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WINNIPEG POLICE SERVICE
January 14, 2019
from release:
On January 4, 2019, at approximately 5:05 a.m., two East District General Patrol officers attended to the 700 block of Home Street while following up on an unrelated matter. After exiting their cruiser car, the two officers noticed a strong smell coming from a residence.
The officers, deciding to investigate, approached the house and observed a number of dogs barking and clawing at the window. As they got closer, 15 dogs were observed inside the residence. The dogs appeared to be both malnourished and in distress.
Animal Services Officers, with the assistance of General Patrol police officers, seized the 15 dogs and transported them to a City of Winnipeg facility where they received medical care. The dogs continue to receive treatment at this time and will be placed up for adoption at a later date.
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Weather
Your forecast: Today will be cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of light snow this morning, then sunny in the afternoon, with a low of -19 C, wind chill of -33, wind from the northwest at 50 km/h gusting to 70 and a risk of frostbite.
What’s happening today
Brexit vote: Britain’s Parliament will vote on whether to accept Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal. The plan is expected to fail.
Golden opportunity: The Jets play the Vegas Golden Knights at Bell MTS Place at 7 p.m. in their first meeting since Game 5 of last year’s Western Conference Final. Jason Bell reports. READ MORE
Confirmation hearing commences: William Barr, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a confirmation hearing.
On this date
On Jan. 15, 1970: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in Vancouver, medical tests continued in the search for the source of the typhoid aboard the P and O liner Aronsay, stalled there indefinitely with yellow quarantine flags flying. Members of the Roman Catholic clergy from parishes in Western Canada gave approval for a resolution calling for optional celibacy for priests. In Winnipeg, police chief George W. Maltby was named Manitoba’s first ombudsman.
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