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CTV News
01-08-2025
- General
- CTV News
Leftovers from old Winnipeg Transit system cause confusion
A Winnipeg Transit sign with defunct route numbers is seen on Portage Avenue on Aug. 1, 2025. (Jeff Keele/CTV News Winnipeg) As Winnipeg's transit system enters its second month, leftover infrastructure, like shelters and signs, is causing confusion amongst bus riders. Jean Feliksiak, 93, said she relies on the bus to get around. 'We can't drive when we are old,' she said. 'I'm 93, nearly 94 years old.' Three weeks ago, she waited at her usual stop right out front of her apartment complex on Portage Avenue. 'Maybe 20 minutes, and then someone came out and shouted, 'Don't stand there; they don't stop,'' said Feliksiak, adding there was a sign with defunct route numbers and a bus shelter. She said she isn't the only person who believed it was still an active stop. 'I stopped waiting there, and I would look out, and people are waiting and waiting and waiting, then they would give up,' she said. CTV News spotted a woman standing at the shelter watching buses go by Friday morning. She later said she thought she was supposed to stand there. Winnipeg Transit said they are taking away the existing shelters and signs at the old stops. Out of 193 shelters at decommissioned bus stops, 71 have been removed to date. 'Transit staff are continuing to work on removing shelters, signage and unbranded courtesy benches from discontinued stops,' a transit spokesperson wrote in a statement. Work is expected to be completed by the end of August, according to the statement. That won't help Feliksiak and she wants her stop back because now she and others have to walk a block or so in either direction to catch the bus. 'We're prisoners here, particularly in the wintertime, the sidewalks!' she said, 'How are we going to go there or go there?'
CTV News
06-07-2025
- CTV News
Machete assault outside Portage Avenue store: Winnipeg police
A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder patch is seen in Winnipeg, Sept. 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski Winnipeg police are searching for a teenage suspect after a man was seriously injured in a machete attack last week outside a west-end convenience store. Officers responded to the assault on July 3 at 10:44 p.m. in the 1700 block of Portage Avenue. According to police, the victim was attacked by an unknown suspect with a machete, leading to serious injuries. A passerby used a belt as a makeshift tourniquet to help the victim before emergency crews arrived. Officers from the West District applied a second tourniquet. The victim was moved to hospital in stable condition. The suspect remains at large. He is described as a male between 15 and 17 years old, approximately 5'6' to 5'10' tall, with a slim build, light complexion, and dark hair. He was last seen wearing a black Tupac T-shirt, ripped black jeans, dark sandals with white or grey socks, and carrying a grey backpack. Police say he was accompanied by two other teens at the time of the assault. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Major Crimes Unit at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477) or .
CTV News
05-07-2025
- CTV News
Man arrested after allegedly threatening pedestrians with knife
A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder patch is seen in Winnipeg, Sept. 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski A 25-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly chasing a pedestrian with a knife in downtown Winnipeg. Winnipeg police were called to the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street at 6:39 p.m. Friday, following multiple reports of a man armed with a knife threatening people. According to the city, one of the pedestrians managed to escape by jumping into a passing security vehicle and calling police. Officers arrived to find the suspect still in possession of a knife. He tried to flee but was arrested near Main Street and McDermot Avenue. The knife was recovered and no injuries were reported. The man faces weapons-related charges and a charge for failing to comply with a release order.
CTV News
04-07-2025
- CTV News
Winnipeg police searching for missing man
Rustie Raquin is pictured in an undated image. (Winnipeg Police Service) The Winnipeg Police Service is concerned about the well-being of a missing 35-year-old man. Rustie Raquin was last seen on Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. around Portage Avenue and Sturgeon Road. Raquin is five-foot-six with a heavy build, short brown hair, and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black shirt, grey sweatpants, and brown/black work boots. Anyone with information about his location is asked to call Winnipeg police at 204-986-6250.
CBC
04-07-2025
- CBC
Missing person last seen Wednesday in Winnipeg, police say
Winnipeg police are asking for help finding a missing person last seen in the city earlier this week. Rustie Raquin, 35, was last spotted on Wednesday around 10:45 a.m. in the area of Portage Avenue and Sturgeon Road, the Winnipeg Police Service said in an alert Friday. Raquin is described as five feet, six inches, with a heavy build, short brown hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a black shirt, grey sweats and brown/black workboots, police said. Police are concerned about Raquin's well-being and ask anyone with information about their location to call the missing persons unit at 204-986-6250.
