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Man who used excavator in 'rampage' at water treatment faces more jail time, ordered to pay $1.4M
A man who crashed an excavator into vehicles, equipment and buildings at a City of Winnipeg water treatment plant in 2023 has been sentenced to more jail time and ordered to pay restitution for the more than $1 million for damage he caused.
No police actions could have prevented fatal shooting of Winnipeg man: inquest judge
The judge who oversaw an inquest into the death of a Winnipeg man killed by police responding to a domestic violence call in 2020 has concluded there was nothing police could have done differently to prevent what happened that day.
5 years after start of pandemic, experts say Manitoba can still learn lessons from COVID-19
Five years after COVID-19 was first detected in Manitoba, experts say the province still has a ways to go to fully address the effects of the pandemic and set itself up to respond better in future emergencies.
David Milgaard's sister hopes new commission starts 'as soon as humanly possible' after Winnipeg picked as HQ
The sister of the man at the centre of one of Canada’s most high-profile wrongful conviction cases says she was “absolutely quite amazed” to learn last week that an independent commission being set up to examine similar cases across the country will be headquartered in her home city of Winnipeg.
5 years after first cases, Manitoba families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 still feel missed moments
Families not being able to be at their loved ones' side as they died was common during parts of the COVID-19 pandemic — and a policy choice one advocate says “really broke people emotionally” and that may have been approached differently in hindsight.
Man sentenced to 3 years for random kidnapping that left teen with lost 'sense of trust in all people'
A man who pleaded guilty to abducting a teenage girl off the side of a rural Manitoba road as she walked her dog in 2019 has been sentenced to three years in prison, in a case that went unsolved for years.
Tax deferrals coming, other measures to follow as Manitoba fights back against U.S. 'economic attack': Kinew
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said the province will continue to roll out additional non-tariff countermeasures "to stick up for Manitobans and to stick up for Canada" if tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that came into effect Tuesday persist in the coming days.
Man who threatened victims' supporters during serial killer trial sentenced for 'vile,' 'chilling' remarks
A man who verbally attacked a group that included victims' family members and made violent threats against one of their supporters during the trial of a Winnipeg serial killer last year has been sentenced to another 15 months in jail.
Man who threatened victim supporters during Winnipeg serial killer trial deserves jail: lawyers
A verbal attack near Winnipeg’s courthouse during the trial of a serial killer last year that involved victim family members and “gory” violent threats against one of their supporters should result in jail time, lawyers for the prosecution and the defendant agreed Monday.
No matter the sentence, it 'won't bring back my son's life,' mother of 19-year-old killed in 2022 says
No words can express how the mother of a 19-year-old murdered during an armed robbery still feels, more than two years after her son was killed as he worked the late shift at a Winnipeg beer vendor, court heard during sentencing arguments Thursday for the man convicted of pulling the trigger.