Cameras will help catch criminals: Fielding

Captured on camera, and then by police — that’s what supporters of Winnipeg’s planned downtown electronic surveillance are predicting in cases such as Friday’s shooting on Portage Avenue.
By ROSS ROMANIUK, SUN MEDIA

Just drive, he said

Drivers, prepare to butt out and slip that cellphone back into its pocket.
The NDP government lifted the veil yesterday on its worst-kept secret: a new bill that bans people from communicating on hand-held cellphones while driving and outlaws smoking in vehicles when children under 16 years old are inside.
By ROB NAY, SUN MEDIA

Not the end of pepper spraying

Apparently the way to stop thugs from mugging people with pepper spray is to burden small businesses.
By PAUL TURENNE

Gunshot and stab wounds to be reported to police

Healthcare professionals will now be required to report all gunshots wounds to police under new provincial legislation.
By ROB NAY, SUN MEDIA

‘Disturbing, horrific’

A veteran Winnipeg police officer calls it one of the most disturbing cases of his career.
An eight-year-old boy and two women were violently sexually or physically assaulted in a three-hour span Sunday, allegedly by a complete stranger.
By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

Bear-spray brakes

New requirements for selling bear spray aim to discourage criminals from buying it to use as a weapon.
By ROB NAY, SUN MEDIA

Dad made daughter sex model

A Winnipeg man who plied his teenage daughter with booze and then took pornographic pictures of her has been sentenced to three years in prison.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

Driver flees scene of triple highway collision

RCMP are looking for a hit-and-run driver who fled a three-vehicle collision that critically injured a 46-year-old woman just outside Winnipeg late Sunday afternoon.
RCMP said the driver ran away from the scene after he allegedly caused the collision, leaving behind a green 1999 Jaguar.
The driver may have been intoxicated, RCMP said.
By SUN MEDIA

Mayhem in Maples

A Winnipeg man is accused of shooting his wife in the face after she told him she was going to call the police during an argument in their home Sunday afternoon.
By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

Sex-assault appeal spares rapist prison

A former First Nation chief convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl has won a court appeal allowing him to serve his two-year sentence in the community.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

Bad neighbours

Criminals spread drug operations into suburbs
Winnipeg’s upscale neighbourhoods are going green.
We’re not talking about geothermal heating units, open concepts and non-toxic paint in eco-friendly homes.
By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

Woman shot

A woman with a gunshot wound to her upper body was taken to Health Sciences Centre in stable condition Sunday.
By SUN MEDIA

Suspicious death

Foul play is suspected in the death of a woman whose body was found in a core-area “pocket suite” early yesterday, say police.
By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

Cops looking for this man

A Visa credit card was stolen from a day care located on west Portage Avenue earlier this year.
By SUN MEDIA

New program takes aim at child sexual abuse

In the next few weeks, Manitoba day cares will begin piloting a program designed to keep child predators from infiltrating organizations like child-care centres, schools, sports teams, Big Brothers, Girl Guides and other kid-friendly groups.
By Paul Turenne, SUN MEDIA

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