
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 of Erik Pindera
Concert, community honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
3 minute read Preview Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022Appeal Court rejects ex-doctor’s bid to overturn sex-assault conviction, sentence
3 minute read Preview Friday, Aug. 12, 2022‘Colonialism destroys the lives of Indigenous people,’ judge says during sentencing for slaying committed by teen
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022Three years for luring teen girl in CFS care
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022Man arrested, weapons seized after Bonner Avenue shooting
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022Mom charged with misleading police in fatal drunk-driving crash
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022Travel pattern key in drug case: court
4 minute read Preview Friday, Aug. 5, 2022Mounties unveil rural violent crime-fighting strategy
3 minute read Preview Friday, Aug. 5, 2022Mayoral candidate Shone pitches relaxed public park liquor laws
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022First Nations police did as required under fire: inquest judge
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022Province gives city cops $100K to fight crypto-crime
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022New Manitoba RCMP commander sets his priorities
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022Senior’s death investigated as homicide
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022Analysts playing an integral role in police work
3 minute read Preview Monday, Aug. 1, 2022Winnipeggers cheated out of $100K in ‘grandparent’ scams
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Jul. 28, 2022RCMP seeks youth advisory committee input
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Jul. 28, 2022Bus driver forced to flee vehicle in knife attack
4 minute read Preview Monday, Jul. 25, 2022Trio attacked with bear spray at The Forks
3 minute read Preview Monday, Jul. 25, 2022Woman charged in boyfriend’s slaying
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Jul. 21, 2022Mathias Colomb evacuees watch, wait as wildfires near home community
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2022911 call complaint puts spotlight on training
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2022A Winnipeg woman is calling for a 911 operator training review, after an encounter with an intruder in her home.
Angela Chalmers, 44, woke up to her dog, Loki, growling around 6:30 a.m. June 18, and went down the stairs to the main floor of her Earl Grey home to see what was going on.
“I saw a stranger lying on the couch in my living room,” Chalmers said Wednesday. “I grabbed my dog and we went back upstairs and went into my roommate’s room and I woke him up… We decided to barricade ourselves in the bedroom and call 911.”
Chalmers said the operator told her Winnipeg police were busy but on their way, then asked if she would be OK going downstairs to wake the man up herself.