WINNIPEGTHEFT

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

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

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

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

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