WINNIPEG – The members of the Winnipeg Police Canine Unit and their K9 Partners are proud to release the 2019 Canine Unit Calendar! All funds raised from sales of the calendar will be donated to The Winnipeg Police Canine Memorial Fund. The Winnipeg Police Service K9 Unit was established in May of 1971. Since its…
Boozing Before Game Leads to Ejection From Curling Event
A curling team skipped by Jamie Koe that featured 2014 Olympic champion Ryan Fry was ejected from an Alberta bonspiel over the weekend for what organizers called unsportsmanlike behaviour resulting from excessive drinking. The team was tossed from the Red Deer Curling Classic on Saturday night. The move was announced via Twitter on Sunday by…
High-Risk Sex Offender to Live in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG – A high risk sex offender has been released from prison and is living in Winnipeg. Police are advising the public that 50 year-old Michel Burton Deschamps will be living in Winnipeg under probation supervision. He has been involved in some sexual offender treatment programs but is considered to be at high risk to…
3 Men Armed with Machete and Shotgun Rob and Terrorize 14 Year-Old Girl
At about 1:20 this morning three men armed with a machete and sawed off-shotgun broke into a home on Stella Avenue terrorizing the five residents including a 14-year-old girl while they robbed them. The suspects demanded money and began filling a bag with video games that they found in the home. The victims were also…
$10 Bill Featuring Viola Desmond Launched at CMHR
WINNIPEG – The story of Viola Desmond’s courageous action against racial segregation has been inspiring visitors to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights since it opened in 2014. Today, Viola will be featured as the first iconic Canadian woman on a regularly circulating Bank of Canada note. The new $10 bill also depicts the CMHR,…
One Woman Dead, Three Injured by Drunk Driver
WINNIPEG – Four people are in hospital following an early Saturday morning collision in the first 100 block of Cullen Drive. Four people were taken to hospitals; one in critical condition, one in unstable condition and two are in stable condition. The victim in critical condition, a 22-year-old woman, has from her injuries. Just one…
Police Trying to Identify Man Killed in Hit & Run
WINNIPEG – The victim, a man between 30 or 40 years old, has died from injuries sustained in a hit and run Friday night just after 8:00PM. Police said the victim, a pedestrian, was struck by a car near McDermot Avenue and Sherbrook Street. Police have been unable to confirm his identity and are asking…
20 Year-Old Woman Shot Dead In Her Car
A 20 Year-old woman was shot while sitting in her car late last night. At about 11:40 pm on highway 231 in Gimli a woman from Armstrong was shot. She was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries and later died. Police arrested a 23 year-old man and have him in custody. They are…
Violent Meth Arrest Lands 3 Police in Hospital
WINNIPEG – Yesterday afternoon a 27 year-old woman was arrested after vandalizing vehicles with a knife. Police responded to a call on Stella Avenue regarding a woman high on meth vandalizing vehicles with a knife. While they were trying to arrest her she assaulted three of the four officers with her knife. All three required…
Garden City Collegiate Students Target of Violent Online Threats
WINNIPEG – Students of Garden City Collegiate were the targets of online threats being made to harm them yesterday during a sporting event being held at the school. Police located and arrested a 17 year-old youth who was not a student at the school in connection to the threats. He has been charged with Uttering…