WINNIPEG – With just a few day left to the year, Winnipeg is one homicide away from reaching the record 44 that shook the city in 2019. The Winnipeg Police Service says the city moved in the same direction for much of 2020, with its 43rd homicide taking place on Christmas Eve. Murder victims this…
Special Health Care Meal
WINNIPEG – 140 intensive care workers at Health Sciences Centre enjoyed a meal from Silver Heights Restaurant yesterday. It was paid for by the Community Health Students’ Association at the University of Manitoba. $3,000 was raised so these frontline workers could enjoy a hot and healthy meal over the holidays. The restaurant enjoyed being part…
Local Light Shows
WINNIPEG – This week can be boring, especially in the middle of a pandemic, so if you’re looking for something to do, there are several local light shows you might want to check out. There are many maps available online with directions to the best private Christmas displays around town. Click here for our Linden…
Crash Ends Pursuit
WINNIPEG – A collision at Portage and Sherbrook ended a high speed police chase early Sunday morning. A pickup with no license plates kept officers busy for about 45 minutes, as it travelled at times into oncoming traffic. Air1, the police helicopter, even got involved in the pursuit which also went outside the city to…
2 Early Morning Fires
WINNIPEG – Two early morning fires are under investigation. The first, in a commercial building in the 1500 block of Regent Avenue West, came in about 2 a.m. Then, just as crews were finishing up there, firefighters were called to a home in the 400 block of Dumoulin Street. No damage estimates yet and no…
9 Deaths, 107 Cases
WINNIPEG – The province is reporting nine deaths today from COVID-19. Seven of them are in Winnipeg. There have also been 107 new cases of the virus, including 43 in Winnipeg. 4,442 cases are active, 19,156 people have recovered, for a total of 24,252 cases so far. 343 Manitobans are in hospital right now, 37…
Racial Stabbing Arrest
WINNIPEG – Police in Brandon have arrested their final suspect in a racially charged stabbing back in September. The 36 year old man was picked up late Saturday night and he now faces assault and public incitement of hatred charges. The stabbing occurred at a skatepark in the western Manitoba city. A video shows four…
Vaccine Spots Available
WINNIPEG – There are still a few hundred spots available for eligible health care workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The next clinics are Tuesday through Thursday at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. The clinics will then move to the RBC Convention Centre next Monday and Tuesday. The phone line to book an appointment…
Lab Helps ID COVID Mutant
WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg research laboratory is at the centre of the discovery of Canada’s first two cases of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 in Ontario. Ontario’s associate chief medical officer announced Saturday the cases were discovered in a couple in the Durham health region, about two hours northwest of Ontario.…
28 Deaths, 524 Cases
WINNIPEG – Since Christmas Eve, there have been 28 deaths in Manitoba from COVID-19. 21 of them have been in Winnipeg, including a woman in her 30’s. There have also been 524 new cases of the virus, including 245 in Winnipeg. 4,448 cases are active, 19,012 people have recovered, for a total of 24,145 cases…