Vogelsang’s fall chronicled in trailer for Arnett-narrated documentary
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This article was published 23/04/2025 (183 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The trailer for a documentary about a former Winnipeg television anchor who pleaded guilty to robbing several banks was released Wednesday.
The feature on former broadcaster and college instructor Steve Vogelsang is called The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg. The trailer shows he was once given that title by the alternative weekly newspaper Uptown.
The documentary, narrated and produced by Canadian comedic actor Will Arnett, will debut in Canada on Prime Video on May 9, the streaming service said.
Several current and former local journalists — including Free Press writer Melissa Martin and longtime TV sports reporters Peter Young and Lisa Bowes — appear in the trailer, recounting their surprise at learning Vogelsang had been arrested for a string of robberies.
The documentary is co-directed by Charlie Siskel and Ben Daughtrey. Siskel was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature for Finding Vivian Maier, which was released in 2014.
Vogelsang, divorced and facing money problems, robbed multiple banks in Saskatchewan and two in Alberta between July and October 2017.
He was sports anchor at CKY, which became CTV Winnipeg, and later became the station’s news director. He left to become an instructor in the creative communications program at what was then called Red River College in 2002 and worked there until 2011. He left for British Columbia with his then-wife, moved back to Manitoba in 2014 and returned to teaching at the college.
He also briefly worked as a vice-president with True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Winnipeg Jets, after returning to Manitoba.
A past report said Vogelsang was released on day parole in October 2020 but was taken back into custody twice after being found to have violated the rules of a community residential facility. He was caught twice smoking marijuana, the parole board report said.
Steve Vogelsang enters an Alberta bank in 2017. (Medicine Hat Police Service)
He was set to get statutory release in February 2022, the report said.
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Updated on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 2:53 PM CDT: Revises headline