WINNIPEG – During the early morning hours of May 21, 2019, the head and staff of a statute of St. Volodymyr was stolen from the Sts. Vladimir and Olga Cathedral at 115 McGregor Street. Image of the complete statue from CBC Manitoba archives. Image of the statue with missing head and staff. During the afternoon…
27 Year-Old Man Faces Multiple Charges After Ramming Stolen Car Into Police Vehicle
WINNIPEG – A suspect driving a stolen vehicle rammed a police car after he was surrounded, damaging the car and then resisted arrest after a brief foot chase. Police came across the stolen vehicle travelling on Salter Street at about 9:00 PM., on May 24 and followed it to Charles Street where the driver proceeded…
14 and 18 Year-Old Stab Victim Protecting Woman
WINNIPEG – A 14 year-old youth and an 18 year-old man threatened and assaulted a woman and then stabbed the man who confronted them. The incident began at about 1:30 AM. on May 24th when the two suspects began following a 26 year-old woman who was walking in the area. One of the suspects repeatedly…
Winnipeg Man Stabs Father During Argument
WINNIPEG – A 53 year-old man is in critical condition after he was allegedly stabbed by his son. Police responded to a home on Charles Street at about 1:40 this morning and found the victim suffering from stab wound injuries. He was taken to hospital where he remains in stable but critical condition. It is…
Two Winnipeg Murders in One Day
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg police are investigating two separate homicides that have taken place within nine hours of each other. The first was on May 24th at 5:20 PM., when a man was found deceased at a home on Greencrest Avenue. Then, early this morning, at approximately 2:45 AM., police received a report of an injured…
Winnipeg Parish Just Wants Statue’s Head Back
WINNIPEG — Members of a Winnipeg church are praying that the head of a bronze statue created by a well−known sculptor and blessed by a pope will be returned. The work depicting St. Volodymyr was decapitated outside the Cathedral of Sts. Vladimir and Olga early Tuesday. A cross−like symbol on a Ukrainian coat of arms…
Stolen Vehicle Crashes, Sends Suspect to Hospital
WINNIPEG – A suspect in a stolen vehicle tried to flee from police and ended up in hospital after his car lost control and crashed. The stolen vehicle was initially used to escape an armed robbery at a beer vendor on McPhillips Street on May 22. Police spotted the vehicle the next night in the…
A Gun, a Crash, a Standoff and a Fire for Winnipeg Police
WINNIPEG – A gun, a crash, an armed and barricaded situation and a fire took most of the day for the Winnipeg Police as a suspect tried to evade them. The began at about 1:15 PM. yesterday when police responded to a report of a firearm-related incident at a home in the Chalmers area. Shortly…
73 Year-Old Woman Attacked in St. Boniface Home
WINNIPEG – Police are looking for a female suspect who attacked a 73 year-old woman in her St Boniface home and then fled in the victim’s vehicle. The victim was in her backyard on May 20 when the female suspect approached her and convinced her to enter her home. She proceeded to attack the woman…
36 Year-Old Winnipeg Man Killed on Flora Avenue
WINNIPEG – Police are investigating the homicide of a 36 year-old Winnipeg man on May 21. Emergency personnel responded to a report of an injured man on Flora Avenue just before 10 last night and found a man suffering from a stab wound. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition where he was…