WINNIPEG — A cultural club in Winnipeg said one of its board members has agreed to resign after it hosted a meeting for the Canadian Nationalist Party over the weekend. The Belgian Club said in a statement posted to Facebook that a junior member of its staff took the booking without fully realizing what the…
Manitoba Closer to Carbon Price for Large Emitters
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government moved closer Monday to charging a carbon tax on a handful of large emitters in the province. The Progressive Conservative government released a discussion paper that eyes a price of $25 per tonne on industrial facilities with annual emissions of at least 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. The government…
Police Use CS Gas and Distraction Devices Executing a Search Warrant in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG – Police had to use distraction devices and CS gas during the execution of a search warrant in Winnipeg on Saturday, just before 1:30PM. Police with help from the Tactical Support Unit, North District Community Support and Drug Enforcement Unit tried to execute a search warrant at a home in the 300 block of…
Winnipeg Man Who Had Over 100,000 Illegal Cigarettes Facing Fines & Jail Time
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Officials seized 112,700 contraband cigarettes following an investigation into their sale. Manitoba Finance’s Taxation Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has seized 112,700 contraband cigarettes following an investigation into their sale. On July 24th members of Manitoba Finance’s Taxation Special Investigations Unit (SIU) arrested Graham Thomson, a 67-year-old Winnipeg man, who was in the…
High Speed Chase Ends in a Collision With an Apartment Building
WINNIPEG – A high speed chase results in the arrest of a Winnipeg man and pregnant woman. Saturday morning police spotted a stolen Cadillac Escalade traveling south bound on Furby Street between Sargent Avenue and Ellice Avenue. When the driver spotted police approaching from the south he immediately drove up on the west boulevard and…
Investigation Launched Following the Death of a Man Tasered by Police
WINNIPEG – The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) has been called in to review the death of a man in police custody. Saturday, July 28th around 10:30 PM emergency services personnel responded to a medical call near Alexander Avenue and Fountain Street. The first Responders encountered an man who was behaving aggressively. Police general…
RCMP Warn of E-Mail Scam
WINNIPEG – RCMP in Manitoba are warning people of an email extortion scam appearing in the province. Mounties have started to receive reports of a cyber-extortion where suspects are sending emails to victims that reference a real password. The email states the suspect has infected the victim’s computer with a virus that has allowed the…
Arrest Made in Murder of Dean Yurkiw
WINNIPEG – Police have arrested and charged a man with the 2017 murder of Dean Wade Yurkiw. On August 4, 2017, Yurkiw, who was 50-years-old at the time, was physically attacked in the 300 block of Aberdeen Avenue. The suspect then produced a knife, fatally stabbed the victim and took off before police arrived. As…
Liberal Leader Says: Private Air Ambulance Won’t Be Able to Land in 23 Communities
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Liberal Leader and MLA-Elect for St. Boniface, Dougald Lamont, said there is no question that the Pallister government’s plan to hand over Northern air ambulances to private, for-profit operators will put the safety of patients at risk and should be abandoned. Because of federal regulations covering private and public operators, a private…
22-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Spring Robberies
WINNIPEG – Police arrested and charged a 22-year-old woman in connection with numerous incidents committed over the spring in Winnipeg. Police say on two separate occasions, one on May 24th and again on May 27th the woman knocked on the door of a home and asked the homeowners for help. Once allowed inside the woman…