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Cyclists shown Winnipeg’s warmer side

Fundraising cyclists from New Brunswick who had their bikes stolen in Winnipeg got to see a completely different side of the city over the weekend.

‘Eight credible threats’ against Hydro employees: CEO

Manitoba Hydro president and CEO Allan Danroth took aim at critics and revealed he and staff members have been threatened while defending the Crown corporation’s plan for three new combustion turbines Monday.

Without identifying individuals, Danroth said “constant, uninformed criticism” of Hydro and misinformation has eroded public trust and contributed to hostilities and an unsafe workplace for employees.

“Manitoba Hydro is currently managing eight credible threats against our employees, five of them directed at me personally,” Danroth told a Public Utilities Board hearing in Winnipeg.

“More troubling is these threats are increasingly affecting our front-line workforce. In the last year, my employees have been threatened with weapons, including guns, while performing their duties, and in one recent incident a homeowner directed his dogs to attack one of our meter readers.”

Landlord asks city to work with him over homeless camp after appeal option turfed

A West Broadway landlord says the City of Winnipeg has rejected his attempt to appeal an order that requires him to clear a homeless encampment from his riverfront property.

Marvin Sharp, CEO of Astroid Management Ltd., which operates the Pen-Eve Apartments at 35 Balmoral St., said Monday the decision is absurd since his firm was given almost no time to respond to the order.

The city denied his request for an appeal hearing because he failed to respond before the July 18 compliance deadline.

Sharp contends that was impossible because the compliance order, dated July 10, did not arrive at his office until July 17, leaving him just one day to file an appeal. The city clerk’s office is closed on weekends.

Police chief promises drug crackdown data will be made public

Winnipeg police Chief Gene Bowers said Tuesday data from the recent 10-day drug enforcement campaign will be released to the public, but he won’t say when.

Speaking at a news conference, Bowers said police have met several times with outreach providers and have another meeting scheduled this week to work through the “logistics” of a collaborative approach on the problem of open drug use on city streets.

“Once we have figured that out, I think we’re going to have a media release on what it is, what we found, and what we we’re going to do moving ahead,” Bowers said.

He declined to provide a timeline, saying only it would happen “sooner rather than later.”

Supervised consumption site to open Aug. 11

The province’s first supervised consumption site is set for an official launch on Aug. 11, a provincial spokesperson has confirmed.

The 366 Henry Ave. site, which is being run by the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre of Winnipeg, will have two days of training for staff members later this week, before opening for full operation in the parking lot in two weeks.

The building is still undergoing renovations, and operations will eventually be moved inside the former Western Fabrics building.

In the interim, mobile units will be set up in the parking lot, which has been fenced off for privacy reasons.

Judge rejects house arrest request for drug trafficker

A Winnipeg man arrested following an undercover drug investigation has lost a bid to serve his sentence in the same place he committed his crime — his home.

Omar Talib, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking.

Winnipeg police had another man under surveillance in early 2024 when investigators identified Talib and a third man as additional targets and secured a search warrant for their St. Anne’s Road residence.

Police seized 45 grams of fentanyl with a street value of $13,500, a small amount of cocaine, and $2,250 cash.