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Less than 10% of the $1.7 million in fines the Manitoba government has issued to suspected COVID-19 rule-breakers has been collected so far, the Justice Department revealed Wednesday.
“Since April 8, 2020, a total of $162,975 has been collected for tickets handed out in relation to public-health-order violations,” the department said in a written statement.
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“Although this figure represents a smaller percentage of the total fines issued, it’s important to note that Manitoba’s large-scale provincial enforcement efforts only began in November of last year and collection efforts are ongoing.”
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (right) addresses the court on April 15 after invoking his fifth-amendment right and declining to testify on his own behalf.
The way Minnesota is handling allegations against police may be a revelation to people in Winnipeg
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The way Minnesota is handling allegations against police may be a revelation to people in Winnipeg
We’re not used to seeing police on trial. Here, when officers are accused of crimes, many avoid prosecution through a variety of creative methods.
As we follow news accounts of the Minneapolis trial of former officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, what seems even more unusual is that officers are testifying against their former colleague. Even the police chief took the stand in full uniform to condemn him.
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BRANDON The Brandon Police Service conducted an “appropriate and professional investigation” into the July 2019 death of a woman whose body was found in the home of the then-city manager, Manitoba’s justice minister says.
BRANDON The Brandon Police Service conducted an appropriate and professional investigation into the July 2019 death of a woman whose body was found in the home of the then-city manager, Manitoba’s justice minister says.
The RCMP conducted a review into the circumstances surrounding Christine Mitchell’s suspected overdose death at Rod Sage’s Brandon home, including the initial BPS investigation. That report was completed and forwarded to Justice Minister Cameron Friesen’s office in early 2021.
WINNIPEG Manitoba RCMP officers have completed their review into the death of a woman who died while living with Brandon’s city manager and determined Brandon police conducted an appropriate investigation. The review involved the death of Christine Mitchell, who died in July 2019. According to the Brandon Police Service, Mitchell died in hospital of a suspected drug overdose. At the time of her death, she was living with Rod Sage, Brandon’s city manager and a non-voting member of the Brandon Police Board. CTV News Winnipeg previously reported that Sage retired. In October 2019, the minister of justice asked the RCMP to investigate the circumstances around Mitchell’s death.