Danny Smyth

• Winnipeg police commit to working with First Nations groups on landfill search

  Several First Nations groups in the province are consulting experts to put together a search and budget plan.

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  Dec 14, 2022
  
• Winnipeg police chief not stepping down amid pressure to search for Indigenous homicide victims

  'I want justice for Rebecca, Marcedes, Morgan and Buffalo Woman. I will not be resigning,' said Winnipeg police chief Danny Smyth following his decision to not search for remains.

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  Dec 9, 2022
  
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• Manitoba leaders suggest landfill search could be feasible — if acted on quickly

  After a meeting of the Winnipeg Police Board Thursday night, Coun. Markus Chambers, the board's chair, said time is of the essence if anything is to be done at the landfill site.

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  Dec 9, 2022
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• First Nations leaders call for resignation of Winnipeg police chief amid landfill controversy

  Manitoba First Nations leaders are calling for the resignation of Winnipeg police chief Danny Smyth.

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  Dec 8, 2022
• Family of missing Winnipeg murder victims grieve, call for search: ‘My mother deserves to come home’

  'How do you bury somebody you don’t have?'

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  Dec 2, 2022
• Winnipeg police chief says homicide victims’ bodies likely at landfill, but no plans to search

  The family of one of the victims has expressed anger and disappointment that the landfill wouldn't be searched.

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  Dec 2, 2022
• Man arrested in Rebecca Contois murder charged with 3 more homicides: Winnipeg police

  Jeremy Anthony Michael Skibicki has been charged in connection with three more homicides, police say.

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  Dec 1, 2022
• ‘Same factors’: defence lawyer says drugs, poverty behind Winnipeg crime rate

  Winnipeg's crime rate has been a topic of conversation after a number of high-profile incidents in recent weeks, including a Canada Day stabbing at The Forks.

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  Jul 12, 2022
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• Police chief’s comments are normalizing violence: Winnipeg community activist

  Sel Burrows, a longtime community activist, says Smyth's comments weren't helpful and serve to normalize violence in Winnipeg rather than confront it.

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  Jul 11, 2022
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• Recent violence alarming, but ‘nothing new’ for Winnipeg, police chief says

  Safety at The Forks has been a serious concern for many Winnipeggers after a spate of violence in recent weeks, which culminated in an assault on Ukrainian refugees on Canada Day.

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  Jul 8, 2022