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Motorists on a busy Winnipeg roadway should be aware of a big speed limit change coming soon.

The City of Winnipeg is lowering the speed limit along Fermor Ave. from Dunkirk. Dr. to St. Mary's Rd. to 60 km/h, down from the current 70 km/h.

The change comes after St. Vital councillor Brian Mayes put forward a motion calling for the change in the winter. At the time, Mayes said that residents wanted the change for safety reasons.

That stretch of Fermor Ave. passes by Glenlawn Collegiate, a YMCA, as well as the St. Vital library.

The province's police watchdog is investigating after Winnipeg police shot a man early Saturday morning. 

The Winnipeg Police Service says that on August 27, 2022 shortly after 2:00 a.m., the Winnipeg Police Service became involved in an officer involved shooting in the Windsor Park neighborhood.

An adult male was transported to hospital in critical condition.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) has been notified and has assumed responsibility for the investigation.

No other information is available at this time. 

A 36-year-old man from Vita is facing several charges after allegedly assaulting a senior and attacking two officers.

Two people are recovering after a daring escape from a house fire in Winnipeg this week.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service says in a release that crews responded to reports of a fire in a two-storey house in the 400 block of Pritchard Avenue on Thursday afternoon just after 12:30.

When crews arrived on the scene they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the house. An offensive attack was launched and the fire was declared under control at 1:04 p.m.

Police are re-releasing video and images of a suspect who left a string of hate-filled messages across several buildings in Winnipeg.

The suspect spray-painted 10 buildings in the early morning hours of July 22, 2021. Police released images and footage at that time but still have not located the suspect.

The Major Crimes Unit, Hate Crimes investigators are again seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a male suspect responsible for these offences that occurred between midnight and 4:00 a.m on July 22, 2021.

Everyone is safe following a fire Wednesday afternoon in downtown Winnipeg.

At 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to reports of a fire in a three-storey hotel in the 100 block of Garry Street.

Upon arrival on scene, crews found smoke and flames coming from a window in the building. An offensive attacked was launched and the fire was declared under control at 5:07 p.m. Damage was mostly contained to the suite where the fire originated.

Police in Winnipeg are asking people who may have information regarding the city's latest homicide to come forward.

Yesterday, the Winnipeg Police Service released information about an adult female found deceased in an apartment in the 100 block of Jarvis Avenue at approximately 7:00 a.m. on August 22.

This suspicious death is now being investigated as a homicide, and the victim has been identified as 36-year-old Danielle Dawn Ballantyne of Winnipeg.

Police are continuing to investigate a collision which claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman in western Manitoba earlier this week.

The Manitoba RCMP says that officers from the Russell detachment were called to a two-vehicle collision on Aug. 21, at 10:45 p.m. The collision occurred on Highway 45 at the intersection with Road 151 W, three kilometres east of Angusville.

Terrorists in southern Nigeria kidnapped four nuns on Sunday, Aug. 21, just three days after a Christian attorney was shot and killed in the country's northwest.

The Winnipeg Police Service is investigating a number of serious incidents, including a suspicious death, all in the same area.

The WPS says they were called to an apartment block in the 100 block of Jarvis Ave. for a report of a deceased person just before 7 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 22.

The woman was transported to hospital from the building just off of Main St., where she was pronounced deceased. 

The homicide unit has taken over the investigation and is asking anyone with information to call 204.986.6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477 (TIPS).