Peter Chura

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• School zone speed enforcement starts Tuesday

  Police start handing out tickets tomorrow - last year, thousands of drivers were ticketed in school zones every month

  Aug 31, 2015
• Manitoba to keep some campgrounds open into the fall

  Nineteen of the province's 57 campgrounds are open until Thanksgiving, which is October 12th this year.

  Lifestyle

  Aug 28, 2015
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• Two Montreal men arrested for alleged credit card fraud in Winnipeg

  Police say the pair rang up $29,000 in bills at three stores on Tuesday and Wednesday using forged credit cards.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2015
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• Gas leak ties up traffic along Donald Street

  Construction crews broke a gas line in the rear of the Winnipeg Winter Club Tuesday afternoon.

  Aug 25, 2015
• Manitoba civil servants get ‘ethics’ reminder after Ashley Madison leak

  A memo to government of Manitoba employees sent August 21 makes note of "recent media coverage regarding questionable use of government email addresses."

  Aug 25, 2015
• No charges in bizarre lost-cash incidents: Winnipeg Police

  WINNIPEG – Police say no charges will be laid in bizarre incidents earlier this month involving cash left on walking trails and a man approaching women who found it. At least four women came forward to say they’d found an envelope or wallet stuffed with cash on walking trails. A man would then appear and then claim...

  Crime

  Aug 19, 2015
• RCMP arrest man taking pictures of kids at Manitoba beach

  Mounties were called to the Nutimik Lake Campground beach on Saturday for the call about a suspicious male.

  Crime

  Aug 18, 2015
• Drug death prompts new fentanyl warning from Winnipeg police

  Police issued a new warning Monday about the presence of fentanyl on Winnipeg streets.

  Crime

  Aug 17, 2015
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• Winnipeg police pursue new leads in Thelma Krull case

  Police are trying identify the occupants of a car and a woman walking a dog seen in the area of Krull's disappearance

  Aug 14, 2015
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• High mosquito counts trigger fogging in Winnipeg

  City officials announced Wednesday that fogging will begin on Thursday at 9:30 p.m., weather permitting.

  Environment

  Aug 12, 2015
• Environment Canada issues storm watches, warnings in southern Manitoba

  Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch Wednesday morning for Winnipeg and several other communities in southern Manitoba.

  Weather

  Aug 12, 2015
• Assiniboine Park changes lineup for outdoor movie series

  Assiniboine Park is looking for help picking a film to show in it's popular "Movies in the Park" series

  Entertainment

  Aug 11, 2015
• Winnipeg law office explosion victim home, posts picture and message

  Maria Mitousis has been released from hospital and is at home recovering from wounds received in a bombing earlier this month.

  Jul 17, 2015
• Winnipeg reserve soldiers to help fight fires in Saskatchewan

  About 40 reservists packed their gear and got ready to board buses Monday

  Jul 13, 2015
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• Winnipeg city hall evacuated in latest bomb scare false alarm

  Staff left the building and police units including the bomb squad were on scene at about 11:30 a.m. Monday.

  Jul 6, 2015
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• Photos and video: bomb explodes in Winnipeg law office

  A Winnipeg neighbourhood was shocked and shut down in the aftermath of an explosion at a law office.

  Jul 3, 2015
• Winnipeg ISIS supporter back in custody after losing bail condition

  Aaron Driver, 23, was re-arrested Friday afternoon at his home in Charleswood, after a woman who helped bail him out withdrew her support.

  Jun 26, 2015
• YouTube video shows amateur storm chasers get up close and personal with twister

  Many Manitobans spotted the tornadoes that touched down Wednesday. But it’s likely that none got as close as Natia Devloo.

  Jun 25, 2015
• Manitoba Hydro says power restored in Garden City

  Manitoba Hydro says the lights should be back on in Garden City.

  Jun 24, 2015
• Residents back home after St. Boniface gas leak leads to evacuations

  Fire crews were assembling at Eugenie Street and Des Meurons Street after a report a main gas line was severed at about 12:45 p.m.

  Jun 23, 2015
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• Couple charged in alleged welfare fraud in Manitoba

  RCMP have charged a man and woman in western Manitoba with defrauding the province's welfare system of more than $80,000.

  Crime

  Jun 19, 2015
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• Church mourns death of pastor in ultralight crash in southern Manitoba

  The small aircraft with only the 59 year old male pilot on board crashed into a farm field north of Highway 205 East near St. Pierre-Jolys

  Jun 18, 2015
• Solar power charges up phones at the Forks in Winnipeg

  Visitors to the Forks are among the first in Canada to enjoy free, solar powered phone charging.

  Science

  Jun 15, 2015
• Man found dead downtown victim of homicide: police

  An off duty police officer found the body of an adult male at the water's edge off Waterfront Drive near Lombard Street. Officers say the victim is 49 year old Jason Stinson.

  Crime

  Jun 15, 2015
• Winnipeg Transit workers reject contract deal in close vote

  The Amalgamated Transit Union local 1505 rejected the deal by 51% in a vote taken June 8-11. The results were not officially released but Global News obtained the details Thursday evening.

  Jun 11, 2015