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Court ruling favours Canada’s request to extradite disgraced ex-dean

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Court ruling favours Canada’s request to extradite disgraced ex-dean

Maggie Macintosh 1 minute read 9:47 AM EST

A French court has issued a ruling in favour of Canada’s request to extradite a disgraced dean of law who owes the University of Manitoba more than $700,000.

Jonathan Black-Branch, 65, was arrested, questioned and taken into custody in the spring in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a ritzy suburb of Paris.

Black-Branch — who fled Winnipeg in 2020 following an investigation into his expenses during his four-year deanship at Robson Hall — appeared in the Versailles Court of Appeal on Oct. 16 opposing his extradition.

The former dean of the faculty of law at U of M is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant on a charge of fraud over $5,000.

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Chris Warwaruk, co-owner of Farmery Estate Brewing Co., was searching for a location in Osborne Village for months.

Fortified bottle shop opens on Osborne

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Fortified bottle shop opens on Osborne

Matthew Frank 4 minute read 2:01 AM EST

As convenience stores shutter across Winnipeg, a Manitoba brewery is capitalizing on the vacant space left behind in Osborne Village to offer a new spot to grab a brew.

Farmery Estate Brewing Co. of Neepawa opened a bottle shop at Osborne Street and Roslyn Road last month. The Circle K convenience store that used to operate in that space didn’t renew its lease in September.

While the brewery had a location near Donald Street and Gertrude Avenue for five years, co-owner Chris Warwaruk said the move takes the brand into the “heart of Osborne Village.” He said he’d searched for an opening in the area for months.

“We just want to be an easy connection to the customers in the village that live there, and be an option to people that haven’t had a chance to try our brand yet, and I think that this is a good way for us to get exposure,” he told the Free Press.

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Dru Brown gets set to throw a pass to Brady Oliveira during practice on Thursday. The star running back said ‘it’s perfect’ that the team is going into Saturday’s contest as the underdog.

Bombers using odds stacked against them as fuel for Eastern final

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Bombers using odds stacked against them as fuel for Eastern final

Taylor Allen 5 minute read Yesterday at 6:11 PM EST

There’s no sugarcoating it: the Winnipeg Blue Bombers aren’t a popular pick to win this weekend.

Oddsmakers have the Bombers as massive 9.5-point underdogs for Saturday’s Eastern final against the Montreal Alouettes.

Considering Winnipeg (9-9) stumbled its way here while Montreal (14-4) was the class of the league from start to finish, it’s easy to see why.

“I think that’s perfect, honestly. I absolutely love that we are viewed as an underdog,” said running back Brady Oliveira.

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Insp. Elton Hall, right, speaks with media in the William Whyte neighbourhood Thursday with William Whyte Neighbourhood Association president Darrell Warren, left.

Inner-city crime crackdown nets 600 arrests; inspector decries lack of resources

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Inner-city crime crackdown nets 600 arrests; inspector decries lack of resources

Free Press staff 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 9:14 PM EST

Winnipeg police say a crackdown on crime in two inner-city neighbourhoods resulted in more than 600 arrests and underscored the need for additional resources to tackle drug trafficking and homelessness.

“The lawlessness and public disorder were out of control in both neighbourhoods,” said Insp. Elton Hall at a news conference at a park at Pritchard Avenue and Charles Street on Thursday.

As children played, Hall spoke about the five-month operation, called Project Revive, in William Whyte and Point Douglas.

Hall said while incidents of criminal activity dropped in the rest of the city, both neighbourhoods endured an “unprecedented increase” owing to drug trafficking and poverty-driven problems such as homeless encampments.

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Updated: Yesterday at 9:14 PM EST

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Manitoba shuts down trucking firm linked to fatal crash

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Manitoba shuts down trucking firm linked to fatal crash

Chris Kitching 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 5:21 PM EST

A Winnipeg-based trucking company has been shut down by the provincial government after investigators concluded it was connected to a firm that was banned and later linked to a fatal crash in Brandon.

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure found credible evidence to support a tip, which it received from another province, that a company was affiliated with Conquer Transport, a provincial spokesperson said Thursday.

The department confirmed 7Star Ltd.’s safety fitness certificate was recently revoked, meaning it is no longer allowed to operate regulated vehicles in Manitoba.

The carrier’s plates were cancelled in Manitoba, while its safety fitness rating was downgraded to unsatisfactory, the spokesperson said. The company has the right to appeal the decision.

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Updated: Yesterday at 5:21 PM EST

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