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A squabble over what may only be a few thousand dollars has created a snag in efforts to get Winnipeg police a helicopter.  Mayor Sam Katz said he and police Chief Keith McCaskill received an e-mail from the province Wednesday stating the province is prepared to fund the $1.3-million annual operating costs of a cop chopper but not any inflationary costs above and beyond that.  However, the motion approved by city council last month calls for “all ongoing annual operating costs, estimated at $1.3 million in 2010, plus cost increases thereafter” to be funded provincially, and Katz said if that  [ Read More ]