
Erik Pindera
Reporter
Erik Pindera reports for the city desk, with a particular focus on crime and justice.
The lifelong Winnipegger managed to snag a few internships at the paper during his journalism studies at Red River College.
Before he rejoined the Free Press fold in 2020 as a web editor, he was a television and radio reporter and before that, a small-town newspaperman.
Recent articles by Erik Pindera
Winnipeg’s not a ‘war zone,’ police chief says about troubling crime stats
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 30, 2023Activist ‘quite angry’ about likely demolition of seized Point Douglas homes
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 30, 2023Mount Carmel Clinic new nest for Thunderwing
2 minute read Preview Monday, May. 29, 2023Suspect in Main Street slaying has lengthy criminal history
4 minute read Preview Monday, May. 29, 2023Two face charges after magic mushroom store raid
4 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 25, 2023Archdiocese sued over alleged sex crimes
4 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 25, 2023Fire smouldering at Brady dump
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 24, 2023First Nation files suit against Hydro over river diversion
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 24, 2023Human remains wash up on beach near Matlock
1 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 23, 2023Accused killer’s car damaged, bullets found in bag: Mountie tells court
4 minute read Preview Friday, May. 19, 2023Two men charged with killing 41-year-old man
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 17, 2023Police identify slaying victim whose remains found along Red
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 17, 2023City man charged with printing 3D guns back in custody
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 16, 2023PPC leader Bernier admits violating Manitoba COVID-19 public health orders
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 16, 2023City sued by insurance firm over oozing cement
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 16, 2023Drunk driver, mother who lied to police plead guilty in fatal crash that killed 24-year-old woman
5 minute read Preview Monday, May. 15, 2023Police seek suspects in after-school child luring incidents
2 minute read Preview Saturday, May. 13, 2023Trio arrested after teen attacked with bat
2 minute read Preview Friday, May. 12, 2023Man, 31, city’s 13th homicide victim
2 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 11, 2023A 31-year-old man has been identified as Winnipeg’s 13th homicide victim of the year.
Vincent Brian Kipling died in hospital after being found seriously injured at Main Street and Stella Avenue around 11 p.m. Wednesday.
“It does appear that some passersby identified that a (man) was down in that area of Stella Avenue and Main Street,” said Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Const. Jason Michalyshen.
Officers arrived and found Kipling suffering from significant injuries. They began emergency CPR, the spokesman said.
‘I thought I was going to die,’ says woman mauled by stray dogs on First Nation
4 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 11, 2023Speed limit cut on Highway 59 in Brokenhead First Nation
2 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 11, 2023Manitoba Justice launches review into inmates’ escape in The Pas
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 10, 2023Escaped inmate arrested; one still at large in The Pas
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 9, 2023Man accused of printing 3D guns granted bail
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 9, 2023Teen stabbed over cigarette, dad says
3 minute read Preview Friday, May. 5, 2023Man charged with murder in burning-body slaying accused in recent stabbings
4 minute read Preview Friday, May. 5, 2023Police warn of brand-marked, toy-style 3D-printed guns
4 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 4, 2023Fatal stabbing city’s 11th homicide of year
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 3, 2023No structural damage for Portage Avenue train bridge
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, May. 3, 2023CRA workers remain on picket lines
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, May. 2, 2023Accused in random assaults had been released days earlier
2 minute read Preview Monday, May. 1, 2023A man accused of two random, unprovoked assaults on Princess Street in late March had been released from custody 10 days prior, after being found guilty of assaulting a police officer.
Police scold private eye over Facebook posts relating to homicide investigation
3 minute read Preview Monday, May. 1, 2023Province beefing up monitoring for high-risk suspects on bail, criminals serving community sentences
4 minute read Preview Monday, May. 1, 2023Devastated parents look for answers a year after their daughter died in collision
6 minute read Preview Monday, May. 1, 2023Body found in parking lot ‘unrecognizable as human remains’
4 minute read Preview Friday, Apr. 28, 2023Year-long sentence for firebombing immigrants in Blumenort
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 27, 2023Kazar Weitzel lobbed a Molotov cocktail at a home in Blumenort as its residents, a newcomer family from Africa, slept soundly inside.
As the home caught fire, they woke up in fear and managed to scramble to safety. The attack was so traumatizing, they packed up and left, afraid they would be targeted again.
For that May 31, 2020, crime, which Weitzel said was a case of mistaken identity, the 23-year-old has been handed a year-long jail sentence.
Weitzel, who had pleaded guilty to arson with disregard for human life, was sentenced last week after a hearing in December.
Police find burning body in Point Douglas parking lot
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 27, 2023Accused in lengthy police chase involved in 2008 fatal crash
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2023Driver of stolen truck leads police on mayhem-filled chase from North End to Portage la Prairie
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2023Shootings linked, suspect sought
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2023Judge sends 67-year-old fitness trainer, bodybuilder to prison for sexually exploiting teen
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2023Princess Street assault becomes homicide case
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 20, 2023Firefighters find body in rooming house
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 20, 2023Well, the city was already looking forward to a Winnipeg Whiteout, right?
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2023Ottawa needs to lead on illicit border crossings: Manitoba justice minister
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2023Restitution ordered in investment scheme
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2023Winnipeg MD names health authority, doctors in lawsuit
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2023Ross Avenue house demolished after four fires in 10 days
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2023Widow files suit against three hospitals, WRHA, Shared Health
4 minute read Preview Monday, Apr. 17, 2023Sick time, OT skyrocket for firefighters, paramedics
5 minute read Preview Monday, Apr. 17, 2023Rally remembers Mackaylah Gerard-Roussin, calls for action
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Apr. 15, 2023Retailers required to match ID, keep records in province’s crackdown on illegal use of bear spray
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 13, 2023Mum’s the word on Jets whiteout parties
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 12, 2023Assaults on paramedics alarming: union head
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 12, 2023Mild weather, quickly melting snow trigger North Dakota flood fears
5 minute read Preview Monday, Apr. 10, 2023Winnipeg paramedic injured during on-call assault
2 minute read Preview Monday, Apr. 10, 2023A city paramedic was taken to hospital after being assaulted on a call Sunday night.
Winnipeg Police Service duty Insp. Mark Hodgson said Monday the incident occurred near Magnus Avenue and McPhillips Street at around 10 p.m.
Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service spokeswoman Kristin Cuma said the incident occurred during a medical emergency call.
‘We are human, not trash’: memorial protest at Portage and Main
4 minute read Preview Friday, Apr. 7, 2023Homeowners sue rental company in wake of destructive house party
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Apr. 6, 2023The owners of a house just outside Winnipeg that was trashed in a raucous youth party in late February have filed a lawsuit against a short-term rental firm.
Storm brings fresh snow, frustration
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2023Brady landfill workers in ‘active area’ discover woman’s body
8 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2023Man files lawsuit over fall on Louise Bridge sidewalk
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2023Accused in police chase has record of vehicle theft
3 minute read Preview Monday, Apr. 3, 2023A woman accused in a police chase of a stolen vehicle March 31 was recently convicted of stealing a taxi cab after brandishing a knife at its driver.
The 36-year-old was arrested Friday night, along with another woman and a teen accused in the incident.
The woman was charged with four counts of assaulting a peace officer, flight while pursued by a peace officer, dangerous driving, and motor vehicle theft, Winnipeg police said Sunday.
Retired priest acquitted of indecent assault at Sagkeeng residential school
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 30, 2023Restaurant owner fined under COVID orders has ticket dismissed
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 30, 2023Niverville man files complaint against RCMP
6 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2023Man charged with murder in fatal January apartment fire
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2023Sioux Valley Dakota Nation house fire kills 11-year-old boy
3 minute read Preview Monday, Mar. 27, 2023An 11-year-old boy has died in hospital after a weekend fire in a home at Sioux Valley Dakota Nation.
Judge calls for review of segregation in Manitoba jails
4 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 24, 2023Seventh nurse abandons HSC sex assault examination program
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023Training program for people facing employment barriers resurrected with provincial funds
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023Fire calls down in 2022 but workload remains high for crews
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023Chief slams school division for hiring ‘police abolitionist’ to review program
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2023Police investigate ‘predatory’ sex assault at Law Courts entrance
4 minute read Preview Monday, Mar. 20, 2023Woman charged after needle attack served time for similar 2018 stabbing
5 minute read Preview Monday, Mar. 20, 2023Province creates new inter-agency missing-persons unit, commits $2.1M
4 minute read Preview Monday, Mar. 20, 2023Trafficker or courier: lawyers seek to make case at sentencing hearing
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Apr. 12, 2023Four-year sentence for participant in fatal beating of stranger
3 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 17, 2023Security procedures in spotlight as national lab guard accused of storing, selling drugs on premises
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2023Accused in random stabbings carries court history of assault convictions
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2023Trafficking ring stretched across Canada: RCMP
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2023Three stabbed, another injured in three hours of random downtown violence
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2023Bail reform summit produces ‘significant advancement’: Goertzen
4 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 10, 2023Police seize more than $3M in heroin, opium that had been woven into rugs
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 9, 2023Accused in alleged Acadia offences was substitute teacher
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2023A former Winnipeg junior high teacher accused of multiple sex offences against a young student had worked as a substitute for Pembina Trails School Division.
Two killed, six injured in three shooting incidents in little more than one day
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023Mounties help injured while breaking up wild, social media-fuelled party outside city
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023Carving out a lifetime of adventure
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Mar. 11, 2023Conditional release of accused in multiple assaults draws legal questions, concerns
5 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 3, 2023Be careful with crypto, WPS cyber-fraud investigator warns potential investors
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023RCMP await autopsy results after deaths of two 14-year-old girls found outside First Nation home
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023Two teen girls were pronounced dead after being found outside a home in St. Theresa Point First Nation in the frigid cold early Wednesday in an “unimaginable” tragedy.
RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Julie Courchaine said officers stationed at the nearby Island Lake detachment rushed to the community after the 14-year-old girls were found outside a home at about 8 a.m.
The girls were taken to the local nursing station, where they were pronounced dead.
Province announces $12.6M grant program to help seniors buy hearing aids
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023Traffic control at St. James Street Costco on public works committee agenda
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023Youth firearm arrest raises concerns
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023West end hopes Transit signs make area more inviting
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023Bear spray sales records rarely accessed: police
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023Downtown hotel listed for sale; residents get eviction notices
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023Bear spray controls pushed into crime spotlight
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023Foundation launches campaign alerting public to human-trafficking signs
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023Louis Riel Day celebrates history of Manitoba, Métis
3 minute read Preview Monday, Feb. 20, 2023Police seek suspects in Sunday bear spray assaults
2 minute read Preview Monday, Feb. 20, 2023String of bear spray incidents ‘may be related’: police
3 minute read Preview Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023Unannounced police drill leads to St. B school lockdown
2 minute read Preview Friday, Feb. 17, 2023New urology centre to open next year
3 minute read Preview Friday, Feb. 17, 2023Justice ministers meeting on bail reform scheduled for March
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023Co-accused in recent homicides has past robbery, theft convictions
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023Kenora man arrested in bus stop machete attack
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023Man had turned life around when he was viciously attacked by strangers on Main Street
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023Man charged after girl attacked by dogs in Thompson
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023Racist joke sparked Indigenous inmate’s death: Ahmo lawsuit
5 minute read Preview Monday, Feb. 13, 2023Resident questions value of Whyte Ridge ‘no sliding’ signs
3 minute read Preview Friday, Feb. 10, 2023Accused struggles with drugs: court documents
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023Cocaine addiction fuelled the crimes committed by a man recently charged with stealing from hardware stores and restaurants, court has heard.
Prairie gridiron fans prefer Grey Cup
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023Police nab two suspects after mom-and-pop shops robbed
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023Man charged with stealing from 25 businesses
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023A Winnipeg man with a lengthy record of property crime convictions stands accused of committing more than two dozen thefts and break-and-enters at stores and restaurants since late November.
First Nations owed $11B in treaty payments: lawsuit
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023Accused in slayings recently got out of jail
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023Lawsuit alleges former lottery winner a drug dealer
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023Gruesome attack shines spotlight on bail regulations
4 minute read Preview Monday, Feb. 6, 2023Police alerted to separate slayings two hours apart
3 minute read Preview Friday, Feb. 3, 2023City officer cleared in shooting
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023Police probe Henry Avenue death
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023Wholesaler suing restaurateur over non-payment
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023Resign from law society or face disbarment, disgraced city lawyer told
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023Catalytic converter thefts creep up
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023Two charged in series of break-ins
2 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 30, 2023Winnipeg police have arrested two people accused in a lengthy spree of break-and-enters at residences and storage units.
Cold keeps doors closed at Steinbach-area schools
3 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 30, 2023Circumstances leading to homicides in Winnipeg’s most murderous year tended to follow a familiar narrative
20 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 27, 2023Threats close Steinbach-area schools, prompt international probe
4 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 27, 2023City moving toward Transit security force: mayor
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023Transit adds voice to call for national task force
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023Police chief asks for $1.8M to hire more 911 staff
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023Co-accused in bus attack assaulted Mountie in 2021
3 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 23, 2023A man accused of attacking a father and child on a city bus last week pleaded guilty two years ago to kicking a RCMP constable and taking a swing at another.
Clifford Mentuck, 31, and Nida Diane Kipling, 37, remain in custody, facing charges in the Jan. 19 assault on a Winnipeg Transit bus.
The father and his 10-year-old son were passengers aboard the vehicle when a male and female began randomly shouting obscenities at them, the Winnipeg Police Service said Jan. 20.
The assault escalated, and the man and boy were punched multiple times before the suspects fled. After exiting the bus, the male suspect returned briefly and slapped the father across the face, police said at the time.
Police seek man in public choking attack
3 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 23, 2023Lawyers in doctor’s sex assault trial to ask for stay of proceedings
2 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 20, 2023Manslaughter conviction in 2020 fatal stabbing
3 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 20, 2023Man pleads guilty to manslaughter, admits stabbing victim in 2021 North End group assault
2 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 20, 2023Life sentence, no parole for seven years for 2019 Thompson slaying
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023Doctor’s sex assault trial adjourned for third consecutive day
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023Former officer gets absolute discharge on fraud charge
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023Ste. Anne MD’s sexual assault trial adjourned again to locate missing evidence
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 17, 202312 months in jail for fatal 2020 hit, run
4 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 16, 2023Interpol request leads to Manitoba man’s arrest
2 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 16, 2023A Russell man has been charged after RCMP were contacted by Interpol about threats made on social media toward law enforcement personnel, government officials and medical professionals.
Canadian foundation misled Manitoba charities, private investors who lost more than $1M in Bolivian bank, securities commission decides
4 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 13, 2023Bear spray threat in attempted dognapping
2 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 13, 2023Morden man charged in five southern Manitoba bank robberies
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023Steinbach man charged in 2019 abduction
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023City police holiday check stops net 28 criminal charges
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023Sisters start fundraiser for own home care
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023Impaired driving charge follows vehicle crossing fire hoses
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023One person is in police custody after an alleged impaired driver rolled over hoses city firefighters were using to douse a West End blaze early Wednesday.
It’s not often someone in custody asks police to take him to prison
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023Alleged Selkirk school abuse victim settles suit against ex-teacher, Anglican diocese
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023Safety concerns sparked complaints about accused arsonist in deadly downtown fire
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023Couple charged after 13 kids got cannabis candy in Halloween treat bags
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023Police probe fire victim’s death as year’s first homicide
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023Bus attack prompts offer to raise cash for car
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023Provincial court ill-prepared for COVID crisis: chief judge
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023Grassroots effort hopes to identify ‘Buffalo Woman’
5 minute read Preview Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023South Osborne mainstay ready to turn the page
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022‘At their wits’ end’: downtown Kenora safety issues spark civic outcry
3 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 30, 2022Landscaper fights off man armed with machete on transit bus
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022Man charged in commercial property theft spree
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022Two critically injured in Christmas Day apartment fire die
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022Warwick Apartments residents wait in wake of blaze
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022Family honours slaying victim in ceremony at landfill
3 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 23, 2022Weather kind of hostile, but silly cycling Santa & Co. try to make less-fortunate folks smile
4 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 23, 2022Parks tourism report draws fire
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022Indian Muslim community ensures foreign student gets proper funeral
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022St. B unveils ‘cutting edge’ operating room
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022Suspect sought in sex assault of 11-year-old girl
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022IIU clears officers in drug-addled man’s suicide
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022Three charged with attempted murder in hotel suite fire
3 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 19, 2022Cold-weather safety top of mind for homeless agencies; downtown library’s doors remain closed
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022Ottawa to fund study of landfill search for victims’ remains
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022Police chief extends olive branch to slaying victims’ families
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022Eleven Winnipeg teenagers accused of homicide in 2022
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022New commander takes over provincial RCMP
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022Patrons left out in the cold after fatal stabbing closes Millennium Library
4 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 12, 2022Police chief will meet, will not quit
4 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 9, 2022Dead woman’s family, First Nations call for Winnipeg police chief’s resignation
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022Murder charge in August death of senior
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022‘Not one easy solution’ amid deadly year on Winnipeg roads
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022Police forced to defend decision not to search landfill for slaying victims
8 minute read Preview Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022Fatal stabbing at The Forks parkade ruled self-defence
4 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 5, 2022Joint police operation touts arrests, weapons seizures
3 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 5, 2022‘My heart is completely broken,’ Balaquit’s devastated widow tells court
6 minute read Preview Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022Defence seeks youth sentence for son who bludgeoned mom to death
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022Pedestrian stuck, killed on Dumoulin Street
3 minute read Preview Monday, Nov. 7, 2022A man in his 50s has died after being hit by a vehicle Sunday in St. Boniface — the latest in a recent string of fatalities on Winnipeg streets.
Police probe fatality at Logan Avenue fire
4 minute read Preview Monday, Nov. 7, 2022City’s record homicide levels ‘disgusting’; activist
5 minute read Preview Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022Three men, youth charged with second-degree murder in fatal Elmwood assault
3 minute read Preview Friday, Nov. 4, 2022Province wants $75K seized from women in scam probe
4 minute read Preview Friday, Nov. 4, 2022‘An amazing human’: Elmwood homicide victim mourned
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022Two facing charges after cannabis candy given out
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022RCMP close in on teenage suspects from law-breaking party
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022Front-end loader intentionally crashed into store: police
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022City records 44th homicide, matching highest-ever total
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022Intoxicated teens attack Mounties trying to break up chaotic house party
5 minute read Preview Monday, Oct. 31, 2022Green party names candidate for Kirkfield Park byelection
3 minute read Preview Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022THE Green Party of Manitoba have named a candidate in the yet-to-be announced provincial byelection in Kirkfield Park.
Show of support for drag queen story hour
3 minute read Preview Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022Doctors, chamber issue plan to tackle physician recruitment
5 minute read Preview Friday, Oct. 28, 2022Four children killed in Thompson house fire
6 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022Vehicle in recent fatal hit, run found abandoned: police
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022‘Making history today’: AMC elects first female grand chief
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022Voters cast their ballots, candidates confident
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022Assault victim dies after leaving hospital; murder charge laid
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022A 19-year-old man has been slapped with a murder charge after the man he allegedly assaulted died two days following his release from hospital.
Provincial court inquest clears police in 2019 fatal shooting
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022Riel gravestone defaced, suspect sought
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022City police seize $6.3M in meth
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022Convenience store owners’ son angry, fearful after attack leaves father with brain injury
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022New charges for convicted sex offender
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022Police hunting for drivers in two fatal weekend hit-and-runs
4 minute read Preview Monday, Oct. 17, 2022$33M pledged for Métis heritage centre
3 minute read Preview Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022Court dismisses appeals in brutal slaying of man in apartment
3 minute read Preview Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022Incorporating wisdom, funding model, candidate crossfire: mayoral roundup
4 minute read Preview Friday, Oct. 14, 2022Former high school coach charged with more sex offences
3 minute read Preview Friday, Oct. 14, 2022Massage therapist accused in sex assault
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022Winnipeg police have arrested a massage therapist accused of sexually assaulting a woman during an appointment.
Poll shines light on Winnipeggers’ after-dark safety concerns
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022University retires hockey jersey of Manitoba player killed in crash
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022Arrest made in assault on child outside school
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022Winnipeg police have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on a city bus and hitting a child outside of a Transcona elementary school.
Police budget, bike thefts, government co-operation: mayoral roundup
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022Inflation increases pressure on food banks; Harvest expects record demand during holiday season
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022Iranian-Canadians rally in support of protests in Iran on the steps of CMHR
3 minute read Preview Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022Effective catalytic-converter anti-theft etching program expands beyond Perimeter
3 minute read Preview Friday, Oct. 7, 2022Former leader suing Bear Clan, board member
2 minute read Preview Friday, Oct. 7, 2022Family of 2019 homicide victim push for public info
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022Legislature camp taken down after risk escalated: police
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022New sex imagery charges for man accused in COVID protest hit, run
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022Winnipegger hopes rocks help Texans in a hard place
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022Body found at The Pas three years ago declared homicide
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022Free Press journalist, author Frances Russell dead at 80
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022Devastated family tried to get opioid user help before his death in August
5 minute read Preview Monday, Oct. 3, 2022First class graduates from firefighter diversity program
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 29, 2022Daycares awarded funding for Indigenous programs
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2022Motorcycle rider wants province to act after friend killed on muddy highway
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2022One suspect, 69 charges in series of break-ins: police
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2022Winnipeg police property crime investigators have arrested a man accused in a nine-month spree of break-ins.
City police shoot man on Point Douglas street
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2022Police union president retires after eight years at helm
3 minute read Preview Friday, Sep. 23, 2022Roofer not impressed with police response to trailer theft
3 minute read Preview Friday, Sep. 23, 2022Senior assaulted in daytime carjacking
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022Winnipeg police are searching for a suspect after a senior was assaulted during a carjacking on a residential street in Norwood East.
Police, fire, bylaw-enforcement team up in struggle to deal with Winnipeg's derelict properties
8 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022Police seek info after woman in wheelchair attacked
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022Goertzen adds bear spray to his Criminal Code-amendment wish list
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022Two arrested in gunpoint carjacking
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022Women warned about groper on city buses
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2022Mayoral candidate Motkaluk seeks to fold police board
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2022‘Frustrated’ civic workers’ union ramps up strike preparations
2 minute read Preview Monday, Sep. 19, 2022Rising emergency calls strain resources, police chief says
3 minute read Preview Sunday, Sep. 18, 2022Public trust in city police declines: survey
4 minute read Preview Friday, Sep. 16, 2022Police still seek to ID dead man
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 15, 2022Viewpoints clash over civic campaign literature photo use
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2022Mayoral candidate Klein promises to rev up paramedics response
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2022Mounties seek info in 2018 missing persons case
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2022Health care aides accused of assaulting care home residents
5 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2022Victim’s family hopes for answers in Maples slaying
3 minute read Preview Friday, Sep. 9, 2022The family of a man fatally assaulted at a home in the Maples last week is trying to understand why he was there in the first place.
Winnipeg Arena Queen portrait to get public display
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022Fatal train crash inquest to focus on response, communication
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022‘24/7 crack shack’ cook sentenced to eight years
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2022Accused teen killer fell prey to drugs, gangs: granddad
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2022Man charged with stabbing three people
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2022Winnipeg police have charged a man in the stabbing of three people in a Flora Avenue home Friday night.