Crime in Winnipeg
DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESA recent report indicates the number of violent crimes in Winnipeg rose by five per cent in 2021 over the previous year.
By the numbers: Statistics released Wednesday show violent crime in Winnipeg was up slightly in 2021, while property and other crimes decreased. Kevin Rollason has the story. READ MORE
Chase ends in stabbing: A teen has been charged in a stabbing that left three people injured, following a foot chase that ended in the parking lot of Grant Park Shopping Centre. Erik Pindera reports. READ MORE
Chief surprised by premier: Winnipeg Police Service Chief Danny Smyth says he was “taken aback” by Premier Heather Stefanson’s comment that she was disappointed in his response to recent violent incidents in the city. Kevin Rollason reports. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Increasing cloudiness with a high of 27 C, and a 60 per cent chance of showers late this morning and afternoon, with a risk of a thunderstorm. Wind is expected to be from the south at 20 km/h and gusting to 40 this morning.
In case you missed it
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESDavid Bueti is alleged to have started inappropriately touching teenage girls almost immediately after he started working at Steinbach Regional Secondary School in February.
Educator accused: RCMP have named a Manitoba teacher charged with sexual assault and published his work history involving a number of schools, saying they are concerned there may be other victims. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
Jets frugal on picks: On the first day of NHL free agency, Jets manager Kevin Cheveldayoff signed goaltender David Rittich to a one-year deal worth US$900,000 and forward Kevin Stenlund to a one-year, two-way contract worth a league-minimum $750,000. Jeff Hamilton reports. READ MORE
Maestro, in memoriam: Bramwell Tovey, who was music director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra from 1989 to 2001 and helped found the Winnipeg New Music Festival, has died at the age of 69. Alan Small has a look at his career and influence in Winnipeg. READ MORE
On this date
On July 14, 1958: The Winnipeg Free Press reported federal finance minister Donald Fleming announced a public refunding loan, which marked the largest financial undertaking in Canada’s history, involving the exchange of new bonds for old, to a maximium amount of up to $6.4 billion. Fears of war in the Middle East grew following a military putsch in Iraq; King Hussein of Jordan, who proclaimed himself head of Jordan and Iraq, remained on the throne, but any military action on his part was seen as likely to draw in president Nassar of the United Arab Republic on the Iraqi rebels’ side. READ MORE
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