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West End residents set to march, call for safety
WEST End residents are planning to take back their streets in a public march on Tuesday.
About 65 people gathered at the West End Cultural Centre Friday afternoon in a hastily organized meeting following two shootings on nearby Toronto Street and Victor Street this week.
"A child died and... three others were hit, (two) through windows," said Kate Sjoberg, Spence Neighbourhood Association executive director.
"These are extreme events and folks are worried about their safety."
She said residents of the West End are "very concerned" in light of recent incidents.
Sjoberg said she believes in social programming to help fight crime.
"I think we need to wake up and realize the crime-and-punishment approach is not the answer for what's going on," she said.
"We've been pushing for increased programming and increased programming hours at the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre, and throughout the community for some time, and we haven't been able to get increased city support for this work."
Sjoberg pulled together the meeting Friday, which had about six to eight police officers present.
There were also community workers, like public health nurses and local school staff, to talk about safety. The march against violence will start at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Maryland Tot Lot, next to the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre, and will proceed down Agnes, Toronto and Victor streets. Police arrested 34-year-old Greg Glen Hope this week in connection with the abduction and sexual assault of a six-year-old girl near the recreation centre.
-- Gabrielle Giroday
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition May 29, 2010 A3
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