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Drug trafficking problem is on a rise in Canada for the last couple of years. Winnipeg authorities started a full-scale investigation into city`s meth problem. As per Winnipeg Police, there is a spike in meth-related crime incidents, like property theft, residential break-ins, unreasonable anger towards each other (meth users) and other people around them, violent attacks, some ending up in lethal outcomes for victims, lately there were three deadly beatin...

Last Friday night, November 2nd a homicide took place at Stony Mountain Institution, north of Winnipeg. A 26-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene after a fight with two other inmates. Todd Jeffery Irving, 47, and Cory Edward Derdak, 26, have each been charged with first-degree murder. Stonewall RCMP is still investigating the incident, officers are working with other inmates for possible witnesses that could...

At about 1 a.m. on Saturday, a police patrol stopped a taxi with an unfastened passenger, who turned out to be a dangerous criminal. Donovan Michael Wieler, 26, faced problems with the law not for the first time. The police had a warrant for his arrest because he was accused of trafficking crimes. The police immediately arrested him and searched the place in the taxi he was riding. There they found 1.5 ounces of meth, which cost about $3,000 on the streets...

A 67-year-old man found dead after the accident happened near Portage la Prairie. The incident occurred on Saturday night. A semi-trailer truck went into the median ditch and rolled. As a result of this, the man partially fell out of the car and died on the spot. The police arrived had only to state the fact of his death because it was already impossible to help the man. They also informed that the man was driving to the west and the accident occurred as s...

Investigation of fraud cases led to arrests of six people on November,1. A home in the 100 block of Hespeler Avenue was searched by the Police. As a result, they found and seized several identification cards (blank, forged and stolen), printer, notebook, bank cheques and an explosive device. The police arrested two women and four men and charged them with fraud and some other charges.  MORE NEWS: Winnipeg police are looking for the missing girl

Harte Trail Women's Running Group is going to start after several sexual assaults on Harte Trail. This group was created so that women are not afraid to go to the run because now they can easily find a running mate or even a whole group to train together. Kathleen Cook decided to organize this group after the woman understood that Harte Trail is no longer safe for her and for other women. The woman speaks on behalf of all other women and says that they sho...

Doctors working in the air ambulance of Manitoba believe that its planned privatization may adversely affect patients. On this occasion, they wrote a letter to the Minister of Health Friesen, in which they spoke out against privatization categorically. The letter was signed by 16 specialists. The next step will be their meeting with the minister, at which they intend to prove their concerns reasonably. Now air ambulance is operated by Manitoba Government A...

Winnipeg Police officers with a help of a bomb unit secured an item that might be a bomb and a bundle of forged and stolen identity documents, from a house in a West Elmwood area. This raid leads to charges for six suspects. A 37-year-old Michael Roderick Allan Paquet, 29-year-old John Frank Edwards, 32-year-old Christopher Lee Chartrand, 29-year-old Jean-Claude Matthieu LaPierre, and two 39 and 40-year-old women that remain unknown were charged. Women rel...

Brian Sanderson had been Santa Claus helper at the Polo Park for more than 25 years. On Halloween he died when he was sleeping. This information was given to the Police by Lillian Harrison who has been working together with Brian for about 8 years. Lilian said that the man was a real Santa- he had his own beard, and every time when one of the children uttered the name of Santa he always said Ho Ho Ho. Besides being Santa's helper, Brian Sanderson also took...

The attack happened approximately at midnight in one of the Winnipeg`s buses. According to police, the suspect’s first victim was waiting for a bus at Graham Avenue and Edmonton Street when the suspect whipped out a knife and stole his phone and wallet. Ten minutes later, the suspect got on a bus at Graham Avenue and Donald Street, where he again brandished his knife, this time yelling racial slurs at another man. A 23-year-old man arrested, police said he...

Past Sunday, November 4th a two-story house got on fire in the 100 block of Nichol Avenue. Emergency crews responded at approximately 8:20 p.m. and began an offensive attack to extinguish the fire and check for the occupants possibly trapped inside the house. Thankfully all the people that were in the building safely evacuated themselves and nobody was injured. As of now, there is no information about the reason of the fire, also no estimates as for the da...

Last Friday, November 2nd early morning five people took police on one crazy ride, a twelve and a half hour armed standoff, ended with arrests and the attempted murder charges. Approximately 4:20 a.m. police had received a call about the suspicious activity at the Gilbert Park housing complex in the 100 block of Chudley Street. They immediately took two men into custody and attempted to contact others inside without success. Right away the police began tre...

On Sunday, November 4th a single-vehicle crash claimed a life of the man from Winnipeg. RCMP officers and other emergency services followed up on a report of a single-vehicle rollover approximately 7:15 a.m. At the scene, police found a man on the ground about 180 meters from an overturned vehicle. A victim was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, a 33-year-old man was later pronounced dead. Police said the vehicle was driving south on Murdock...

November 1 came into force changes in road fines. Now all Manitoba people who use any gadgets in the driver's seat will pay new higher fines. In addition, the police will take rights for a period of 3 days for the first violation, and for a period of 7 days for each subsequent violation. At the moment the penalty is 672 dollars. As the statistics show, more than 10,000 car accidents occurred due to drivers who were not concentrated on the road while drivin...

Back in 2017 two best friends were at the Manwin hotel in Winnipeg. The conversation turned into a heated argument and one of them stabbed another one to death. At about 10:30 p.m., police found John Blaine Flett, 50, in critical condition after he was stabbed in the upper body and not breathing in the lobby of the Manwin Hotel on the evening of July 16, 2017. He was rushed to hospital in critical condition but died. His buddy, Eric Guimond from Winnipeg k...

On Wednesday, October 31st approximately 4:45 p.m. two intoxicated on alcohol teenagers attacked passengers on a bus route number 18 using a knife. Witnesses say that both 17-year-old male and 15-year-old female suspects were causing a disturbance bothering passengers and threatening them. When one of the passengers tried to calm them down, teens attacked him punching and applying wounds to his face. The attacked passenger, who turned out to be a local sec...

Winnipeg police in cooperation with several provinces Police departments conducted a grand operation to stop drug trafficking in the western regions. The operation was named Project Riverbank and began to be developed in early 2018. This operation was aimed at the main drug distribution organization in the western regions of Canada. This special operation united the efforts of the Winnipeg police, RCMP, and police departments of Regina, Edmonton and Vancou...

As it became known, the city police are looking for the missing girl. The 17-year-old teenager was seen on September 24 for the last time. The girl is 5’7″ height, 150 pounds, she has dark hair and dark eyes. The teenager was wearing Adidas pants, a red sweatshirt and Nike sneakers. The family of the missing girl is very concerned and asks everyone who has at least some information to share it with the police. MORE NEWS: Greyhound stops its work in Manitob...