Joyanne Pursaga

1 week ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Joyanne Pursaga

By: Joyanne Pursaga Posted: 5:21 PM CDT Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2025 A developer is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to cast a final decision on whether the City of Winnipeg should pay $5 million in damages over a finding its staff delayed a major housing project.

1 week ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Joyanne Pursaga

A business owner hopes to raise his own concerns about repeated incidents of retail crime as a new member of the Winnipeg Police Board, while Winnipeg’s mayor prepares to leave the oversight body. Mayor Scott Gillingham has nominated Amit Kapoor to join the board that oversees the Winnipeg Police Service, pending a final council vote. After being on the front lines of retail theft, Kapoor said he hopes to advocate on behalf of businesses in the new role.

1 week ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Joyanne Pursaga

A team of cross-trained city staff is now in place to mow, plow, plant, patch and repair, among other tasks, with the goal to shorten the wait for municipal services. In the first round of work, three neighbourhood action teams with six members each will address the highest needs areas in all 15 Winnipeg wards by the end of October. “It is a nimble, more responsive, innovative way of delivering service….

2 weeks ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Joyanne Pursaga

The head of the Winnipeg Police Service hopes stun guns can help reduce the use of more lethal force, eventually to the point officers no longer need guns. “Those alternate weapons, intermediate weapons, they save lives. And the technology is just advancing rapidly, where my hope is one day that we never have a shooting where someone’s lost their life,” said WPS Chief Gene Bowers.

2 weeks ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Joyanne Pursaga

By: Joyanne Pursaga Posted: 5:03 PM CDT Friday, Jun. 13, 2025 An artificial intelligence program designed to handle non-emergency calls to Winnipeg police has been delayed, after initial tests had disappointing results.