Chris Kitching

‘I was just standing there’: man stabbed with needle in random attack monitored for infection

A Winnipeg man who was randomly stabbed with a hypodermic needle at a local restaurant faces an anxious wait to find out if he was potentially infected with any disease during the attack.

Police investigate ‘predatory’ sex assault at Law Courts entrance

A sexual assault at an entrance to the downtown Law Courts building is raising concerns about safety, with Winnipeg’s police chief confident investigators will make an arrest.

Police said a 20-year-old woman was attacked at about 5:45 a.m. March 17, after she was followed for about one to two blocks to the courthouse’s Kennedy Street entrance between Broadway and York Avenue.

“We do believe the attack is predatory in nature. There’s always a possibility there may be other victims,” spokesman Const. Claude Chancy said Monday.

It is a right, not luxury: NDP promises free birth control ahead of provincial election

The Opposition NDP is offering free birth control to all Manitobans if the party is elected to form government when the provincial vote is held later this year.

The plan would cover the full cost of common methods such as oral contraceptives, copper and hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs), hormonal injections and the morning-after pill.

It would cost $11 million a year to offer universal coverage for prescription contraceptives to Manitobans, including trans men and non-binary people, according to the NDP.

Work starts to twin last undivided Trans-Canada

Tree-clearing and other preliminary work is underway as Manitoba moves forward with a years-long, multimillion-dollar plan to twin the province’s last remaining undivided section of the Trans-Canada Highway.

Allegations of child sexual abuse made in Manitoba against two ‘credibly accused’ Jesuit priests

Two priests were included on a list of clerics “credibly accused” of sexually abusing children based on allegations stemming from their time in Manitoba, according to the Jesuits of Canada.

Fatally shot teen’s mother asks witnesses to step forward

The family of a 15-year-old Winnipeg boy killed in a shooting is demanding justice and pleading for people with information about the unsolved homicide to come forward.

Six-year old recovering after being shot by four-year-old

A four-year-old shot a six-year-old after the boys got access to an unsecured rifle in a Manitoba home.

Trash trails a stinking frustration

In a snow-covered back lane near city hall, a dumpster behind an apartment block is overflowing and there are piles of trash on the fringes of backyards every few metres.

Family of pedestrian in fatal Bison Drive collision awaits answers

The family of a 20-year-old man fatally struck Monday by a vehicle in south Winnipeg is in shock while waiting for answers about what happened.

Slaying victim’s family, chief issue plea for help on northern First Nation

A remote northern Manitoba community where a 47-year-old woman was fatally assaulted last week is in crisis, according to its chief and the victim’s relatives, who issued a plea for help Monday.

Doctors, nurses welcome Manitoba’s health deal with Ottawa

Labour groups hope Manitoba’s new agreement in principle for $6.7 billion in federal funding for health care will ease pressure on staff and reduce wait times.

HSC staff rush to help man attacked with machete

Health Sciences Centre staff came to the aid of a bloodied victim who was injured by a machete-wielding man close to the Winnipeg hospital campus Thursday afternoon.