
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
Police alerted to separate slayings two hours apart
3 minute read Preview Yesterday at 11:24 AM CSTCity 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.