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City's top cop dials 911

Soaring meth-fuelled crime rate among worst in Canada, stats reveal; police chief, mayor demand province's help

Ryan Thorpe
07/22/2019 7:00 PM |
4 minute read

Tom Brodbeck:

Police chief rings alarm bell, province slow to answer

The Bear Clan Patrol community outreach group, which monitors city streets most nights, collected 4,000 discarded needles in 2017. (Phil Hossack / Free Press files)

Nicholas Frew:

North End warehouse blaze a 'kidney punch' for local artist

HANDOUT / CITY OF WINNIPEG</p><p>The City of Winnipeg tweeted out a photo of the fire at a warehouse on Jarvis Avenue at 3:55 a.m. Monday.</p>

Dan Lett:

ER closures could deliver unpleasant diagnosis for Tory incumbents

Shannon Martin (left) with Premier Brian Pallister and MLA Doyle Piwniuk following the 2014 byelection that saw the two MLAs win.

Tessa Vanderhart:

Police calls fall at Millennium Library after introduction of security screening

MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Library patron Blaine Albany goes through the security screening at the Millennium Library in Winnipeg on Monday, July 22, 2019. For Tessa Vanderhart story. Winnipeg Free Press 2019.

Free Press reviewers' top-rated picks for the 2019 theatre festival

Fringe storyteller Jem Rolls puts up posters for his show, The Walk in the Snow, at the Tom Hendry Warehouse Theatre in the Exchange District in Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press)</p>

Eva Wasney:

Local drummer's rock 'n' roll fantasy coming true

Kevin Nixon photo</p><p>Winnipeg drummer Brent Fitz has played with the likes of Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Gene Simmons and the Guess Who over the years. He visits his hometown Tuesday as a member of Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators.</p>

Mike McIntyre:

Lowball offer, arbitration hearing not necessarily beginning of the end for Copp and Jets

Andrew Copp had a career-high 11 goals last season. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)</p>

Editorial:

Fix-up needed for 24 Sussex Drive

The Canadian prime ministers’ residence, 24 Sussex Drive. (Sean Kilpatrick / Canadian press files)
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