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Pride crosswalk at Calgary’s Mount Royal University refreshed: https://mru.ca/c221 (CTV News website – Hayl Balla, student, Pride ambassador; Moussa Magassa, AVP) 

Calgary’s first permanent Pride crosswalk gets a refresh at MRU: https://mru.ca/48e53 (Global News at 5, Global News at 6 – Tim Rahilly, president; Moussa Magassa, AVP) 

MRU Pride crosswalk gets a refresh: https://mru.ca/8b3d2 (Global News Morning – Hayl Balla, Pride ambassador; Tim Rahilly, president) 

New look Pride crosswalk at MRU painted: https://mru.ca/f1ab (CityNews – Hayl Balla,  MRU Pride ambassador; Moussa Magaassa, AVP) 

City’s first permanent Pride crosswalk gets repainted and updated: https://mru.ca/8d55 (CBC News at 6 – Hayl Balla, MRU Pride ambassador) 

Mount Royal University ready for Pride Week with fresh new look: https://mru.ca/238e (CTV News at 6 – Moussa Magassa, AVP) 

MRU pauses ice hockey intramurals program due to inaccessibility, rising costs: https://mru.ca/d691 (Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun) 

Post-secondary windfall from feds for ‘encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada’: https://mru.ca/8563 (Western Standard)

Danielle Smith pledges to ban college and university vaccine mandates: https://mru.ca/ced7 (True North)

10 Best Places to Live in Canada for Families in 2022: the Best Cities and Provinces: https://mru.ca/ab77 (Savvy New Canadians)

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Calgary Crime Stoppers faces dwindling donations as gun violence rises in city: https://mru.ca/b399 (CBC News – Doug King, faculty) 

Alberta’s natural wonders popular, its people not so much: national poll: https://mru.ca/976c (Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Watch live as Alberta UCP leadership candidates face off in final debate: https://mru.ca/d9b7 (National Post – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

CTV News attacks Daniel Smith’s ‘climate cops’ claim: https://mru.ca/d1207 (Western Standard – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

RCMP investigating verbal assault of federal minister: https://mru.ca/c87e (CBC Radio News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Family of boy killed in Lethbridge crosswalk seeks closure from trial: https://mru.ca/5cbb (CTV News Lethbridge – Doug King, faculty) 

Discussing Danielle Smith and Alberta Sovereignty Act: https://mru.ca/bb34 (CBC Radio British Columbia – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Do Hoang Kim competes in Miss Universe Canada 2023: https://mru.ca/902a (Yeah!.com – Do Hoang Kim, student) 

UCP leadership candidates face death threats: https://mru.ca/a4f0 (CBC Radio News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

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University of Lethbridge officially open new stadium turf: https://mru.ca/66a0c (Bridge City News) 

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Mount Royal University is constantly building on inclusion initiatives: https://mru.ca/68ae (Calgary Herald – Moussa Magassa, AVP) 

Arts news this week: A new, but familiar face at MRU Conservatory: https://mru.ca/2353 (Calgary Herald – Terry Clark, Conservatory director) 

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Intern-built app connects Calgary youth with safety, wellness resources: https://mru.ca/760a4 (LiveWire Calgary –Ayah Zain-Alarab, student) 

‘It’s always there’: Female politicians in Alberta respond to verbal assault on Freeland: https://mru.ca/30e8 (Global News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

UCP leadership candidates subject to death threats during campaign: https://mru.ca/272f (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Freeland verbally attacked in Alberta: https://mru.ca/5cf1 (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Đỗ Hoàng Kim tầm sư Võ Hoàng Yến, chuẩn bị thi Miss Universe Canada (Do Hoang Kim, Vo Hoang Yen, is preparing to compete in Miss Universe Canada): Ngoisao.vn – Do Hoang Kim, student) 

New Alberta police force an old idea: experts: https://mru.ca/8229 (St. Albert Gazette – Doug King, faculty) 

UCP leadership hopeful Danielle Smith’s ‘climate cops’ claim called misinformation, dangerous: https://mru.ca/17a5 (CTV News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Alberta’s outgoing premier to lead South Korea trade delegation: https://mru.ca/5b7f (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

One culture war, two cities, three statues, and two levels of government: https://mru.ca/1583 (rabble.ca – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Excessive vehicle noise could earn you a ticket in Red Deer thanks to updated bylaw, new detectors: https://mru.ca/9710 (CBC News – Doug King, faculty)

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Deputy Prime Minister hears need for skilled trades, daycare in Grande Prairie: https://mru.ca/5013 (MyGrandeprairieNow) 

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‘Dire situation’ for students waiting for housing, says president of U of C students’ union: https://mru.ca/9b68 (CBC News)

U of C works to meet housing demands for students as residence reaches full capacity for first time in 10 years: https://mru.ca/109e (CTV News)

First-degree murder charge laid in deadly shooting as police seeking other suspects in spate of violent crimes: https://mru.ca/ff11 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Nakita Baron, student, Doug King, faculty) 

10 Best Places to Live in Canada for Families in 2022: the Best Cities and Provinces: https://mru.ca/ab77 (Savvy New Canadians)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Calgary personal trainer prides themselves on making a safe space for LGBTQ community: https://mru.ca/2257 (CBC News – Ace Rodriguez, alumni)

Inclusion at heart of providing safe support and services for queer community: https://mru.ca/778d (Calgary Herald – Ace Rodriguez, alumni) 

Poetry Open Mic with featured Poet Natalie Meisner: https://mru.ca/2101 (AllEventsOnline – Natalie Meisner, faculty) 

Rural Alberta frustrated with oil and gas ‘bad actors’ not paying tax as industry swims in cash: https://mru.ca/bad6 (CBC News – Keith Brownsey, faculty) 

Rural municipalities want property taxes paid by oil companies: https://mru.ca/4339 (CBC Radio News – Keith Brownsey, faculty) 

Poli Sci profs split on whether Madu broke cabinet confidentiality in WS column: https://mru.ca/258e (Western Standard – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Politicians denounce video of Alberta man verbally harassing Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland: https://mru.ca/6b9d (CTV News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

‘TRAITOR:’ Freeland accosted by furious Albertan: https://mru.ca/1e99 (Western Standard – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Discussion of political hostility in Alberta: https://mru.ca/d98d5 (The Roy Green Show, News 770, CHQR – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

A huge bonus for Alberta’s medical officer of health has health-care workers seething: https://mru.ca/5bf0 (Toronto Star – Gillian Steward, faculty) 

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No mask or vaccine mandates at B.C. universities and colleges this fall: https://mru.ca/24b5 (Vancouver Sun) 

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Alberta students still playing catchup after struggling to learn in the pandemic: https://mru.ca/eb74 (CBC Calgary)

Calgary Taiko Gathering: Stronger Together: https://mru.ca/a48dc (Consulate-General of Japan in Calgary)

Mount Royal Cougars set to kick-start soccer season with high expectations: https://mru.ca/5abe (Calgary Sun)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

2 charged after Calgary police investigation into 3D-printed guns: https://mru.ca/cd07 (Global Calgary – Doug King, faculty)

3D Printed guns seized in Calgary: https://mru.ca/077b (CBC Radio Calgary – Doug King, faculty)

Police charge two men with using 3D printers to build handguns in Calgary: https://mru.ca/6e74 (Calgary Herald – Doug King, faculty)

Who will clean it up? Alberta put a pause on coal, but its footprint remains: https://mru.ca/9f13a (CBC News – Carleton Osakwe, faculty)

Alberta cabinet minister’s COVID-19 comments violate cabinet confidence, professor says: https://mru.ca/af9c (Toronto Star – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Rural municipalities calling for outstanding property taxes to be paid by oil and gas companies: https://mru.ca/e06d https://mru.ca/e06d (CBC Radio Calgary – Keith Brownsey, faculty)

‘Very effective’: Why Alberta is talking about autonomy — again: https://mru.ca/97e6 (Edmonton Journal – Duane Bratt, faculty)

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Victim of Evergreen ambush which killed his wife facing charges relating to organized crime: https://mru.ca/b55c (Calgary Herald – Nakita Baron, student) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

How have you dealt with ageism when you’ve encountered it in your life?: https://mru.ca/f19f (CBC Radio, Alberta at Noon – Jocelyn Rempel, faculty) 

Cannabis store robberies on the rise in Calgary: police: https://mru.ca/ea44 (Global News – Doug King, faculty) 

Alleged cyber attacks on MLA Leela Aheer’s Facebook accounts lead to RCMP investigation: https://mru.ca/683 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Alberta announces crime prevention grants as Calgary shootings increase: https://mru.ca/e906 (CBC News – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

Excessive vehicle noise could earn you a ticket in Red Deer thanks to updated bylaw, new detectors: https://mru.ca/9710 (CBC News – Doug King, faculty)

A huge bonus for Alberta’s medical officer of health has health-care workers seething: https://mru.ca/5bf0 (Toronto Star – Gillian Steward, faculty) 

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Alberta school boards say they shouldn’t be using savings to pay teachers: https://mru.ca/4796 (CBC News)

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HBO’s first ‘The Last of Us’ teaser is here & features an iconic Alberta location : https://mru.ca/858c (Curiosity) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Drum has found a home with Wayfinders Wellness: https://mru.ca/d814e (Cochrane Now – Elder Miiksikaam (Clarence Wolfleg Sr.) – advisor, honorary degree recipient) 

Will Alberta be handing out ‘Ralph bucks’ again?: https://mru.ca/e504 (CTV News – Keith Brownsey, faculty) 

Sask. government’s $500 cheques get mixed reaction: https://mru.ca/30c4 (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Police investigate Calgary’s 97th shooting of 2022: https://mru.ca/a24e (CTV News – Doug King, faculty) 

UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith distances herself from ‘fake’ prank political calls: https://mru.ca/f387 (CityNews – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

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Ottawa grad students, postdocs facing ‘huge financial burden’: https://mru.ca/ddac (CBC News) 

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Influx of U of A students seeking mental health supports expected in fall: https://mru.ca/1014 (CBC News) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Alberta Prime Time Politics Panel: https://mru.ca/0eae (CTV 2 – Archie McLean, faculty) 

UCP membership more than doubles in two months: https://mru.ca/9c93 (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Danielle Smith says audio recordings leaked on Twitter are ‘fake’: https://mru.ca/99e8 (CTV News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Barnes talks Sovereignty Act on Current: https://mru.ca/40f67 (Medicine Hat News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

The Pope’s apology to Indigenous people is only the start of what is expected: https://mru.ca/2a86 (Toronto Star – Gillian Steward, faculty) 

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U of R summer program helping refugee children settle in Sask.: https://mru.ca/1a0d (Reginaa Leader-Post) 

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‘She had the best heart’: Friends mourn Calgary woman killed in Evergreen shooting: https://mru.ca/1f92 (CTV News – Nakita Baron, student) 

A tenured professor is fired for challenging woke ideologies: https://mru.ca/c6d0 (Rebel News) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Rural mayors ramp up opposition to provincial police force: https://mru.ca/24a1 (Calgary Sun/Calgary Herald – Doug King, faculty) 

Homicide unit investigating man’s death after early morning shooting in southeast Calgary bar: https://mru.ca/5c4e (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Doug King, faculty) 

What does Danielle Smith’s ‘Sovereignty Act’ actually say?: https://mru.ca/1acf (rabble.ca – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Man who died in Alberta RCMP cell needed medical attention before his arrest, expert says: https://mru.ca/2301 (CBC News – Doug King, faculty) 

Experts have questions about death of man in RCMP holding cell: https://mru.ca/2d43 (CBC News Edmonton – Doug King, faculty) 

Toews and Schulz cancel on UCP leadership forum co-hosted by pro-independence group: https://mru.ca/c9bf (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Calgary police remove thin blue line decal from front of district office: https://mru.ca/822b (CBC News – Doug King, faculty) 

Police apologize for Thin Blue Line sticker on door: https://mru.ca/610f9 (CBC Radio News – Doug King, faculty) 

Keegan Iverson returns to Rush: https://mru.ca/67a5 (Rapid City Journal – Keegan Iverson, Tyson Helgesen, alumnus) 

Cavalry FC Announces the Departures of Markus Kaiser and Skyler Rogers: https://mru.ca/426c (Cavalry FC – Skyler Rogers, student)

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Red Deer Polytechnic celebrates professor’s 50 years at institution: https://mru.ca/30af (Red Deer Advocate)

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Can you opt out of paying the MRU UPass fee?: https://mru.ca/9123 (The Reflector) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Woman shot dead, man injured amid rising gun violence in Calgary: https://mru.ca/db00 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Doug King, faculty) 

Is proposed Sovereignty Act getting the scrutiny it deserves?: https://mru.ca/fde4 Full interview: https://mru.ca/8b56  (CBC Radio, The Current – Duane Bratt, faculty)

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Standoff between University of Ottawa and part-time profs continues: https://mru.ca/638c1 (CBC News) 

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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue monthlong rise in Alberta as universities prepare for fall classes: https://mru.ca/d4d4 (Global News)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Rent remains stable in Alberta as the rest of Canada sees increase: https://mru.ca/b33d9 (CityNews – David Finch, faculty) 

Humans of the Rockies – Tony Smith, Grizzly Mountain Events: https://mru.ca/339e  (Banff Crag & Canyon – Tony Smith, alumnus) 

Meet the party no one wants to lead: Alberta’s beleaguered Liberals are at a fateful crossroads: https://mru.ca/3e4cc (Toronto Star – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Gun violence on the rise in Calgary: https://mru.ca/6f25 (Global News – Doug King, faculty) 

Volleyball standout Tyler Chernishenko joins Lethbridge College Kodiaks: https://mru.ca/bc67b (Lethbridge news Now – Tyler Chernishenko, student) 

Also worth noting

New disc golf course open for play at University of Lethbridge: https://mru.ca/9574 (Lethbridge News Now) 

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