WINNIPEG – Manitoba RCMP are asking for the public’s help locating a wanted man from the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. Dennis Garrison Blacksmith, a 31-year-old man, is wanted by police on 5 Manitoba Wide warrants including Assaulting a Police Officer, Driving Disqualified, and numerous other charges. Anyone that has information on Blacksmith or his whereabouts…
Steinbach RCMP Want Help Locating These Stolen Items
STEINBACH – RCMP are hoping someone has information about a break and enter in the community that happened in early 2017. Mounties said on they informed on February 6th, that someone had broken into a commercial building which was in the process of being converted into a wildlife museum. Sometime between January 27 and February…
A Winnipeg Child Protection Centre Pilot Project Gets $424,000 From Province
WINNIPEG – The province is putting $424,000 towards a pilot project with the Winnipeg’s Child Protection Centre (CPC). The money will be used to increase the number of medical and specialized assessments for children who are newly apprehended or at risk of coming into care of Child and Family Services. “The Child Protection Centre is…
Liberal MLA Calls on Pallister Government to Establish Indigenous Health Advocate
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Liberal MLA for Kewatinook, Judy Klassen, is calling on the Minister of Health to institute an Indigenous Health Advocate within Manitoba’s health care system. “I stand here today, willing and wanting to work with this government to find solutions to the many issues Indigenous people face when navigating Manitoba’s health care system,”…
CentrePort Rail Park is Closer to Reality
WINNIPEG – CentrePort Canada made a big step forward Thursday announcing plans to develop the CentrePort Canada Rail Park. CentrePort is seeking proposals from the private sector to develop the CentrePort Canada Rail Park for industrial businesses that rely on rail transport as part of their operations. The proposed Rail Park will be built on…
Bomb Found in Portage la Prairie Home
WINNIPEG — Manitoba RCMP have been called to a home in Portage la Prairie to dispose of a military bomb that had been sitting in the basement for more than 25 years. A month-long gun amnesty program began in the province in June for people to get dispose of unwanted firearms and ammunition. On Monday,…
Winnipeg High-Risk Sex Offender Back in Jail
WINNIPEG – A high-risk sex offender who lived in Winnipeg has been sent back to jail and investigators want to speak with anyone who may have had a relationship with him since April 2017. Apay Ogouk, a 34-year-old man, was released from federal custody on statutory release on April 10, 2017. He was serving a…
Premier Announces Seven New Schools to be Built
WINNIPEG – Seven new schools will be built in Manitoba, Premier Pallister said Thursday during an event at a new school site on Templeton Avenue east of Pipeline Road. “Families across the province have been saying for years that construction of new schools is a priority,” said Pallister in a press release. “We are listening…
Winnipeg Police Association Frustrated with $7M Pet Project at City Hall
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Police Association (WPA) is expressing concern of the apparent priorities which continue to dominate Winnipeg City Hall. As much as $7M dollars appears to be available for the Portage and Main pet project even as policy makers are unable to decide how to address the impact of costs for the street…
Pallister Says Checking Cookies for Pot Could Be Challenging
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he’ll look at possibly closing a legal loophole that forbids people from smoking cannabis in public places but allows them to eat it. Pallister says the provinces are trying hard to develop rules quickly enough to meet the federal government’s plan to legalize recreational cannabis later this year.…