This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

MRU in the news

Canadian universities ‘flying blind’ into cannabis legalization: https://mru.ca/aee4 (Toronto Star, Star Metro Calgary – Shayla Breen, SAMRU)

Otahpiaaki Fashion Week seeks Indigenous recipes for Instagram collection: https://mru.ca/7bc (Patti Derbyshire, faculty; Jeannie Smith Davis, elder)

Bret Hart honoured with Blackfoot name: https://mru.ca/a983 (City News – Bret Hart, honorary degree recipient, alumnus; Clarence Wolfleg Senior, elder)

Bret Hart gets Blackfoot name: https://mru.ca/a5d9 (CTV News – Bret Hart, honorary degree recipient, alumnus; Clarence Wolfleg Senior, elder)

Moment of the Day: https://mru.ca/d65b (CBC News, The National , Aug. 23, 43:30 – Bret Hart, honorary degree recipient, alumnus; Clarence Wolfleg Senior, elder)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Alberta conservatives admonish, praise, Maxime Bernier: https://mru.ca/187d (CBC News – Keith Brownsey,  faculty)

Father objects to suggestion Calgary boy with autism was ‘struggling with officers’ before suffering injuries: https://mru.ca/af96 (Global News – Doug King, faculty)

Maxime Bernier is leaving the federal Conservatives to start his own party: will you follow him?: https://mru.ca/a6b (CBC Radio, Alberta at Noon – Duane Bratt, faculty)

This week in Canadian politics: https://mru.ca/da04 (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty)

Mario Trono reviews Spinning Man, Loving Pablo and First Reformed: https://mru.ca/2a94 (CBC Radio, Calgary Eyeopener – Mario Trono, faculty)

Also worth noting

Players from University of Lethbridge women’s hockey team file lawsuit against school, sports director, coach: https://mru.ca/f4d3 (Globe and Mail)

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