🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- Iranian national pleads guilty to voyeurism, granted conditional discharge and avoids deportation. A court accepted the guilty plea and imposed a conditional discharge, according to the report; immigration removal was not ordered, per the article.
- Quebec man found guilty of human trafficking after nearly 1,000 jail calls. Jean‑François D’Asti‑Brideau was convicted of human trafficking, benefiting from proceeds of trafficking and related offences; a judge reviewed roughly 100 of the calls and found 88 were conversations with the victim.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Gillingham promises a new committee to study AI, data centres and emerging tech for Winnipeg. Gillingham said the city will form the committee to advise how Winnipeg should handle artificial intelligence and data‑centre development, according to the article.
- Union says Manitoba law used to halt Dynacare strike is clearly problematic. The union criticized the provincial law that was invoked to stop the Dynacare strike, calling the statute “clearly problematic,” per the coverage.
🎨 Community & Culture
- Jets captain Adam Lowry says “We still have a lot of good pieces” amid Hellebuyck holdout. Lowry and winger Kyle Connor addressed training camp without star goalie Connor Hellebuyck, whose refusal to report triggered an indefinite suspension, according to the report.
- Winnipeggers waited hours outside Dynacare testing locations on Sunday, Sept. 27, during a rainy morning. The article reports long waits at multiple Dynacare sites in Winnipeg on the morning of Sept. 27.
