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Mass Saskatchewan stabbing shows gap in how suspect with arrest warrant was at large

OTTAWA - In late May, a parole officer issued an arrest warrant for an offender with a violent criminal past who had recently been released from prison in Saskatchewan and who had since disappeared.

More than 100 days later, Myles Sanderson remained unlawfully at large when he was named as a suspect in a stabbing rampage that left 11 people dead — including his brother, Damien Sanderson, who was also named as a suspect — and 18 others injured in James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Sask.

After a four-day manhunt, Sanderson was arrested on a rural stretch of highway and died in custody after RCMP said he went into "medical distress."

The tragedy has prompted scrutiny over how Sanderson managed to remain free in the months leading up to the attacks, and how authorities should handle violent offenders who violate the rules of their release.

IG Wealth Management’s Portage Avenue building to be sold

The downtown IG Wealth Management building, across from the former Hudson’s Bay, will soon be up for sale.

IG Wealth Management is moving its headquarters after nearly 40 years at 447 Portage Ave.

By current timelines, staff will move into a newer downtown tower — 360 Main St. — in 2028.

Roughly 1,100 employees will make the transition, according to Nancy McCuaig, the executive vice-president of IGM Financial, IG Wealth Management’s parent company.

Mayor: Officer who put knee on man's neck should be charged

MINNEAPOLIS - The mayor of Minneapolis called Wednesday for criminal charges against the white police officer seen on video kneeling against the neck of a handcuffed black man who complained that he could not breathe and died in police custody.

Based on the video, Mayor Jacob Frey said officer Derek Chauvin should be charged in the death of George Floyd. The footage recorded by a bystander shows Chauvin with his knee on Floyd's neck as Floyd gasps for breath on the ground with his face against the pavement. The officer does not move for at least eight minutes, even after Floyd stops speaking and moving.

“I've wrestled with, more than anything else over the last 36 hours, one fundamental question: Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail?” said Frey, who is white.

He later added: "I saw no threat. I saw nothing that would signal that this kind of force was necessary.”

University of Manitoba faculty walk off the job over salary demands

Professors at the University of Manitoba hit pause on teaching classes Tuesday to take up physical and online picket lines after negotiations for a new contract with improved salaries fell apart a day earlier.

The faculty association at Manitoba’s largest university, which represents upwards of 1,200 professors, instructors and librarians, set a strike deadline of Nov. 2 amid a deadlock in contract negotiations.

Job action, featuring marches with protest signs, got underway at various university entrances across the city and the Manitoba legislature at 7 a.m. Tuesday; pickets are expected to start early and continue until 5 p.m. daily until a resolution is reached.

“We are on strike because we really care about students and the quality of education that they receive here in Manitoba — but in order for them to continue getting that quality education, we need to be able to recruit and retain our faculty members,” said Orvie Dingwall, president of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association, at a morning rally held at the intersection of Chancellor Matheson Road and Pembina Highway.

Russia vows to retaliate as Canada readies more sanctions

Canada is ready with a “biting” next round of penalties including export controls and financial penalties on “oligarchs” on top of sanctions on Russian lawmakers and two banks in retaliation for Moscow’s latest move into Ukraine.

Laine might skip camp, but bet on him in Jets’ opening-night lineup

Patrik Laine has "got nothing bad to say about Winnipeg," which doesn't exactly jump off the page as a new slogan to slap on our licence plates, erect some billboards and build a tourism campaign around, does it?

I suppose it's better than "We were born here, what's your excuse?" which The Simpsons famously — at least around here — asked in an episode years ago that involved Homer coming to our backyard to obtain cheap prescription drugs for residents of Springfield.

But those hoping for another love letter from Laine — like that sugary sweet "Winnipeg is good" puff piece ghostwritten on his behalf in the Players' Tribune in early 2018 — likely felt scorned as he spoke last week from Finland with Sportsnet's Chris Johnston.

Laine's rather lukewarm comments about his hockey home for the past three seasons have seemingly poured gasoline all over the fire that was already burning when it comes to the 21 year old, who remains without a contract as the clock ticks louder towards the start of training camp next month.