Police hit the jackpot

Traffic stop yields major drugs, cash
In the world of police work, traffic stops are like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re going to get.
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By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

Man wounded in North End duplex shooting

A 25-year-old man suffered wounds to his left forearm and upper left chest when he was shot in a North End duplex yesterday, Winnipeg police said.
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By CHRIS KITCHING AND ROB NAY, SUN MEDIA

Search for guns yields drugs

Winnipeg police seized 730 grams of marijuana and $18,200 in cash when they were looking for firearms in a home in the West End on Wednesday afternoon.
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By SUN MEDIA

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Cops hold one after Langside weapons raid

Police had one person in custody last night following a weapons raid that shut down two West End streets for the better part of yesterday afternoon.
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By JULIE HORBAL, SUN MEDIA

Crime bill all but law

OTTAWA — The Conservative government’s omnibus crime bill sailed through the Senate last night.

Members of the Red Chamber voted 19-16 to pass the bill, with most Liberal-appointed Senators abstaining.
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By KATHLEEN HARRIS, NATIONAL BUREAU

Responders prep for suicide attack

A suicide bomber strolls into Polo Park Shopping Centre and blows much of the place into bloody pandemonium.

Should that ever happen, hundreds of Winnipeg emergency officials want to be seconds away from responding.
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By ROSS ROMANIUK, SUN MEDIA

Stabbed over smokes

A dispute over stolen cigarettes sparked the fatal stabbing of a homeless Winnipeg man, jurors were told this week.

Virlin Robert Bird, 28, is on trial charged with second-degree murder.
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By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

New Year’s thief sought

Around 11 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, three males were enjoying a meal in a Ness Avenue hamburger restaurant when they were approached by a stranger.
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By SUN MEDIA

MAN ON STATUTORY RELEASE ARRESTED FOR ROBBERIES

A 33-year-old man is accused of robbing eight city businesses — two of them twice — at knife-point while on statutory release from prison.
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By SUN MEDIA

Manitoba government gets approval to hike speed limit to 110 km/h

WINNIPEG — Manitoba drivers will soon enjoy the same right to drive 110 kilometres per hour as their counterparts in the other Prairie provinces, but not all motorists are happy.
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By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Politicians to wear ‘anti-bully’ pink

VICTORIA — B.C. cabinet ministers arrived for their weekly meeting at the legislature Wednesday wearing pink to mark the province’s Anti-Bullying Day.
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By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Man allegedly robs store while on statutory prison release

A 33-year-old man is accused of robbing eight city businesses — two of them twice — at knifepoint while he was on statutory release from prison.
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By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

A plate scan and nab

The latest example of a suspect trying to run over a city police officer is more proof of an “escape-at-all-costs” mentality among auto thieves, a city police officer said yesterday.
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By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

Gang pressure too much for boy fatally shot

A 13-year-old boy fatally shot in the West End on the weekend was a recent immigrant who was being pressured to join the Mad Cowz street gang, a friend said.
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By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

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