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Tis the season of Christmas cheer, flashing red and blue lights and the annual Festive Season Checkstop program. For the month of December, Winnipeg Police are on the streets looking for impaired drivers. In the first week of the program, officers stopped 1602 vehicles and administered 88 roadside breath tests with six people blowing a READ MORE
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A 31 year old female is facing a number of serious charges after she ran into a Cadet directing traffic and then left the scene. Police say the woman was in traffic at Main Street and Broadway around 11:30 pm when she was given an instruction by a Cadet directing traffic to remain stopped as READ MORE
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Shortly after 5:00pm dozens of protestors marched into the centre of Portage and Main effectively shutting down the intersection. They were there to support the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota who have been protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline for several months. The Sioux are concerned because they say the pipeline will desecrate sacred land READ MORE
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The results of “Operation Impact”, the Thanksgiving enforcement campaign, are out for Manitoba and it’s not great news. Although 5 out of six categories saw reductions of offences the number of deaths and other related traffic charges are up. Over the long weekend from Friday October 7 to Monday October 10 RCMP laid 12 criminal READ MORE
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Flipped trailer causes delays on Salter Traffic was heavy Tuesday morning on Salter Street, just north of Selkirk Avenue, as a construction trailer flipped onto its side blocking the northbound lane. Police were on scene directing traffic. It is not know what caused the trailer to flip. READ MORE
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Police are still on scene investigating an accident involving a Semi and a pedestrian. It happened around 11:45am. The adult male was walking on the curb close to traffic in the east-bound lane of Sterling Lyon Parkway just east of Kenaston Blvd. It is possible that the semi driver did not know that his vehicle READ MORE
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The northbound median lane on the Maryland Bridge will be closed for bridge maintenance work from September 14 to 30. The City of Winnipeg says that for safety reasons vehicle traffic is not permitted to travel on the median lane while work on the underside of the structure is occurring. Motorists are reminded to allow READ MORE
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An SUV was left on its roof on Notre Dame Avenue and Isabel Street Sunday afternoon after it was involved in a two vehicle collision. The other vehicle, also an SUV had significant damage to its front end but remained on all four wheels. The cause of the crash and whether or READ MORE
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With 4 dead on Manitoba highways around Winnipeg in a 24 hour period police are reminding drivers to pay attention while driving. “With the long weekend upon us, drive safe & look both ways at ALL intersections, even if there’s lights” – Sgt Lukaway, #rcmpmb — RCMP Manitoba (@rcmpmb) September 1, 2016 On Wednesday two READ MORE
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The crown prosecuters office will be appealing a decision by Provincial Court Judge Mary Kate Harvie. In May Judge Harvie dismissed the charges against a woman who had received a photo radar ticket citing delays in getting to trial were excessive. The woman had to wait 18 months from the time she received the ticket to READ MORE