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Will calls in Manitoba to reform bail help make communities safer? Not quite, experts say
Experts agree Canada’s criminal justice system has a problem with people being arrested for new crimes while on release for other offences, but say recent calls to reform the bail system over concerns it’s become too lenient are missing the point.
Open letter to federal leaders from Manitoba researchers gets support from hundreds of Canadian academics
An open letter penned by a group of Manitoba researchers has garnered support from hundreds of other scientists and academics across the country, sounding the alarm about the effects of research cuts in the U.S. on Canadian research and urging federal political leaders to take action.
Why did it take Winnipeg police so long to interview a serial killer in search for victim's identity?
Experts say there doesn't seem to have been anything preventing Winnipeg police from reinterviewing a serial killer sooner in their mission to identify his unknown victim — but a range of possible reasons could help explain why it took so long to do it.
Judge acquits vulnerable man of murder due to 'oppressive' Winnipeg police interrogation
A man described as a vulnerable person with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder was acquitted of second-degree murder last month, after a Winnipeg judge found his police statement was made up of details he fabricated under pressure — as two detectives took turns screaming at him “at the top of their lungs” — and barred it from being used as evidence in his trial.
Alberta lawyers who had Manitoba judge tailed lose bid to avoid law society discipline in their province
Two Alberta lawyers who hired a private investigator to follow the Manitoba judge who presided over their case challenging COVID-19 restrictions in 2021 have lost their bid to avoid possible law society discipline in their province.
Serial killer victim Ashlee Shingoose's parents remember their daughter as a loving person
The parents of a woman recently identified as the previously unknown victim of a Winnipeg serial killer remembered their daughter Thursday as a loving person whose kids meant the world to her — and whose remains they now hope to recover from a Winnipeg landfill as soon as possible.
Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe now has a name: Ashlee Shingoose was Winnipeg serial killer's 1st victim
After years of police investigation and community anguish, investigators say they've identified the lone unknown victim of a Winnipeg serial killer as Ashlee Christine Shingoose, a missing woman from St. Theresa Point Anisininew Nation last confirmed seen in downtown Winnipeg in March 2022.
Winnipeg murder trial opens with co-accused testifying for prosecution
The trial of a man charged with second-degree murder in a 2023 homicide began Monday with testimony from one of the man's co-accused, who shed light on what happened the night a 50-year-old man was killed in Winnipeg's West Broadway area.
Man who used excavator in 'rampage' at water treatment faces more jail time, ordered to pay $1.4M
A man who crashed an excavator into vehicles, equipment and buildings at a City of Winnipeg water treatment plant in 2023 has been sentenced to more jail time and ordered to pay restitution for the more than $1 million for damage he caused.
No police actions could have prevented fatal shooting of Winnipeg man: inquest judge
The judge who oversaw an inquest into the death of a Winnipeg man killed by police responding to a domestic violence call in 2020 has concluded there was nothing police could have done differently to prevent what happened that day.