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Watchdogs Clear Officers in Alberta and B.C. as Winnipeg Police Step Up Transit Patrols

Officials cited immediate risk plus limited non-lethal options, with Winnipeg deploying plainclothes transit patrols using existing staff.

Another day, another truck stuck under the walking bridge underpass. Police were once again rerouting traffic Friday morning after a transport got wedged in the tight space. It's the second time this week it's happened.
Premier Susan Holt checks her notes as Dr. France Desrosiers, CEO of the Vitalité Health Network, speaks to Campbellton Mayor Jean-Guy Levesque on Sept. 18 prior to the province announcing a new family health team in the City Centre Mall.
Saint Andrews council voted earlier this week to reject six tenders received for the Market Wharf rehabilitation project.
Marco LeBlanc, the Liberal government house leader, says the Green bill is deeply flawed.

Overview

  • Alberta’s ASIRT released a Sept. 18 report finding Edmonton officers’ 2021 fatal shooting legally justified, stating there are no reasonable grounds to believe an offence was committed.
  • ASIRT records show the deceased was struck by 18 gunshots, with toxicology detecting methamphetamine, cocaine and cannabis.
  • B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office cleared an Abbotsford officer in a 2023 shooting after a man who had held a nurse with scissors ignored commands and was shot twice.
  • The IIO noted the officer lacked effective non-lethal tools but concluded lethal force was reasonable given the immediate threat and the suspect’s attempt to access a vehicle.
  • Responding to escalating transit violence, Winnipeg Police began a year‑end deployment of uniformed and plainclothes officers on buses and at high‑risk stops using redeployed community support unit members, citing 325 violent transit crimes in 2024 and a continued rise in 2025; the transit union backed the move and linked most incidents to fare evasion.