🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- An inquest into the police shooting of First Nations teen Eishia Hudson found the Winnipeg Police Service needs reform. The hearing examined the 2020 shooting of Hudson and included testimony calling for changes to WPS practices and oversight; the inquest process will determine recommendations and possible systemic changes.
- Cody Lance George Klyne, 38, convicted of sexual assault causing bodily harm, has been released and is expected to live in Winnipeg. Klyne served part of a five-year, 104-day sentence from a 2023 conviction for a 2020 assault on a 15-year-old; WPS and the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit say he remains assessed as at risk of reoffending.
- RCMP are investigating a reported racist election banner found near Steinbach, Manitoba. Mounties confirmed an investigation into the banner that was reported close to Steinbach during the election period.
- A board member said they were “sick at heart” after a break-in at a Winnipeg daycare. The incident involved unauthorized entry at the daycare facility and prompted a police report and internal concern from the centre’s board.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Manitoba will hire up to 90 family doctors by 2029 using $6 million in federal funding, the health minister announced. The province says the funding targets recruitment over the next three years to expand primary-care capacity across Manitoba.
- Mayoral candidate Scott Gillingham pledged to fold the water and waste call centre into 311 if elected. Gillingham said the consolidation would change how residents access water and waste services through the city’s 311 system.
- A provincial memo says chronic homelessness in Winnipeg has been greatly overestimated due to faulty data. The memo points to data errors that inflated chronic-homelessness counts used in planning and funding discussions.
🏥 Health
- St.Amant will receive $5 million from Manitoba to expand autism programming, the premier announced. The money is part of a $30 million provincial allocation for autism supports; St.Amant said the funding will reduce a roughly 1,800-family case-management waitlist and make its pediatric sensory feeding clinic permanent.
- Family of a Manitoba woman who died after a dental procedure alleges the dental association has conflict-of-interest issues. The family has publicly raised concerns about the association’s handling of the case following the woman’s death after the procedure.
- Farm Boy, L'Ancêtre and Life Smart organic cheeses were recalled for possible Listeria contamination. The recall list specifically named those three cheese brands.
🚑 Breaking & Incidents
- A 24-year-old man died in a rollover north of Winnipeg early Sunday. Emergency responders confirmed the single-vehicle rollover and the death occurred during the early hours of Sunday north of the city.
- A lawsuit alleges a defective phone charger, not arson, caused a Winnipeg car fire. The court filing claims a faulty charger was the source of the vehicle blaze, contesting earlier suggestions of deliberate ignition.
