Alberta deficit would be $3B this year if NDP followed PCs’ 2015 budget plan: Fraser Institute: https://mru.ca/eb2 (Global News – Lori Williams, Faculty)

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Alberta’s child intervention panel releases final recommendations: https://mru.ca/4cf (Calgary Herald – Peter Choate, Faculty)

Employment fair targets youth hit hard by recession: https://mru.ca/1a65 (CBC News – Tim Glasgow, Student)

The empty city: My life growing up between two worlds: https://mru.ca/e51 (Calgary Journal – Tawnya Plain Eagle, Student)

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‘No justification’ for budget cuts, says University of Alberta staff association: https://mru.ca/b1d7 (Metro)

Cheating incidents in the U of R faculty of arts have almost doubled in the past three years: https://mru.ca/ffe6 (CBC News)

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Art show helps ‘60s Scoop survivors process their experience: https://mru.ca/626e (Calgary Journal)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Finance Minister Joe Ceci responds to your questions and comments about the budget: https://mru.ca/b205 (CBC Alberta at Noon: Duane Bratt, Faculty)

Legislating Love: https://mru.ca/4c4 (Breakfast Television – Natalie Meisner, Faculty)

Also worth noting:

Canadian universities test accepting great students with not-so-great grades: https://mru.ca/c79c (Maclean’s)

New program tailor-made for future leaders in fashion business: https://mru.ca/aaf1 (Globe and Mail)

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Calgary psychologist suggests ways to combat the winter blues: https://mru.ca/5c0 (Global News – Mirjam Knapik, Staff)

Where is Spring? Nowhere in sight at Calgary golf courses: https://mru.ca/713 (Global News – Mirjam Knapik, Staff)

How the Alberta NDP plans to balance the budget: https://mru.ca/1370 (Global News – David Taras, Faculty)

Former Parkland student voices ‘gut-wrenching’ heartbreak at Calgary march for gun control: https://mru.ca/e4f (CBC News – Erin Reid, Student)

Calgary Metropolitan Region Board meets: https://mru.ca/5edf (CBC News – Lori Williams, Faculty)

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce : Richard Antl named vice president of commercial banking at KeyBank: https://mru.ca/40b (4-Traders – Richard Antl, Alumnus)

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Red Deer College and University of Calgary partner for new collaborative degree: https://mru.ca/3ab (Red Deer Advocate)

York University, contract professors no closer to ending strike which could impact graduation for thousands: https://mru.ca/3d4 (Globe and Mail)

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Lesley Brown on her first year at MRU: https://mru.ca/0574 (The Reflector – Lesley Brown, Provost)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Political reaction to the 2018 Alberta budget: https://mru.ca/fd8 (Global News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)

Alberta Budget 2018: https://mru.ca/e2d (CBC News at 11, 04:29 – Duane Bratt, Faculty)

Police scanners set to go silent as Alberta moves to centralized radio system: police chief: https://mru.ca/0e61 (Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal – Sean Holman, Faculty)

Sanderson Enjoys Rookie Year at Mount Royal: https://mru.ca/3cf (Westman Journal – Andrea Sanderson, Student)

How Calgary’s accessibility problems affects its citizens: https://mru.ca/74b (Calgary Journal – Shailynn Taylor, Student)

Also worth noting:

Alberta budget 2018: Post-secondary students applaud continued tuition freeze: https://mru.ca/ee33 (Edmonton Journal)

Education budget vows to fund enrolment growth: http://mru.ca/20a (Calgary Herald)

Paula Simons: Cabinet minister’s attack raises fear University of Alberta ‘going to be punished’: https://mru.ca/85c (Edmonton Journal)

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Alberta judge wants changes to how peace officers handle unstable people: https://mru.ca/1fd (Canadian Press story ran in Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal and other outlets – Dawn Rault, Faculty)

Canada struggles to deport foreign criminals. It’s even harder when they’re ‘stateless’ persons: https://mru.ca/797 (Global News – Kelly Sundberg, Faculty)

Changes to Canada’s gun control laws: https://mru.ca/5602 (CBC Radio – Kelly Sundberg, Faculty)

Christine Atkins realizes dream with Olympic silver medal: https://mru.ca/be2 (Macleod Gazette – Christine Atkins, Alumna)

Also worth noting:

U of A president peeved at minister’s ‘attack,’ says pay cut was already in the cards: https://mru.ca/f82 (CBC News)

Minister urges York University, union to try to reach deal on strike: https://mru.ca/fa5 (Toronto Star)

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Former Calgarian named B.C.’s new lieutenant-governor: https://mru.ca/1061 (Calgary Herald – Janet Austin, former staff)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Canada is failing to deport criminals. Here’s why it can take years, sometimes decades: https://mru.ca/3c88 (Global News – Kelly Sundberg, Faculty)

5 facts about Sage Theatre’s Legislating Love: http://mru.ca/0321 (Calgary Herald/Swerve – Natalie Meisner, Faculty)

First Nations schools are taking students back to the land: https://mru.ca/882 (Globe and Mail – Kevin O’Connor, Faculty)

2013 Alberta flood victims “not even aware” of risk: ICLR speaker: https://mru.ca/5a3 (Canadian Underwriter – Tim Haney, Faculty)

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Manitoba has lowest college graduation rate in Canada, report says: https://mru.ca/1eb3 (CBC News)

Weed 101: New B.C. college program teaches retail side of pot: https://mru.ca/a7d (CBC News)

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Cheerleading squads wow the crowds: https://mru.ca/8ef6 (CTV News)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Record-breaking Paralympian team returns home: https://mru.ca/668 (Calgary Herald – Kurt Oatway, Alumnus)

Transparency expert criticizes N.S.’s heavily redacted Pubnico Head fire report: https://mru.ca/fcc (Global News, – Sean Holman, Faculty)

Your stories of dares, challenges and friendly wagers: https://mru.ca/e220 (CBC Alberta at Noon, 51:25 – Richard Harrison, Faculty)

Listen and Learn: A Guide to Digital Learning Podcasts: https://mru.ca/9f6 (Inside Higher Ed – Norm Vaughan, Faculty)

Also worth noting:

Minister slams University of Alberta budget cut, president pay: https://mru.ca/35ca (Edmonton Journal)

New technologies incorporated into Olds College farm programs: https://mru.ca/9f0 (Red Deer Advocate)

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This isn’t our first St. Patrick’s Day snowstorm: March 17, 1998 Snowmageddon: https://mru.ca/e6b0 (Calgary Herald)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Wireless alerts set to launch: https://mru.ca/b7c7 (CTV News, 23:30 – Caroline McDonald-Harker, Faculty)

Watchdogs question potential government funding for Calgary Olympic bid: https://mru.ca/fb3 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Lori Williams, Faculty)

Vanishing Vero? Fading hype for social media fad shows fickle nature of Internet: https://mru.ca/c1b (The Canadian Press story ran in Calgary Herald, Red Deer Advocate, 660 News – Ernest Barbaric, Faculty)

Also worth noting:

University of Regina students fed up with cheaters in faculty of engineering: https://mru.ca/6539 (CBC News)

York University, union say they’re ready to return to bargaining table: https://mru.ca/3b5b (CBC News)

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Stressed? Hit the gym!: https://mru.ca/f67f (The Reflector – Shelly Stranaghan, Staff)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

Carbon tax costly ‘political theatre,’ says Jason Kenney: https://mru.ca/20d (CBC News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)

Lacombe Express welcomes new editor: https://mru.ca/6ee (Lacombe Express – Todd Vaughan, Alumnus)

Scott Pennock joins Riddell Kurczaba in Calgary: https://mru.ca/89da (Design Quarterly – Scott Pennock, Alumnus)

Parker: Chinese consul general enjoys Calgary: https://mru.ca/6b3 (Calgary Herald – Scott Pennock, Alumnus)

Also worth noting:

University of Alberta’s online identity co-opted by fictitious U.S. school: https://mru.ca/a2c (Globe and Mail)

York U is ‘needlessly prolonging’ labour dispute, union claims: https://mru.ca/e83 (CTV News)

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