News briefs for Wednesday, November 2, 2022

A suspect has been arrested while a stabbing victim remains in critical condition.

Winnipeg police said on Wednesday a 20-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault.

An 18-year-old man was stabbed in the 1200 block of Chamberlain Avenue near McPhillips Street on Oct. 31 at about 9:06 p.m.

The man was rushed to hospital in critical condition and police say he his condition has not been upgraded.

Police said the two were previously known to each other as associates, and had been at a nearby residence where the suspect was arrested, when the unprovoked stabbing occurred.

 

Winnipeg police are announcing they have made arrests in connection with children getting cannabis candy while trick or treating in a South Tuxedo neighborhood.

Police said they will make an announcement on the arrests today at 11:30 a.m.

At least half a dozen children were reported to have received THC edibles packaged in branding imitating a popular candy brand. These types of edibles are illegal in Canada.

 

The province has hired former Winnipeg police chief Devon Clunis to oversee a new strategy aimed at creating consistent public safety training for law enforcement and community wellness groups.

Clunis, who signed a one-year contract with the government, is tasked with developing and implementing the Manitoba Public Safety Training Strategy.

The initial framework must be completed by Jan. 31, 2023, the province announced today.

RCMP are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man from O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation.

RCMP were told about the missing man, 43-year-old David Shaun Sinclair, on the afternoon of Oct. 21. He was last heard from on July 24.

At that time, it was believed David was in Winnipeg, but he has since failed to make any contact with friends or family members, RCMP said in a news release.

Sinclair is described as 5-6 in height, 195 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He has various tattoos on his arms.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP at 204-447-3082 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

Winnipeg police have arrested a youth accused of assaulting another with a hammer in Transcona Monday.

Winnipeg Police Service officers were called to the area of Kildare Avenue and Winona Street, near Transcona Collegiate Institute, at about 4 p.m. for a report of an assault with a hammer, police said.

Officers found an injured male youth, who was taken to hospital in stable condition, and later arrested another youth. Their ages have not been released.

Police said it’s unknown if the two youths were students of the nearby school.

The CFL is currently scrambling to right several wrongs after making public Wednesday an incorrect list of divisional all-stars, the Free Press has learned.

According to multiple sources, the CFL provided teams with the wrong list of winners, with the incorrect list also posted online for fans and all to see. The CFL calculated the results incorrectly, the sources said, but didn’t provide any further information as to how things could have gone awry.

The new list will have multiple corrections, though the sources wouldn’t provide names of who was being taken off the list and who would be added on, nor whether the East or West Division was most affected. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers had 11 players named West Division all-stars.

Suspicion that something might be wrong first began after the CFL scrubbed the list from the internet, which occurred late Wednesday afternoon, hours after it was made public.