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Headlines for July 19, 2023

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JUL 19 2023

Acadia University
Jeff Hennessy name Acadia University’s 17th president

Dr. Hennessy will begin his six-year term on September 1, 2023.

Winnipeg Free Press
U of W arms security officers with life-saving opioid-overdose antidote

The University of Winnipeg is equipping security officers who monitor its downtown lecture halls and the surrounding community with naloxone kits ahead of the 2023-24 school year.

CTV News
New food program in Guelph offers pay-what-you-can model for fresh fruits and vegetables

The initiative – launched by GreenTech Agrifood and Innovation Canada – offers a wide variety of produce from squash and okra to cucumber and watermelon each week throughout the summer.

CBC News
Government funding will pay campus renewal fee for MUN students this school year

Newfoundland and Labrador is putting $10 million of funding into Memorial University, which will give students a one-year break from paying the school’s campus renewal fee.

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