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City's top cop dials 911

Soaring meth-fuelled crime rate among worst in Canada, stats reveal; police chief, mayor demand province's help

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Tom Brodbeck:

Police chief rings alarm bell, province slow to answer

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The Bear Clan Patrol community outreach group, which monitors city streets most nights, collected 4,000 discarded needles in 2017. (Phil Hossack / Free Press files)

Nicholas Frew:

North End warehouse blaze a 'kidney punch' for local artist

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HANDOUT / CITY OF WINNIPEG</p><p>The City of Winnipeg tweeted out a photo of the fire at a warehouse on Jarvis Avenue at 3:55 a.m. Monday.</p>

Dan Lett:

ER closures could deliver unpleasant diagnosis for Tory incumbents

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Shannon Martin (left) with Premier Brian Pallister and MLA Doyle Piwniuk following the 2014 byelection that saw the two MLAs win.

Tessa Vanderhart:

Police calls fall at Millennium Library after introduction of security screening

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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Library patron Blaine Albany goes through the security screening at the Millennium Library in Winnipeg on Monday, July 22, 2019. For Tessa Vanderhart story.

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Fringe storyteller Jem Rolls puts up posters for his show, The Walk in the Snow, at the Tom Hendry Warehouse Theatre in the Exchange District in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)</p>

Eva Wasney:

Local drummer's rock 'n' roll fantasy coming true

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Kevin Nixon photo</p><p>Winnipeg drummer Brent Fitz has played with the likes of Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Gene Simmons and the Guess Who over the years. He visits his hometown Tuesday as a member of Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators.</p>

Mike McIntyre:

Lowball offer, arbitration hearing not necessarily beginning of the end for Copp and Jets

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Andrew Copp had a career-high 11 goals last season. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)</p>

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Fix-up needed for 24 Sussex Drive

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The Canadian prime ministers’ residence, 24 Sussex Drive. (Sean Kilpatrick / Canadian press files)

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City's top cop dials 911

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North End warehouse blaze a 'kidney punch' for local artist

ER closures could deliver unpleasant diagnosis for Tory incumbents

Police calls fall at Millennium Library after introduction of security screening

Free Press reviewers' top-rated picks for the 2019 theatre festival

Local drummer's rock 'n' roll fantasy coming true

Lowball offer, arbitration hearing not necessarily beginning of the end for Copp and Jets

Fix-up needed for 24 Sussex Drive

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