RCMP officers to carry new model Tasers
More front-line RCMP officers in Manitoba will soon be using the latest Taser model, which delivers a lower voltage shock and records more information about each individual use.Full Story…
By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA
Men arrested in connection with robbery spree
A robbery spree has come to an end.Two men in their 20s have been arrested after a significant number of commercial break-ins in the city, where both property and cash were stolen.
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By SHANNON VANRAES, SUN MEDIA
No jail for attacker
“Woman spent five days in hospital after beating”A Portage la Prairie man who beat his on-again, off-again girlfriend so savagely she spent five days in hospital was spared a jail sentence yesterday after he blamed the attack on medication he was taking for a misdiagnosed case of depression.
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By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
Kids perish in cold
YELLOW QUILL RESERVE, Sask. — The sign heading into the Yellow Quill reserve asks drivers to slow down because “We love our children.”Full Story…
By TIM COOK, CP
Persons of interest sought by police in arson
Police are on the lookout for four teen boys while investigators continue to try to determine whether arson was the cause of a massive fire yesterday in Point Douglas.The four youths — all described by police as aboriginal in appearance and 15 to 17 years old — are “persons of interest” in the Austin Street incident that caused about $250,000 damage to three houses, Const. Jacqueline Chaput said this morning.
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By ROSS ROMANIUK, SUN MEDIA
Sixth suspect arrested in Radocaj murder
RCMP have arrested a sixth suspect in relation to the September beating death of former pro wrestler Ivan (John) Radocaj.Full Story…
By JULIE HORBAL, SUN MEDIA
Use of ’secret cellphone’ rapped
Franco Atanasovic has left the building.Testifying at the trial of longtime friend and former Hells Angels president Ernie Dew, Atanasovic endured another intensive grilling yesterday morning before exiting court surrounded by a phalanx of armed police and Sheriff’s officers.
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By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
Addict jailed for robberies
A crack addict convicted of five convenience store robberies admitted Winnipeg is safer if he is locked up.Full Story…
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
Bring on Big Brother
The explosion of surveillance cameras in society — especially in the downtown — used to annoy me.The thought of Big Brother, or some pimply-faced security guard in the basement of a shopping mall, monitoring my every move didn’t sit well with me.
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By TOM BRODBECK
Cams better off focused on judges
To see or not to see, that is the question.Recently, the City of Winnipeg has been considering the use of surveillance cameras to monitor public areas. The thinking, of course, is thuggery will be discouraged by the presence of these cameras, thus making our city a safer place. But will it?
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By GORDON MacFARLANE
Gunshots meant for cops
Gunshots fired from near a Logan Avenue home early Sunday were intended for officers who were spot-checking three males nearby or responding as back-up, police said yesterday.Full Story…
By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA
Auto shop assault
An employee of a core-area auto shop was sent to hospital yesterday afternoon, the victim of a brazen midday workplace assault.Full Story…
By JULIE HORBAL, SUN MEDIA
Police ID jumper
Winnipeg police have identified a male who jumped off the Kildonan Settlers Bridge on Chief Peguis Trail in front of police and a Winnipeg Sun photographer last week, a spokesman said.Full Story…
By SUN MEDIA
MPI used in scam
A few people in the Morris and Somerset areas have recently been targeted by telephone scammers claiming to be renewing Autopac policies, but Manitoba Public Insurance says no one it’s aware of has fallen for it so far.Full Story…
By SUN MEDIA
Hells informant grilled
Police agent and career criminal Franco Atanasovic returned to the hot-seat yesterday as the trial of ex-Hells Angel president Ernie Dew resumed after a one-week lay-off.Full Story…
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
