News briefs for Sunday, July 12, 2026

Incident involving a passenger car and Winnipeg police cruiser at Cumberland St. and Balmoral Ave.

12:41 PM

A Winnipeg police cruiser was involved in an incident with a passenger car early Sunday morning on the northeast side of Cumberland St. and Balmoral Ave.

A video circulating on Facebook shows the damaged cruiser adjacent to a white passenger vehicle, both of which appear to have their airbags deployed. The Winnipeg police car appears to have crashed into a fence.

Winnipeg Police Service Const. Claude Chancy confirmed the incident on Sunday morning and said it occurred around 6:15 a.m. He said the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service arrived and checked out the passengers, adding that it did not appear anyone was transported to hospital. The officers were not injured. Cumberland St. was closed for roughly two hours afterward.

The service did not share information on the cause of the accident.

Three charged in drug trafficking probe

10:56 AM

Two men and a woman have been charged after police seized drugs, weapons, a gun and cash after executing a warrant at a Centennial neighbourhood residence Saturday.

Police obtained a search warrant for a residence on the 600 block of Elgin Avenue while officers were conducting a drug trafficking investigation in the city’s central downtown area, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a Sunday news release. 

A handgun with an “obliterated serial number” was seized, as was ammunition, a machete, bear spray, 40 individually packed bags of crack cocaine (with a street value of about $800), 2.8 grams of powder cocaine (worth $300) and $565 in cash.

A 69-year-old man, 30-year-old man and 26-year-old woman were charged with multiple drug trafficking and weapon offences. 

The older man was released on an undertaking to appear at a later court date. The other two accused remain in custody.