Mayor on defensive over drug-crisis response in election year

The laughter of children playing outside has been replaced by open drug use, vandalism and incidents of theft that have put residents of West Broadway on edge.

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Landlord miffed after City of Winnipeg orders cleanup of riverside homeless camp

A West Broadway landlord is angry the City of Winnipeg has ordered him to clear away a homeless encampment from his riverfront property or have the cleanup cost added to his property tax bill.

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Outreach centre at River and Osborne rife with drug use, needles, frightening behaviour, but daycare, community members say safety concerns fall on deaf ears

Children at an Osborne Village daycare are routinely exposed to discarded needles, human feces and drug use, prompting growing safety concerns from parents, residents and business owners.

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Man armed with ‘edged weapon’ dies after dispute in Winnipeg home

The family of a 42-year-old Winnipeg man shot and killed by police in Linden Woods on Monday night says the incident raises troubling questions about how officers respond to people in mental-health cr...

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Frustration, not fear, as Exchange swells after drug crackdown

Natassia Brazeau says she doesn’t feel unsafe living and working in Winnipeg’s Exchange District — instead, she feels heartbreak.

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Winnipeg drug consumption site full opening delayed till August

Winnipeg’s first supervised drug consumption site will not fully open until August.

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Community frustration led to drug sweep: police chief

Winnipeg’s police chief took responsibility Friday for not giving front-line social service agencies a heads-up before launching a high-profile crackdown on open drug use and trafficking Wednesday and...

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Call for managed homeless camp gets rough ride at Winnipeg city hall

The mayor and council were advised Thursday that Winnipeg could bring “order out of chaos” on the homeless front by spending $2 million annually for three years on a managed encampment.

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Dozens detained for open drug use during Main Street police blitz

Winnipeg police have launched a 10-day initiative targeting open drug use and drug trafficking as scores of people were detained Thursday.

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Manitoba announces project as data show opioid emergencies now outnumber alcohol-related cases

With opioid-related emergencies overtaking alcohol-related calls for service in Winnipeg, the province is investing more than $1 million to ease pressure on front-line responders and improve overdose ...

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After years of living in encampments, Lawrence is slowly adjusting to life with a roof, instead of a tarp, over his head

Just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic upended daily life in early 2020, Lawrence had a steady job, reliable income and a roof over his head. Within months, it was all gone.

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After years of living in encampments, Lawrence is slowly adjusting to life with a roof, instead of a tarp, over his head

Just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic upended daily life in early 2020, Lawrence had a steady job, reliable income and a roof over his head. Within months, it was all gone.

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Groups say Winnipeg’s camp ban hurts homeless; mayor says ban stays

Outreach organizations say a new mapping tool exposes the fallout of the City of Winnipeg’s decision to remove encampments from key locations, including parks.

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Siloam Mission CEO out as part of ‘organizational support plan’

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Overdoses in plain sight plague inner city

An increasingly troubling scene unfolded behind an inner-city school during lunch hour Thursday, as students walking down the back lane barely slowed while a woman sat hunched over, appearing to overd...

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Overdoses in plain sight plague inner city

An increasingly troubling scene unfolded behind an inner-city school during lunch hour Thursday, as students walking down the back lane barely slowed while a woman sat hunched over, appearing to overd...

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U.S. man charged with luring Manitoba girl, 10, online

A 32-year-old U.S. man has been accused of luring a 10-year-old Manitoba girl online and convincing her to send images of herself while he posed as a teenage boy.

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Community safety partnership’s green-clad foot soldiers hit Winnipeg streets to help

Half a dozen bleary-eyed employees sit around a dark wooden table at the Downtown Community Safety Partnership headquarters.

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Siloam Mission lays off staff, pivots amid donation drop

Siloam Mission is laying off 16 people and reducing hours for other workers as part of a “stabilization plan” to address a significant drop in donations.

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Exhausted outreach workers add ‘paramedic’ to their list of duties as ODs spike in Winnipeg

The overdoses never seem to stop. Neither does the toll on the people responding to them.

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Winnipeg outreach organization considers laying off up to two dozen staffers: source

Staff at the Winnipeg’s largest outreach organization are bracing for as many as 24 layoffs that could happen as early as Friday thanks to a sharp drop in donations since 2021. Siloam Mission employee...

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Peguis residents, volunteers bolster flood defences as Fisher River overflows

PEGUIS FIRST NATION — The steady rhythm of people filling sandbags by shovel and hand, until each one weighed 35 to 40 pounds, continued without pause Thursday in the parking lot of a derelict school....

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Supervised drug consumption site will be grounded in culture, compassion: facility’s leader

Winnipeg’s first supervised consumption site is being designed as a culturally grounded health space where people struggling with addiction will be met with familiarity, dignity and support from the moment they enter.

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Winnipeg startup bets on AI to revive shrinking local news

Boring News has chosen a name that invites a smirk, and the site leans into it. Its tagline is “AI-assisted local news. Mostly right. Always boring.” Behind that wink is

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False information, misleading images rife in Manitoba-based AI-driven 'news' service

In a rapidly evolving media landscape, the rise of Boring News, an AI-generated news outlet, highlights the growing tension between technology and journalism. While it aims to fill local news gaps acr...

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Celebration of problem-plagued central home-care office irritates workers

Home-care workers are riled up by events to “celebrate” the anniversary of a centralized scheduling system that has been heavily criticized and caused hundreds of missed appointments when it was intro...

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