UPDATE – 13 year old Vanessa Disbrowe has been safely located. WINNIPEG – 13 year-old Vanessa Disbrowe is missing. She was last see at 8:30 am on February 7th in Tuxedo. Vanessa is described as Indigenous in appearance, 5’4” in height, thin build, medium brown hair last seen wearing black pants, white NIKE runners, black…
Thompson Man Terrorizes Woman & Her Children with Knife
THOMPSON – A woman and her children were terrorized by a man with a knife on at least two separate occasions until police intervened. On February 10 just after 6 AM. police responded to a call of a domestic dispute. When they arrived they found that the suspect had kicked in the door, threatened the…
Eye Injury Results in $124,000 Fine For Thompson Company
WINNIPEG – A Workplace Health and Safety investigation has resulted in $124,000 in fines for Thompson Company, Vale Canada Limited after one of their employees suffered a permanent injury to his eyes. The employee was sprayed in the face with liquid grout after a pressurized hose ruptured and there was no washing facility nearby. The…
Police Looking for Suspicious Man
WINNIPEG – Police are looking for a suspicious man who approached a 9 year-old girl on Burrows Avenue. The incident occurred on February 11 at 9:00 am when the nine year-old girl and her 7 year-old sister were walking on Burrow. The man stopped his car, got out and motioned to grab the child. He…
Police Taser Angry Drug Trafficker
WINNIPEG – Police needed their Taser to get an angry suspect under control after he threatened a taxi driver and ran from police. The suspect along with two women hailed a taxicab at 1:15am. on February 11 and once he was in the backseat, he ordered the cab driver to take him to various locations…
Two Teens Stabbed at St. John’s High School
WINNIPEG – Two teens were stabbed by another teen at St. John’s High School yesterday afternoon. The two teens were injured by the 14 year-old youth in what appears to be a mutual fight. The suspect was arrested at a home in the William Whyte neighbourhood and charged with Assault with a Weapon, and Possession…
Armed Man Robs 3 Woman Before Police Catch up With Him
WINNIPEG – A 28 year-old woman was robbed by a knife-wielding man while waiting for a bus. The victim was at a bus stop at Arlington And Notre Dame at about 8:30 pm. on February 9 when a man, armed with a knife approached her and demanded her purse. She gave it to him and…
UPDATE: 30 Year-Old Clarissa Audy missing
UPDATE – Clarissa has been found and is safe. WINNIPEG – 30 year-old Clarissa Audy is missing. She last spoke to her family in December and was last seen in Winnipeg in early January. She is known to frequent Portage Place Mall and is often in the downtown area. She is described as an Indigenous…
Assiniboine Park Zoo Welcomes New Baby
WINNIPEG – Maya and Samson are proud to announce the birth of their new baby gibbon on February 4. This is the first offspring for the pair of white-handed gibbons who were the first residents of the Zoo’s new gibbon habitat. For the past week, the gibbon family has been enjoying privacy in an off-exhibit…
Standing Hearing Set for Stony Mountain Death
WINNIPEG – The death of 50 year-old Lewis Sitar, who died at Stony Mountain Correctional Institute has prompted a standing hearing to determine who will participate in his inquest. Sitar was attacked in his cell on February 20, 2017 and died two weeks later. The two men who attacked him were subsequently convicted of manslaughter.…