Winnipeg Fire And Paramedic Service

• Man charged after dozens of fake 911 calls lead to big hit to city coffers, say Winnipeg police

  Police say 911 operators received 47 calls between December 2018 and August 2020 from the same caller reporting fictitious emergencies.

  Crime

  Sep 3, 2020
  
• No injuries reported in house fire in Winnipeg’s Spence neighbourbood

  Crews were called to the blaze at a two-and-half-storey home in the 600 block of Spence Street, near Cumberland Avenue, around 2:45 p.m.

  Aug 14, 2020
  
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• Manitoba worker killed when trench walls collapsed, trapping him for hours: RCMP

  Police say a construction worker died after the walls of a large trench he was helping to dig near Oakbank, Man., collapsed, trapping him for hours.

  May 7, 2020
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• Fitness centre suffers small fire at Portage Avenue strip mall

  No one was injured after a small fire at a fitness centre on Portage Avenue Sunday morning.

  Feb 10, 2019
• Second fire in as many nights on Manitoba Avenue forces residents from home

  Two fires in two days have seen several homes evacuated on Manitoba Avenue.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2018
• Teens charged with arson in connection to Transcona fires

  Five teens have been charged after grass fires were lit in Transcona.

  Crime

  May 28, 2018
• Take proper steps to reduce arson risk: Winnipeg police

  May 6-12 is Arson Awareness Week in Winnipeg. Police are reminding people that warm temperatures can bring an increase in arson activity.

  Crime

  May 7, 2018
• WFPS member arrested, charged in historic and recent sex assaults, child abuse

  A 52-year-old member of the Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Service was arrested in connection to a number of historic and current sex assaults against two youths and an adult. 

  Crime

  Sep 25, 2017
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• ‘Community of Heroes’ teaches CPR to Winnipeggers

  A free event at the Forks Sunday taught Winnipeggers lessons that could potentially be life-saving.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2017
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• Sherbrook Street fire sends six to hospital

  Investigators believe a fire in a Sherbrook Street three-storey apartment building could be arson.

  Jul 29, 2017