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By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Police in Winnipeg say they were already considering a potential vehicle attack as they planned security for Jets fans looking to party downtown during the NHL playoffs.
Insp. Dave Dalal says attacks such as the one in Toronto on Monday are becoming more common, and Winnipeg police are prepared to keep fans at the so-called Whiteout street parties safe.
By Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press
TORONTO – Wednesday’s scheduled console release of the video game “Death Road to Canada” has been delayed due to Monday’s horrific van attack in Toronto.
London-based Ukiyo Publishing says it has put the game’s release on hold because of the rampage that killed 10 pedestrians and injured 15 others.
By Sarah Klein
People who are completing criminal record checks will be able to receive from online child sexual abuse awareness training.
Winnipeg police and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection are partnering on the initiative thanks to funding from the Winnipeg Foundation.
Salisbury House plans to eliminate plastic straws from its restaurants and replace them with a bio-degradable alternative as of June 1.
The Winnipeg restaurant chain says the move comes after some municipal governments in North America, the United Kingdom and Europe do away with plastic straws.
By Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press
TORONTO – Investigators probing the deadly van attack that killed 10 people and injured 14 others in north Toronto have not yet identified any of those who died, Ontario’s chief coroner said Tuesday.
Dirk Huyer said confirming the identities is a time-consuming process complicated by the fact that the attack took place over at least a one-kilometre stretch of one of Toronto’s busiest streets.
This year’s Pride Winnipeg Festival is all about inclusion for those experiencing the event for the first time.
“My First Pride” is the theme of the upcoming festival, May 25 to June 3.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s chief medical examiner has called inquests into the deaths last year of two Winnipeg men who died in separate shooting incidents involving city police.
Adrian Lacquette, who was 23, died Sept. 13 from multiple gunshot wounds during an altercation with police, who were conducting a criminal investigation at the time.
The death of a 37-year-old man in the community of Red Sucker Lake is being treated as a homicide.
RCMP say the man was found on the side of a road at around 10 a.m. on Monday.
By Judy Owen, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG – Tyler Myers knows he’s about to take part in a marquee playoff matchup that will send one very good team home for the summer.
The Winnipeg defenceman just hopes it’s not his Jets.
By The Canadian Press
TORONTO – Toronto police say another person has died following an incident in which a van struck multiple pedestrians north of the city, bringing the death toll to 10.
Police Chief Mark Saunders says a suspect has been arrested in connection with the incident.
