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Ultimately, the man allegedly behind a traumatic hammer attack on Main Street Wednesday was nailed without anyone being injured, but police are shining a light on the incident as an example of the unpredictable nature of the meth epidemic.
At about 6 p.m., a female employee of a business in the 1000 block of Main Street was sitting in her vehicle in the parking lot when a man began smashing the vehicle with a hammer. When a male employee came out to help, the suspect chased them back into the building.
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The self-isolation site has been operating at 80 to 100 per cent capacity. On Tuesday, only half the beds at the site were occupied, but that number fluctuates depending on demand, Squires said.
Winnipeg police are investigating three separate unprovoked stabbings that occurred over the weekend two that happened during robberies and one on a city bus.