MRU in the media

MRU Cougars topple top-seeded Varsity Blues at women’s hockey nationals: https://mru.ca/a995 (Calgary Sun/Calgary Herald – MRU Cougars) 

MRU Cougars return to women’s hockey nationals three years after COVID cancellation: https://mru.ca/d6a2 (Calgary Sun/Calgary Herald – MRU Cougars) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Will immigration plans help solve the talent crisis?: https://mru.ca/f2b5 (Human Resources Director – Melanie Peacock, faculty) 

‘Profound grief’: Calgarians mourn the loss of 2 slain Edmonton police officers: https://mru.ca/c621 (CTV News – Kelly Sundberg, faculty) 

Also worth noting

New Student Legal Advocacy Centre at University of Regina helps students get competent legal advice: https://mru.ca/8b84 (Canadian Lawyer) 

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Vibrant Communities Calgary research goes Beneath the Surface well being in the city: https://mru.ca/bd91 (LiveWire Calgary – Marshall McCallum, alumnus, student researcher) 

Canada: 2023 Alberta Budget Summary: https://mru.ca/a34b (Mondaq) 

U Sports University Cup littered with former Royals and former WHL players from Island: https://mru.ca/24621 (Victoria Times Colonist – MRU Cougars) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Calgary club, museum partner for symposium: https://mru.ca/d57bb (Canadian Coin News – Carolyn Willekes, faculty) 

Double stabbing at downtown CTrain station re-ups concerns over transit safety: https://mru.ca/fc647 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Kelly Sundberg, faulty) 

Alberta’s plan to mandate police body cameras could be expensive: criminologist: https://mru.ca/dbeaa (Canadian Press via CTV News – Doug King, faculty)

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s approval rating below 50%, according to Angus Reid poll: https://mru.ca/293c (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Calgary city council briefed on recall petition process: https://mru.ca/9fec (Global News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Take Back Alberta, far right radical group, continues its effort to take over UCP: https://mru.ca/9ae6 (AlbertaPolitics.ca – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Electric City FC name starting goalkeepers for 2023 season: https://mru.ca/bbaed (The Record – Ethan Keen, alumnus) 

Also worth noting

Province auditing Calgary college, suspends student loan access citing ‘poor practices’: https://mru.ca/e87e1 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun) 

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Vivacity focuses on the immigrant experience: https://mru.ca/3cb2 (News 770, CHQR, 5:25 p.m., March 14 – Catherine Pearl, faculty) 

HBO’s The Last Of Us: Visit These 10 Canadian Filming Locations: https://mru.ca/0c57 (The Travel) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Bioelectronics pioneer Neursantys expands executive team, advisory board, and investor base: https://mru.ca/c144 (IEN Presswire – Jocelyn Rempel, faculty) 

Calgary city council to debate safety bylaws after protests at library drag events: https://mru.ca/3045 (CityNews – Doug King, faculty) 

Implementing safety bylaw presents challenges: https://mru.ca/ae8a (CityNews 660 radio – Doug King, faculty) 

Discussing rise in ghost guns in Calgary: https://mru.ca/00bc5 (QR News – Doug King, faculty) 

Recall legislation problematic: https://mru.ca/f7f3 (QR News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Council discusses recall, but bar impossibly high: https://mru.ca/96c4 (Global News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Take Back Alberta a group to watch closely: https://mru.ca/c47d (News 770, CHQR – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Also worth noting 

Brandon U needs to build ‘safe athletics environment,’ review says after reported sexual harassment by coach: https://mru.ca/948e (CBC News) 

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Government announces funding to support aviation at MRU: https://mru.ca/6ba0 (Education News Canada – Tim Rahilly, President; Ashleigh Morrow, student) 

Bridge to Canadian Nursing: Alberta’s plan to support internationally trained nurses in their transition to Canada: https://mru.ca/a12 (The Reflector – Robyn Stewart, faculty)

UCP spending $200 million to train more nurses and doctors: https://mru.ca/875b (Western Standard) 

Training more doctors and nurses: https://mru.ca/a3f2 (Government of Alberta) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Calgary set to introduce process for recall petitions: https://mru.ca/2a30 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Lori Williams, faculty) 

City outlines rules on recall petitions for council members: https://mru.ca/2a231 (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

‘Too much work, too little return’: Calgary council to discuss recall legislation: https://mru.ca/fd35 (CTV News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Inside Alberta’s battle against the rise of ‘ghost guns’: https://mru.ca/7d53 (CBC News – Doug King, faculty) 

Ghost guns a growing challenge for police: https://mru.ca/1c3f (CBC Radio News – Doug King, faculty) 

Also worth noting

Several Canadians to play key roles in NCAA March Madness tournaments: https://mru.ca/cbf1 (Canadian Press, Yahoo Sports) 

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TV hit ‘The Last of Us’ expected to bring more filming opportunities to Alberta: https://mru.ca/2663 (The Canadian Press via CTV News, Toronto Star and many more  – Brent Mann, staff) 

Filming The Last of Us on campus a ‘huge accomplishment’ for MRU and Calgary: https://mru.ca/c3bf (News 770, CHQR – Brent Mann, staff) 

On Location: ‘The Last of Us’ Follows Joel and Ellie Across an Apocalyptic America That’s Actually Canada: https://mru.ca/b0d4 (Conde Naste Traveler) 

All the filming locations in The Last of Us — and how you can visit them: https://mru.ca/ab69 (GQ Magazine) 

Dinos drop b-ball consolation final; seeds set for v-ball, hockey nationals: https://mru.ca/4a2d (Calgary Sun/Calgary Herald – MRU Cougars women’s volleyball, hockey) 

MRU appoints new Associate VP of Research, Scholarship and Community Engagement: https://mru.ca/b1ac (The Reflector – Connie Van der Byl, AVP) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Edmonton hockey handshake brawl a ‘travesty to the game’: Officials: https://mru.ca/c6d9 (Global News, 630 CJOB – Alexis Peters, faculty) 

Flexibility key in return to work for businesses post-pandemic: https://mru.ca/5c45 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Melanie Peacock, faculty) 

The Downfall of Jason Kenney and His Big Blue Truck: https://mru.ca/4717b (The Walrus – Blue Storm, book edited by Duane Bratt, Richard Sutheralnd and David Taras, faculty))

Also worth noting

Graduating more Alberta doctors is just what the medical system ordered: https://mru.ca/7ace (CBC News) 

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Research shows women remain underrepresented on boards: https://mru.ca/cdffb  (CBC Radio – Rachael Pettirgrew, faculty) 

Cougars chase first-ever Canada West women’s volleyball crown: https://mru.ca/2fea (Calgary Sun/Calgary Herald – MRU Cougars, Shane Smith, staff; Haley Roe, student) 

Province aiming to help Alberta become Canada’s next aviation hub: https://mru.ca/4ca6 (Red Deer News Now) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Alberta receives shipment of kids’ pain meds for pharmacies 3 months after order was placed: https://mru.ca/aef2 (CityNews – Duane Bratt, faculty)

More than 4,000 violent offenders on the lam in Alberta, officials say: https://mru.ca/76ae (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun) 

Also worth noting

University of Calgary Properties Group announces resignation of president and chief executive officer: https://mru.ca/6d2b (Yahoo Finance) 

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Alberta government investing $11M into province’s aviation industry: https://mru.ca/7731 (Global News website)

Here are some diverse, women-owned businesses achieving success in Calgary: https://mru.ca/a9b6d (CTV News – Dina Ibrahim, alumna) 

Province announces $11 million for aviation, including funding for MRU degree and student bursaries: https://mru.ca/8301 (CBC Radio News – Ashleigh Morrow, student) 

Province invests $11 million in aviation: https://mru.ca/5e7e (Global News at 6 – Tim Rahilly, President) 

Alberta aviation industry receives wind beneath its wings: https://mru.ca/a04f (CTV News at 6 – Ashleigh Morrow, student

Province looks to attract more young people to aviation industry: https://mru.ca/43903  (CTV News at Noon) 

Aviation industry gets boost from provincial government: https://mru.ca/0313 (iNews 880) 

Provincial funding includes aviation degree for Mount Royal University: https://mru.ca/82e9d  (News 770, CHQR) 

Helping Alberta become Canada’s next aviation hub: https://mru.ca/c849 (Government of Alberta – Tim Rahilly, President; Ethan Best, student) 

Advanced education minister at Mount Royal University to announce measures to make Alberta an aviation hub: https://mru.ca/409b0 (News 770, CHQR) 

Calgary International Women’s Day events around the city: https://mru.ca/09bd (CityNews) 

City and University of Lethbridge sign Buffalo Treaty: https://mru.ca/86e6 (Lethbridge News Now – Iniskim Centre) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

‘Politics looking for a problem’: How these political scientists see Alberta’s proposed anti-trespassing bill: https://mru.ca/7ef9 (National Observer – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

The business case for colleges and universities to breath life into downtown.: https://mru.ca/2c86 (CBC News, The Calgary Eyeopener – David Finch, faculty) 

Opposition pushes for public inquiry: https://mru.ca/bcd1 (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Also worth noting

McGill University students crying foul over school’s food prices: https://mru.ca/429b (Global News) 

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What is fuelling Calgary drag protests?: https://mru.ca/a2f0 (CityNews website – Robeta Lexier, faculty) 

A look into the group protesting at all age Drag events: https://mru.ca/2b3a (CityNews, 660 News radio – Roberta Lexier, faculty) 

Alberta government announces firearms legislation to give province more authority over regulation: https://mru.ca/0afe (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Terrestrial Energy opens nuclear technology development office in Calgary: https://mru.ca/f86e (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Grande Prairie opts for its own police force: https://mru.ca/dd5f (CBC Radio, The Homestretch – Doug King, faculty) 

Advantages for Grande Prairie with own police force: https://mru.ca/71ee (CBC Edmonton News at 6 – Doug King, faculty) 

The heat is on: council faces naysayers to municipal police: https://mru.ca/9367 (Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune – Kelly Sundberg, faculty) 

Also worth noting

Panel to look at financial sustainability of Ontario colleges and universities: https://mru.ca/ed7c (Toronto Star) 

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Braid: The downtown budget goose egg will likely be corrected, but no bonanza coming: https://mru.ca/89f7 (Calgary Herald, downtown campuses)

RBC Concerto Concert: https://mru.ca/2f63 (CKUA – Maya Budzinski, Jessica Yuma, alumna) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

This 22-year-old Calgarian went from HomeSense cashier to hijab entrepreneur: https://mru.ca/226c (CBC News – Dina Ibrahim, alumna, MRU LaunchPad Competition) 

Review needed into chilling homicide: https://mru.ca/ed74 (Global News broadcast – Kelly Sundberg, faculty) 

Should Calgary ditch the cowboy motif — or embrace it?: https://mru.ca/8cb8 (The Sprawl – David Finch, faculty) 

Opinion: Take Back Alberta wields ‘disproportionate’ power in provincial politics: https://mru.ca/84c1 (Edmonton Journal – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Take Back Alberta founder mocks Calgary Herald op-ed calling him dangerous: https://mru.ca/b11f (Western Standard – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Also worth noting

2 B.C. private colleges accused of shortchanging international students through misleading tactics: https://mru.ca/9831 

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Dinos rally to win Canada West men’s hockey title; MRU Cougars women secure silver: https://mru.ca/a066 (Calgary Sun/Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Kaitlyn Ross, student) 

On the verge of hockey history, Calgary’s university teams are living in the moment: https://mru.ca/a446 (CBC News – MRU Cougars, Tatum Amy, student) 

MRU Cougars women one win away from dethroning Thunderbirds: https://mru.ca/cd5d (CTV News – MRU Cougars, Breanne Trotter, Kaitlyn Ross, students) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

City workers can continue to work from home on some days: https://mru.ca/f8ef (Global News broadcast – Christian Cook, faculty) 

Plans for an Alberta police force are weakening, budget indicates: expert: https://mru.ca/09b7 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Doug King, faculty) 

‘It’s a Cover Up, and It’s Very Self-Serving’: https://mru.ca/0b86d (The Tyee – Kelly Sundberg, faculty) 

Convicted Calgary killer accused in another murder rated ‘low risk’ to reoffend by parole board: https://mru.ca/d2a9 (CTV News – Doug King, faculty) 

Killer was rated low risk by parole board: https://mru.ca/ef6a9 (CTV News broadcast – Doug King, faculty) 

Mother of 2009 murder victim reacts to Calgary man being charged in another murder: https://mru.ca/07065 (CityNews broadcast, 660 News radio – Doug King, faculty) 

Also worth noting

Positive record for babies delivered by midwives: UBC study: https://mru.ca/945e (Global News) 

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