Inner-city residents feel hot, helpless amid scourge of vacant building fires
Liberty Isip shrugs and sighs after another vacant building in her inner-city neighbourhood went up in flames on the weekend. A pile of rubble is all...
City targets vacant buildings in effort to increase affordable housing
The City of Winnipeg could take over vacant properties sooner and offer deep discounts on lots to attract more affordable housing, as boarded-up and burned-out buildings...
City report breaks down police use of force incidents, equipment used
Winnipeg Police Service officers used force in a slightly higher percentage of calls last year and pulled out their Tasers more often. Police filed 863 use...
Shoplifting might be masking big retailers’ real flaws
Opinion Shoplifting is bad right now. But is it really as bad as some would have us believe? Every week, there seems to be more news...
‘We can’t police our way out of this’
This is the second of a two-part series on shoplifting. In part one, reporter Mike McIntyre examined the growing problem in our community and what’s driving...
Combative session to wrap for summer
The rookie NDP government’s legislative agenda comes to a head Monday as 21 key bills are set to receive royal assent, including a law that limits...
‘I believe there’s magic in books’
Chris Melnick has been booked solid for two decades. The St. Vital resident is the founder of Share the Magic, a registered charity that collects new...
Concrete plan nowhere to be seen as ER wait times jump
Opinion Something terribly wrong is going on at St. Boniface Hospital. All hospitals in Winnipeg have overcrowding and long wait times, but it’s especially bad —...
Manitoba to launch Canada’s first Red Dress alert system
Manitoba will be home to Canada’s first Red Dress Alert system, which will notify the public when an Indigenous woman, girl, two-spirit or gender-diverse person is...
Two men arrested after explosives seized
An investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies has led to the arrest of two men for possession of firearms and large quantities of explosive substances, police...