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Calgary art installation honours missing and murdered women: https://mru.ca/018 (Global News – Jessie Loyer, Faculty)

‘It impacts all of us:’ Walking With Our Sisters exhibit visits Calgary: https://mru.ca/c1a6 (Star Metro Calgary)

Runners brave the wind and rain to participate in the CPS Half Marathon: https://mru.ca/4ee (CTV Calgary)

Runners contest with rain, cold weather at Calgary Police Foundation half-marathon: https://mru.ca/0f7 (Star Metro Calgary)

38th annual Calgary Police Half Marathon raises funds for youth: https://mru.ca/c962 (Global News)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Alberta Party enjoys post-leadership bump, while Alberta Liberals continue to lag, CBC Poll finds: https://mru.ca/a14 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)

 ‘I remember the first day of ESL class’: Memory still bothers Calgary woman: https://mru.ca/a663 (Star Metro Calgary – Carolyn Ly, Student)

This Week in Politics: https://mru.ca/b59d (CTV News Channel – Duane Bratt, Faculty)

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Calgary Herald’s Deborah Yedlin named new U of C chancellor: https://mru.ca/16a3 (Calgary Herald)

Law firm that pulled U of A donation in wake of Suzuki controversy to give cash to students’ union instead: https://mru.ca/295b (Star Metro Edmonton)

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Mount Royal University celebrates Indigenization process that will allow students to see reflection of selves in syllabus: https://mru.ca/7723 (Star Metro Calgary – David Docherty, President; Clarence Wolfleg Senior, Elder; John Fischer, Staff; Aria Burrell, SAMRU) Photo of event also ran in Calgary Herald print edition.

Reconciliation through fashion and authenticity: https://mru.ca/d290 (The Reflector)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Alberta NDP closing approval gap with UCP: Mainstreet poll: https://mru.ca/d45 (Global News – Lori Williams, Faculty)

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Minister impressed with progress of U of L’s Destination Project: https://mru.ca/3c6a (Lethbridge Herald)

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25 Best Things to Do in Calgary This May: https://mru.ca/a0e4 (Avenue Magazine)

Cannabis and U: How Mount Royal University is gearing up for legalized weed: https://mru.ca/a6f7 (Calgary Journal – Mark Keller, Staff; Laura Henderson, Staff; Tim Harlick, Staff)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Three planes make emergency roadway landings in 72 hours: What’s going on?: https://mru.ca/7735 (Global News – Praveen Premchandran, Staff)

Calgary’s ban on public weed-smoking has a racial impact: http://mru.ca/0005 (National Post – Mohammed El Hazzouri)

The man with three names: Top 40 profile of B Mack: https://mru.ca/6d0 (Kelowna Daily Courier – Brian McCune, Alumnus)

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Calgary Economic Development pushes ‘a new economy’ at 2018 community report: https://mru.ca/f644d (Calgary Herald)

Professor at B.C.’s Thompson Rivers University has been in jail in Slovakia since November: https://mru.ca/52b8 (The Star)

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Gord Gillies: Honouring the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash: https://mru.ca/27e (News Talk 770)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Fence flaws at Yellowknife jail known before 2016 inmate escape, says warden: https://mru.ca/15a (CBC News, Yellowknife – Doug King, Faculty) https://mru.ca/2b7a (Full interview on CBC Radio Yellowknife)

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B.C. universities impose steep tuition increases for foreign students: http://mru.ca/88a (Globe and Mail)

‘We will stand by our decision’: U of A president’s statement on Suzuki’s honorary degree: https://mru.ca/0fd (CBC News)

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17 Live Music Venues in Calgary: http://mru.ca/ed8 (Avenue Magazine – Bella Concert Hall)

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Councillors want ‘new blood’ at negotiating table to jump-start stalled arena talks with Calgary Flames:  http://mru.ca/3ec (Star Metro Calgary – Lori Williams, Faculty)

Day 3 of Halifax Liberal convention: http://mru.ca/2b25 (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, Faculty)

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Furor erupts over U of A granting honorary doctorate to environmentalist David Suzuki: https://mru.ca/101b (Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal)

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Ethnic groups fear health ads stereotype them, new study from Mount Royal University finds: http://mru.ca/f4fa (Star Metro Calgary – Mohammed El Hazzouri and Leah Hamilton, Faculty)

5 live sounds: Calgary concerts you won’t want to miss in the week ahead: http://mru.ca/95e (Calgary Herald – Bella Concert Hall)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

City council a lonely place for Jeromy Farkas: https://mru.ca/d03 (CBC News – Lori Williams, Faculty)

The new Alberta alienation: Resenting East and West: https://mru.ca/75af (CBC News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)

Karen Richards’ Calgary Poutine Week finds success in sincerity: https://mru.ca/66c4 (Eat North – Karen Richards, Staff)

New AAA Sharks coaches introduced as spring camp underway: https://mru.ca/36e (Battlefords Now – Kelsey Harder, Alumna)

Junior A teams face tough challenges in Calgary: https://mru.ca/624c (Calgary Herald, Mount Royal Journalism Program – Jackson Reed, Student)

Also worth noting:

University of Alberta stands by decision to give David Suzuki honorary degree — in spite of online backlash: https://mru.ca/eb19 (Star Metro Edmonton)

University of Waterloo program aims to reverse women’s flight from computer science: http://mru.ca/621 (Globe and Mail)

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Incidence of sexual assault increases during disasters: https://mru.ca/1f9 (CBC Radio: The Eyeopener – Cathy Carter-Snell, Faculty)

Calgary students step toward reconciliation with symbolic walk: https://mru.ca/001 (CBC News)

Tsuut’ina and Calgary school build bonds: https://mru.ca/0e3 (CTV News)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Charitable giving in Canada: https://mru.ca/16a (CBC Alberta at Noon, 28:16 – Wendelin Fraser, Faculty)

Finding mindfulness one step at a time: https://mru.ca/73b (The Weal – Erin Hymas, Student)

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‘Not putting lipstick on a pig’: University of Alberta’s largest residence requires $117-million overhaul: https://mru.ca/5b8 (Edmonton Journal)

Calgary college offers drone pilot certification course in light of new federal aerospace regulations: https://mru.ca/ac01 (Star Metro Calgary)

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Humboldt Broncos athletic therapist remembered by Mount Royal community: https://mru.ca/6e8 (Calgary Herald – Dayna Brons, Alumna; Mina Fadol, Staff; Kate Trippier, former Staff;  David Docherty, President; David Legg, Faculty, Adrian Presnilla, Student)

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Calgary university research helps bring awareness to sexual assault, abuse during disasters: https://mru.ca/75de (Star Metro Calgary – Cathy Carter-Snell, Faculty)

Accused gang leader freed over delayed trial: https://mru.ca/6b60 (CBC Radio: The Eyeopener – Ritesh Narayan, Faculty)

B.C. threatens to sue Alberta: https://mru.ca/4e6 (CTV News Channel – Duane Bratt, Faculty)

Significant victory for Notley if pipeline goes forward: poli-sci professor: https://mru.ca/7c9  (660 News – Lori Williams, Faculty)

Hundreds pay last respects to Humboldt Broncos bus crash victim Dayna Brons: https://mru.ca/18c (Global News – Dayna Brons, Alumna)

Funerals held for Humboldt Broncos trainer Dayna Brons, forward Conner Lukan after bus crash: https://mru.ca/35a (Saskatoon StarPhoenix – Dayna Brons, Alumna)

Glenbow Ranch buzzing about bumblebees: https://mru.ca/d27 (Rocky View Weekly – Sarah Johnson, Faculty)

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2018 provincial budgets: highlights for universities: https://mru.ca/5422 (University Affairs)

Calgary man charged with arson after University of Calgary washroom fire: https://mru.ca/06b6 (Global News)

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Charter school partners with Tsuut’ina for symbolic walk, Indigenous awareness: https://mru.ca/037 (Calgary Herald)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

The continuing Kinder Morgan pipeline controversy: http://mru.ca/44ca (CBC Radio: The Homestretch – Lori Williams, Faculty)

Truth and consequences when judgment takes months in court and minutes online: https://mru.ca/f0dc (CBC News – Sean Holman, Faculty)

Also worth noting:

University of Alberta’s decision to give David Suzuki honorary degree criticized: https://mru.ca/94cf (Global News)

UBC president apologizes for role university played in residential schools: https://mru.ca/6873 (Globe and Mail)

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Student river-surfing club braves the waves year-round in Kananaskis: https://mru.ca/bbe0 (Global TV Calgary)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Did the face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau help the ongoing pipeline feud between B.C and Alberta?: https://mru.ca/6ca (Global News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)

Newcomers illiterate in native tongue struggle to learn English: https://mru.ca/269 (CBC News, Calgary Journal – Mackenzie Hermann, Isabelle Bennett, Students)

Mount Royal University student balances his life as all-star athlete and father: https://mru.ca/f5f4 (Calgary Journal – Josh Ross, Student)

#PoutineWithPurpose: Local restaurants ready for Calgary Poutine Week 2018: https://mru.ca/abd (Global News – Karen Richards, Staff)

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Peer mentorship part of MacEwan University’s fight against sexual violence: https://mru.ca/c77 (CBC News)

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