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Bill would make sports safer

THE Progressive Conservative government introduced a bill Wednesday to make combative sports safer.

Bill 40, the Combative Sports Act, would expand the mandate of the Manitoba Combative Sport Commission to enhance the safety of combative sport participants at all levels. With the legislative session ending June 1, the proposed legislation has little chance of becoming law before the Oct. 3 provincial election.

The bill would expand the mandate of the commission to include both amateur and professional sports and designate it as the sanctioning body for amateur combative sports where another sanctioning body is not already designated.

“Our government is committed to enhancing athlete safety in all sports and these amendments will allow amateur athletes in sports such as kick-boxing and jiu-jitsu the opportunity to participate in a broader range of regulated and safer combative sport competitions,” Sport Minister Obby Khan said in a news release.

“Expanding the mandate of the (commission) will ensure a more cohesive approach to sport participant safety across all combative sports, both professional and amateur.”

Man accused of importing stun guns

WINNIPEG police arrested a man earlier this m onth who federal border agents allege tried to import stun guns to the city.

Canada Border Services Agency officers in Vancouver’s airport intercepted a package of three stun guns in January this year that was destined for Winnipeg, the agency said Wednesday.

The officers then shared information about the seizure with city police.

Winnipeg Police Service officers went to the suspect’s home on May 4, where they arrested him.

The 38-year-old man will be charged with the unauthorized importation of a firearm, prohibited or restricted weapon, prohibited device or ammunition.

Three early morning Fires extinguished

CREWS extinguished three fires early Wednesday.

Firefighters were sent to a vacant, three-storey apartment building in the 400 block of Furby Street at 1:30 a.m. and declared the fire under control at 2:03 a.m.

The building had been damaged by fires in July, August and September, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said.

Crews were sent to a fire in a 16-storey high-rise in the 400 block of Kennedy Street at 4:53 a.m. and found heavy smoke in the building. Crews declared the fire under control at 5:59 a.m. Several residents were assessed by paramedics but were not transported to hospital.

Crews were sent to a fire in a vacant, single-storey home in the 800 block of Lorette Avenue at 6 a.m. The fire was declared under control at 6:54 a.m.

— staff