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Shattered windows at E.K. Islamic centre result of gunfire, members of Muslim community say

Officers are investigating damage to the Rahma Islamic Centre on Watt Street Wednesday night that members of the city’s Muslim community say was a drive-by shooting in which no one was injured.

Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Const. Claude Chancy said several windows at the building located at 574 Watt St. were shattered shortly after 11:30 p.m., causing an estimated $3,000 in damage.

Chancy made no mention of shots being fired, and no suspects have been identified.

He said there had also been a report that earlier Wednesday evening, the occupants of a vehicle that drove past the centre had shouted slurs at people outside.

Body of 11-year-old Calgary boy missing for two weeks found in water pipe

CALGARY - An 11-year-old Calgary boy who disappeared two weeks ago has been found dead in a labyrinth of pipes under the city, police announced Wednesday.

Chief Katie McLellan said the boy, named Parker, was discovered in a small water pipe underneath Deerfoot Trail, the city's major north-south expressway.

"For nearly two weeks, so many people woke up hoping it would be the day Parker came home," McLellan told reporters.

"Instead, we are here sharing news that is heartbreaking for his family and for everyone who has been carrying that hope."

Autopsy confirms dog attack killed animal-rescue volunteer on First Nation

An autopsy has confirmed an animal rescue volunteer died of a dog attack on Sandy Bay Ojibway Nation earlier this month, the Manitoba First Nations Police Service says.

Amanda Nobiss, a 37-year-old woman from Winnipeg, was found dead in Sandy Bay on July 17 after police were contacted by a friend trying to locate her.

She often visited the community 180 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg to save animals.

The police service said Tuesday that an autopsy confirmed her “injuries were consistent with a dog attack.”

MPI donates auto repair gear to RRC Polytech

Manitoba Public Insurance’s donation Thursday came without an oversized cheque or physical money.

Instead, the Crown corporation announced $1.2-million worth of collision repair equipment for Red River College Polytechnic.

“We knew that the equipment wasn’t being used to its full value,” Carmen Nedohin, MPI’s board chair, said outside the Winnipeg post-secondary’s auto repair shop at its Notre Dame Avenue campus.

Inside, students assembled golf carts. More than 200 pieces of equipment — frame racks, dent pulling systems — have been added to the facility. “It was just a perfect fit,” Nedohin added.

Report draws link between missing Indigenous women and trafficking across Canada

A new analysis of online sex advertisements featuring Indigenous women has identified cross-country corridors that are highly indicative of sex trafficking, while revealing insight into how women and girls are exploited in Winnipeg.

Rested Sea Bears ready for post-season press

Isiah Osborne acknowledged that the effort — and the results — have been disappointing at times recently.

He also knows it’s not too late to change that.

The Winnipeg Sea Bears were afforded some time this week to reflect on the recent shortcomings as a group. With six days separating the last game and the next game, members of the club took a couple of days away from basketball before returning to the court for their last full week of practice, which was appreciated for a tired group that finished its busiest stretch of the Canadian Elite Basketball League campaign last weekend.

“We think we’re the best team in the league, obviously,” said Osborne. “A couple bad games, but that’s just off some mistakes. On some plays, if we’re not on that 100 per cent effort, little things happen, and we’ve lost a couple games by two, by four, and that happens. Just a couple mishaps on defence, stuff like that, and I mean, you just gotta lock in on those.”