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SUPPLIEDPerez Cleveland was charged in the 2016 death of 42-year-old Jennifer Barrett.
Trial set to start: The first-degree murder trial of Perez Cleveland for the killing of Jennifer Barrett is scheduled to begin today. Her body was found in a barrel in 2016. READ MORE
Alert issued: An Amber Alert has been issued by police in northern Ontario for a three-year-old boy who was last seen Monday on a bus from Sudbury to Toronto. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a high of 18 C and wind from the north at 30 km/h gusting to 50, decreasing to 20 km/h later this morning.
What’s happening today
PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESSAmalgamated Transit Union members wave flags at Edmonton Street and Graham Avenue on Monday.
Free rides: Winnipeg Transit drivers won’t enforce bus fares. Their union organized the “job action” to protest the pace of labour negotiations with the city. Bill Redekop reports. READ MORE
Court hearing continues: A three-day court hearing on a proposed class-action settlement between Ottawa and former students who attended Indian day schools continues. Katie May reports. READ MORE
Sit-down in Sochi: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin says arms control, Iran and Syria will be discussed. READ MORE
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Local Homicide – Investigation/Arrest:
Photo back lane behind Burrows at Albina Way, at the rear of Calvin Chan’s garage with his boat in it, which is where the altercation occurred which followed in Chan’s death. Dennis Lloyd Jr. Penner, a 24-year-old male who is a close neighbour of Chan’s is charged with manslaughter and is detained in police custody.
Police info below:
On May 11, 2019, at approximately 12:00 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a rear lane near Burrows Avenue and Albina Way for a report of an assault. They located a suspect and an injured unresponsive maile. The injured male identified as Calvin Chan, a 66-year-old male of Winnipeg. ended up succumbing to his injuries.
Members of the Homicide Unit continued with the investigation. It is believed that the deceased victim, along with a neighbour, had been attempting to back a boat into a garage when the suspect attempted to drive the rear lane and an argument ensued. The victim was subsequently assaulted and sustained a serious injury.
Dennis Lloyd Jr. Penner, a 24-year-old male of Winnipeg, has been charged with Manslaughter and is detained in custody.
See Ryan Thorpe for full story.
May 13, 2019
Bad blood: A neighbour who lives beside the scene of the city’s latest homicide told the Free Press the dispute between the accused and the victim had been “years in the making.” Ryan Thorpe reports. READ MORE
Expert on airline deal: WestJet’s purchase by Onex Corp. could lead to more options for overseas flights for Winnipeggers, a University of Manitoba professor specializing in transportation economics says. Dylan Robertson reports. READ MORE
On this date
On May 14, 1929: The Manitoba Free Press reported that efforts to fight forest fires in northern Manitoba earned high praise from the head of the Dominion forest fire patrol in the province. In Des Moines, a court order reopened Baptist Fundamentalist university, after it had been closed by the trustees; six students applied to the court, which granted them an injunction against the board of trustees who had closed the university. The closure was prompted by eggs and stones being thrown at the administration building after the board ousted the entire faculty of the university. In Washington, the White House disapproved of a tariff bill put forth by the House. READ MORE
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