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Red River College: Open Secrets

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Red River College instructor Duncan McMonagle with a group of Creative Communications students who worked on the Freedom of Information project.

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Red River College instructor Duncan McMonagle with a group of Creative Communications students who worked on the Freedom of Information project.

Students exercise their 'Right to Know' with FIPPA requests

WINNIPEG - Imagine getting your hands on information that “doesn’t exist” — and at a bargain rate, too.

That’s what happened when we entered the great abyss of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).

Last fall, as part of national Right to Know Week, the students in our ...

ONLINE01/9/2010 5:48 PM0

 
  • Most- and least-ticketed photo radar intersections in Winnipeg

    Some red-light cameras issue thousands of tickets; some none at all

    WINNIPEG - Some people never forget a face, and some Winnipeg drivers never forget a red-light camera.

    ONLINE01/9/2010 12:55 PM0

  • According to documents obtained through a freedom of information request, Winnipeg police officers have fired their weapons 33 times between 2000 and 2008.

    Winnipeg police fire guns 33 times in 8 years

    WINNIPEG - In the last eight years, Winnipeg police officers have fired their guns after tripping on a carpet, during a lecture about new weapons and while returning a gun to its holster.

    ONLINE01/9/2010 11:47 AM0

  • “Frankly, I don’t think a rebate would stop people from trying to get out (of the province), if they could,” says Michael Kozakewich, a Red River College student who signed up for the rebate after graduating from the U of M in 2007.

    Thousands of students' tax rebates go unclaimed

    WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has paid out less than a third of the cash it budgeted for its much-touted tuition tax rebates because barely half of Manitoba students are claiming the free money.

    ONLINE01/9/2010 2:26 PM0

  • Luc Levack is one of several bilingual 311 call-takers.

    French callers face the longest 311 waits

    WINNIPEG - Calling 311 may not be a problem, but calling trois-un-un could translate into a long wait on hold.

    ONLINE01/9/2010 2:22 PM0

  • Toni Bilenduke, 32, is now happily serving at Tre Visi in the Exchange District.

    Take this restaurant job and ... complain about it

    WINNIPEG - Restaurant employees who feel they’ve been screwed out of wages or tips may have a second battle to fight — this one with the Manitoba government.

    ONLINE01/9/2010 1:07 PM0

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