Worship service creates solemn counter-protest

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Thirteen accused in gun, drug trafficking network in rural Manitoba

RCMP and Winkler police have arrested more than a dozen people allegedly connected to a drug-and-gun trafficking network that operated in rural Manitoba.

The joint investigation began in December 2024, when officers from the Winkler Police Service asked the Mounties for help after learning kilograms of cocaine were being imported to a Winkler-area truck repair business, said RCMP Supt. Jeff Asmundson, who oversees the force’s Manitoba integrated law enforcement team.

Mounties and Winkler police gathered evidence for 19 months and expanded the probe, dubbed Project Dolor, as investigators learned other types of illicit substances and firearms were being trafficked by the network in a number of southern Manitoba communities, said Asmundson, whose team investigates serious and organized crime.

“It started as a cocaine trafficking investigation, and obviously, as we move along in a project or a file, evidence is gathered and an opportunity arose and we wanted to ensure public safety,” he told reporters Tuesday. “We were able to secure some firearms.”

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New Skyline: revolving restaurant to reopen atop Fort Garry Place

Come fall, people will once again have the chance to dine more than two dozen storeys above Winnipeg’s downtown.

Alfonso Maury, former owner of Corrientes Argentine Pizzeria, is preparing to reopen the revolving restaurant on the 30th floor of Fort Garry Place. The venue, which has sat empty for the past six years, offers a panoramic view of the city.

Maury is aiming to open Dos Pampas Skyline Restaurant at the beginning of October. He plans to hire around 20 employees, who will prepare and serve an Argentinian-inspired menu he is currently putting together with head chef Norm Pastorin.

Dos Pampas will include seating for 120 customers, Maury said. Additionally, the restaurant will feature a lounge with couches and short tables where guests who have finished their meal but who aren’t ready to leave can enjoy dessert or another drink.

Worship service creates solemn counter-protest

While hundreds gathered at the legislature on Wednesday to call on the provincial government to eliminate sexual orientation and gender identity curriculum, pronoun changes, gender ideology and mixed bathrooms in Manitoba schools, a small group of about 25 people met a few blocks away at Holy Trinity Anglican Church to use worship as a form of protest.

The worship service, which included prayers, candle lighting and the Eucharist, was held at the same time as the 1MillionMarch4Children rally.

In introducing the service, Andrew Rampton, the rector at Holy Trinity, said it was a time for silence, contemplation and healing. He added he hoped it would also be a time of “fellowship and unity building.”

According to Theo Robinson, a transgender male Anglican priest who sparked the idea for the service, it was an opportunity to “show support” for the LGBTTQ+ community.