Winnipeg Homicides

• Advocates call for swift action to address violent crime as Manitoba election looms

  Advocates are hoping Manitoba's next government takes swift action to address violent crime.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2023
  
• 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?'

  Crime

  Dec 2, 2022
  
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• Winnipeg homicides show Canada must do more to protect Indigenous women, girls: minister

  Marc Miller, The minister for Crown-Indigenous relations, said Friday he was shocked to learn Winnipeg police have charged a man in the alleged killings of four women last spring.

  Crime

  Dec 2, 2022
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• 2022 edging closer to record-breaking homicide year in Winnipeg

  Currently, 41 Winnipeggers have lost their lives to violent crime in the city this year. The previous record was 44 homicides set in 2019.

  Crime

  Oct 3, 2022
• Winnipeg’s 2020 homicide rate nearing last year’s record

  With half a month left to go in 2020, Winnipeg is coming awfully close to seeing another record-breaking year for homicides.

  Crime

  Dec 17, 2020
• The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting Winnipeg crime rates, says expert

  A University of Winnipeg criminology professor says the COVID-19 pandemic has provided more opportunity for violent crime due to fewer people on the streets.

  Crime

  Aug 22, 2020
• Homicide at nightclub overnight brings Winnipeg’s total to 38

  Winnipeg police will be releasing more information Saturday about a homicide at a nightclub overnight.

  Crime

  Nov 2, 2019
• Winnipeg police chief urges officers to ‘hang in there’ amidst elevated calls for service

  Winnipeg's police chief is urging his officers to "please hang in there" as they deal with what he calls a higher-than-normal call volume and a significant illicit drug crisis.

  Politics

  Jul 17, 2019
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• Despite homicide spike, threat level to Winnipeggers not measurably higher: Criminologist

  A Winnipeg criminologist says residents should practice basic safety but shouldn't be constantly looking over their shoulders, despite a sudden spike in homicides.

  Crime

  Mar 19, 2019
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• Gun deaths and crime a disturbing upward trend, say Winnipeg police

  Police Cst. Jay Murray said that the number of firearm-related homicides, as well as the number of homicides in general, is up from past years.

  Crime

  Mar 13, 2019