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- CBC
4 random sexual assaults reported in, around Health Sciences Centre on Wednesday
The head of the Manitoba Nurses Union says safety at Winnipeg's largest health-care facility isn't getting any better, after reports of several random sexual assaults in and around the hospital Wednesday night. Manitoba Nurses Union president Darlene Jackson says a nurse reached out on Thursday, saying that a colleague had been assaulted in the tunnels of the Health Sciences Centre shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday. Later Thursday, Winnipeg police said four similar sexual assaults took place in and around the HSC campus over a period of less than an hour Wednesday night. Jackson said she's concerned that Shared Health did not notify hospital staff of the assaults until Thursday morning. The nurse who informed the union of the tunnel assault told her that the assailant was not found that night and may have remained there afterwards, Jackson said. "One of the nurse's biggest concerns was, why weren't people on shift notified that this had happened in the tunnels?" the union president told CBC News Thursday. "Patients, families, visitors — they're all at risk if this is happening in the tunnels." In a new release sent Thursday afternoon, Winnipeg police said four sexual assaults in and around the HSC campus were reported between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday. Around 7 p.m., a teenage girl was sexually assaulted by an unknown man near Elgin Avenue and Sherbrook Street, police said. Less than 15 minutes later, a staff member was confronted by an unknown man who sexually assaulted her near William Avenue and Furby Street, according to police. Another staff member was walking in the hospital's tunnels about half an hour later when she was also confronted by an unknown man who sexually assaulted her, police said. Just a few minutes later, a third staff member was sexually assaulted by an unknown man as she was walking on Emily Street, a short street between McDermot and Notre Dame avenues. The attacker is described as a man in his 20s with a slim build and dark hair, police said. He was wearing a Winnipeg Jets jersey and had jewelry on. Police are asking anyone with information on the assaults to contact the sex crimes unit at 204-986-6245, or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS) or online. Regular patrols: Shared Health The safety of the underground tunnels, and the core-area hospital overall, have been a concern among staff "for a very long time," Jackson said. "The HSC is an incredibly unsafe facility in a very high-crime neighbourhood, and it's not getting any better," she said. A Shared Health spokesperson said the health authority is aware of the recent assaults and is offering support to anyone affected, adding the incidents will be reviewed to identify ways to make the hospital campus safer.
CTV News
30 minutes ago
- CTV News
Several people in life-threatening condition following 2-vehicle crash in Mississauga
A Peel Regional Police cruiser is seen in this file photo from Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston) Several people are in life-threatening condition after two vehicles collided in Mississauga Thursday afternoon, Peel police say. It happened on Ninth Line and Candlelight Drive, east of Highway 407. Police did not say the exact number of victims that were transported to a trauma centre. Police say one person from one of the vehicles fled on cause of the collision is unknown at this time.
CBC
41 minutes ago
- CBC
Army investigating 'abhorrent' racist, homophobic and antisemitic Facebook group
Social Sharing The Canadian Army is investigating members who allegedly shared what the country's top soldier called "abhorrent" content within a private Facebook group. According to a statement from Lt.-Gen. Mike Wright, the "Blue Hackle Mafia" group featured "racist, misogynistic, homophobic and antisemitic comments and images." In the message to armed forces members shared with CBC News, the army commander wrote that he is "disgusted by the content of some of the posts published on this group." Wright called the chat's content "abhorrent," and warned of consequences. "I have ordered that any serving Canadian Army members currently on this social media group immediately cease their participation," Wright wrote. Wright said the contents were reported up the chain of command "as recently as December" and that he was made aware of the alleged misconduct June 25. Military police investigating A message from the Office of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal, also shared with CBC News, said complaints about the private Facebook group were first investigated by the military police in Ottawa and were later transferred to the unit to conduct a disciplinary investigation. Those investigations are meant to determine if there are sufficient grounds to believe a serious offence may have been committed. "The transfer to the unit for a disciplinary investigation was considered the best use of options available in the military justice system, in this case," said the statement. The provost marshal's office said the military police re-opened their investigation on June 27. "This new investigation is ongoing and no further information will be provided at this time to protect the integrity of the investigation," it said. Not much else is known about the Blue Hackle Mafia group, including how many CAF members allegedly participated. "Hackle" could be a reference to the plume some infantry regiments wear. Reports urge CAF to clamp down on extremism The Canadian Armed Forces has been under pressure to better handle members drawn to hateful views and extremism. A 2022 report from the military's advisory panel on systemic racism and discrimination found the number of Canadian Armed Forces members belonging to extremist groups on the rise. The panel also found that the Department of National Defence (DND) has struggled to sniff out extremists in its ranks. "The detection of extremist pockets or individuals is still very much siloed and inefficient," the panel wrote. In 2021, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, one of the country's independent watchdogs, issued a report warning white nationalism is an "active" threat to the Canadian Armed Forces and stressed that more resources are needed to effectively address the issue. "White supremacist groups actively seek individuals with prior military training and experience, or conversely, encourage individuals to enlist in order to gain access to specialized training, tactics and equipment," said the report. A 2020 CBC News investigation of a Canadian Ranger unit uncovered how Erik Myggland, a British Columbia reservist who openly supported two far-right groups, was allowed to continue serving even after he had been identified by military counterintelligence and interviewed as a potential threat. In 2021, a U.S. judge sentenced former Manitoba army reservist Patrik Mathews to nine years in prison for charges related to what the FBI described as a neo-Nazi plot to instigate a race war in the United States.
