming the campus of the University of Winnipeg after a new partnership between the university and the province was announced on Wednesday. The U of W will test the vehicle for limited access to local streets and other vehicle and pedestrian traffic corridors. [...]

The University of Winnipeg is creating a viral Internet movement based around a neat Easter egg hunt on their website. The Division of Continuing Education has embedded a Konami Code into its website. In plain English — the code allows visitors to access secret, or hidden content by using select key strokes. Facebook has a [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein Both Manitoba universities have teamed up to develop a survey to determine what housing supports work best for those most vulnerable. The University of Winnipeg’s Institute of Urban Studies (IUS) and the University of Manitoba’s Departments of Psychiatry and Community Health Sciences form the core research team behind a $3.75 million [...]

The University of Winnipeg’s weekly urban journal has chosen to explore Winnipeg’s blogging scene this month. The latest issue of The Uniter came out today and features interviews with several local bloggers, including yours truly, ChrisD.ca. It’s a great feature written by Matt Preprost, whose work you’ve probably read in the Winnipeg Free Press. Check [...]

A man who had been keeping police officers at bay for most of Sunday after climbing on to scaffolding downtown has died. The 23-year-old jumped six stories with his arms out, according to Free Press crime reporter Mike McIntyre (via Twitter). ChrisD.ca obtained the photo above which shows the man, along with officers nearby, minutes [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein A special ceremony took place Sunday afternoon to celebrate the opening of the Carol Shields Memorial Labyrinth at King’s Park. The late American-born Canadian author is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General’s Award in [...]

The University of Winnipeg has done what City Councillor Harvey Smith has been trying to do at city-run facilities for years — ban the sale of disposable plastic water bottles. The U of W is the first university in Canada to eliminate the bottles. 75% of students voted for the change last week when the [...]