Woman shot, residents held hostage during home invasionwinnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm A woman was shot early Wednesday morning and two men are in custody following a home invasion and hostage taking in a Point Douglas rooming …
Councillor wants Winnipeg to explore bicycle registrationwinnipegsun.com - Joyanne Pursaga Coun. Ross Eadie (Mynarski) wants to find out if bicycles can be registered at the time they’re purchased, to help police reconnect any stolen ones …
Winnipeg makes 2019 transit fare freeze officialwinnipegsun.com - Joyanne Pursaga The Winnipeg Transit 2019 fare freeze is now official.City council voted unanimously Thursday to freeze bus fares next year, following this year’s …
EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Raising money like hotcakeswinnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm The guy sure knows how to feed the hungry.The 26th annual Maxim Truck and Trailer’s Pancake Breakfast not only fed about 450 people recently, but it …
System failed Manitoba girl returned to parent without support, checks: advocatewinnipegsun.com - Canadian Press Manitoba’s advocate for children and youth says a girl who suffered repeated sexual abuse and died of a drug overdose was failed over and over again …
First-degree murder charges laid in nearly two-year-old Manitoba homicidewinnipegsun.com - Canadian Press POWERVIEW, Man. — Police have laid first-degree murder charges in the deaths last year of two men in southern Manitoba.Jody Brown and Steven …
GUNTER: Meddling by leaders ruins equalizationwinnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm Quebec’s new premier, Francois Legault, doesn’t want what he calls Alberta’s “dirty energy” running in a pipeline through his province. Yet he is …
Letters: December 13, 2018winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm Instant lifeAfter reading everyone’s opinion on battling the meth problem, I noticed most concluded that more treatment for addicts is the key. I was …
Via Rail workers protest across the countrywinnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm Over 100 Via Rail workers protested outside Union Station in Winnipeg as part of a national Unifor protest on Wednesday.The protests happened at …
FRIESEN: Reckoning coming for Jetswinnipegsun.com - Paul Friesen A couple questions came to mind as the Jets were wiping the ice surface with the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.One: how in the name of Eric …
$5M donation set to help fund new cancer treatment equipment at HSCwinnipegsun.com - Joyanne Pursaga It’s equipment that can save limbs, enhance cancer treatments and help some patients heal faster.The Health Sciences Centre Foundation says a …
Jets Hockey Academy offers a hand up, opens new rink at Camp Manitouwinnipegsun.com - Scott Billeck Five years ago, Quentin Linklater couldn’t skate and had never stepped onto a sheet of ice.Friends were hard to come by as he had just moved into the …
GAME DAY: Winnipeg Jets vs Edmonton Oilerswinnipegsun.com - Paul Friesen 7 p.m., BellMTS Place. TV: TSN-3. Radio: TSN 1290THE BIG MATCHUPThe ConnorsEdmonton’s Connor McDavid is the biggest name here, of course, and in 17 …
Cops take kids on shopping spreewinnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm Wednesday would have been a bad day to try and shoplift from St. Vital Centre.The mall hosted the 12th annual Winnipeg Cop Shop event where 60 cops …
BRODBECK: Time to turf TIFswinnipegsun.com - Tom Brodbeck Instead of creating a new “framework” for the province’s tax increment financing scheme, the Pallister government should get rid of it altogether. It …
Norway House RCMP seize large amount of drugs and cashwinnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm Police seized a significant amount of cocaine, a large sum of cash, cellphones and drug paraphernalia during a raid in Norway House, Man. on Dec. …
JETS SETTING: Ken Wiebe and Scott Billeck discuss the Jets homestandwinnipegsun.com - Ken Wiebe Winnipeg Sun hockey writer Ken Wiebe is joined by Scott Billeck to discuss the Jets resurgence on the power play and their recent performances during …
Five impaired charges in first week of Festive Checkstop programwinnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm Five impaired charges (one drug impaired) came during the first week of the Festive Season Checkstop program.In total the Winnipeg Police Service …
Manitoba aims to reduce risk with new tax-increment financing regulationswinnipegsun.com - Joyanne Pursaga The province’s new tax-increment financing (TIF) framework will ensure that government no longer pays out funding for such deals upfront.But a …
Winnipeg woman guilty of hiding infant remains may have wanted to visit: defencewinnipegsun.com - Canadian Press A Crown attorney says a Winnipeg woman who was convicted of concealing the remains of six babies made “extensive efforts” to hide them and cover up …
EDITORIAL: Manitoba needs an economic planwinnipegsun.com - Tom Brodbeck The Pallister government is on the right track in its stated plan to improve economic development in the province, but it needs a far more detailed …
Letters: December 12, 2018winnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm Killing CanadaCanada is in deep trouble with the show J.T. and his horde are putting on, another four years of this and it will break Canada’s back. …
WIEBE’S GAME REPORT: Jets score early, hang on to beat Blackhawkswinnipegsun.com - Ken Wiebe Nobody said it was going to come easy for the Winnipeg Jets, not even when the team in the basement of the NHL comes to town.After building a 4-0 …
Police looking for suspects in carjackingwinnipegsun.com - Glen Dawkins Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man and a woman believed to have been involved in a carjacking last month.On Nov. 13, at around …
Bombers re-sign special-teams acewinnipegsun.com - Paul Friesen It’s not the top item on their off-season to-do list, but as running back Andrew Harris tweeted, Tuesday: “There’s one!”The Winnipeg Blue Bombers …
BRODBECK: Meth crisis deserves a more focused responsewinnipegsun.com - Tom Brodbeck There’s no way to sugar coat the growing meth crisis that’s gripped Winnipeg. And a recent briefing note by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority on …
Hollow Water Chief defends silica sand project near Manitoba reservewinnipegsun.com - Glen Dawkins The Chief of Hollow Water First Nation is defending a planned silica frack sand operation immediately adjacent to the Manitoba reserve on the eastern …
Manitoba’s first fully accessible outdoor rink openswinnipegsun.com - Mark Hamm Before Tuesday, if Sean Gilmore wanted to skate at an outdoor rink, he would have to hop out of his wheelchair at the inside door, slide on his butt …
Bowman appeals to feds for help fighting meth crisiswinnipegsun.com - Joyanne Pursaga Mayor Brian Bowman made three key requests on Tuesday for how he’d like Ottawa to help address the city’s meth crisis.During his statement to a …
Businesses in wait and see mode; hoping for positive change: MCC surveywinnipegsun.com - Scott Billeck There’s a general feeling of positivity among members of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce in terms of where the province is heading, but serious …
