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WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The Manitoba government has set out five stages to search a Winnipeg-area landfill by hand for the remains of two victims of an admitted serial killer — the first of which has now been completed, Premier Wab Kinew said Tuesday. That first stage included getting the licence approvals to searchContinue Reading

Manitoba The trial of an admitted Winnipeg serial killer heard duelling arguments Monday during closing submissions about whether Jeremy Skibicki was driven by psychotic symptoms and delusions linked to schizophrenia when he killed four women in 2022, or whether he preyed on vulnerable women at homeless shelters before committing fourContinue Reading

Manitoba Peter Nygard’s lawyer resigned Wednesday by telling the court she no longer wants to represent him. Disgraced fashion mogul found guilty of sexual assault last fall CBC News · Posted: Jun 05, 2024 6:35 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago Peter Nygard is driven from a Toronto courtContinue Reading

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. An admitted Winnipeg serial killer likely made up his claims that hallucinations and delusions drove him to kill four women in 2022 to try to avoid being convicted of murder, the forensic psychiatrist hired by prosecutors to assess Jeremy Skibicki’s mental state testified during hisContinue Reading

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. During the 2022 police interview where Jeremy Skibicki confessed to killing four Indigenous women, he told investigators he was motivated by race and the “extreme desperate measures” he felt needed to be taken “for the survival of [his] people.” But almost two years later,Continue Reading

Manitoba A forensic psychiatrist who assessed the mental state of an admitted Winnipeg serial killer now arguing he’s not criminally responsible previously appeared in YouTube videos advising people not to confess if they murdered someone and outlining a list of ways to fake having a mental illness. Dr. Sohom DasContinue Reading

Manitoba Thousands in Winnipeg donned every colour of the rainbow Sunday afternoon, joyfully moving through the streets of downtown during the Pride Parade.  Parade was paused for short time due to blockade, discussions with Pride WinnipegCBC News · Posted: Jun 02, 2024 12:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago ThousandsContinue Reading

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Admitted Winnipeg serial killer Jeremy Skibicki’s plan to argue he’s not criminally responsible in the deaths of four women due to a mental disorder strikes several experts as “unusual” — including the forensic psychiatrist who assessed some of Canada’s most notorious killers. Dr. John BradfordContinue Reading

Manitoba A Winnipeg man has lost his bid to have a judge quash a $1,296 fine he received after attending a rally for People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier in Winnipeg three years ago in contravention of COVID-19 public health restrictions. Todd Dube argued fine for attending 2021 rally to seeContinue Reading