3 people arrested in connection with homicide at beer vendor
CBC
Three people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 19-year-old man working at a beer vendor in Winnipeg.
John Barrion was killed on Feb. 15 while working at the Travelodge by Wyndham Winnipeg hotel on Notre Dame Avenue.
Winnipeg police confirmed Monday in a news conference that the homicide involved an armed robbery followed by a shooting.
Two of the men have been charged with second-degree murder, and one has been charged with manslaughter.
William Arthur Sampson, 37, was arrested Feb. 25 after a search warrant was executed at a home in Grant Park. Sampson has been charged with second-degree murder and armed robbery using a firearm.
Ryan Jeron Smith, 40, was arrested Feb. 25 in the William Whyte neighbourhood and charged with second degree murder and armed robbery using a firearm.
Robert Gordon Francis, 37, was arrested on February 16 at a traffic stop on Notre Dame Avenue and Isabel Street. He has been charged with manslaughter and armed robbery using a firearm.
All three also received multiple additional charges.
Police said the robbery was random and the suspects did not know Barrion.
"This is a very sad incident ... the victim, John Barrion, was very beloved in his community. And he was working," Const. Dani McKinnon told reporters.
"This was an unexpected set of circumstances where this robbery took place and he was shot."
On Feb. 19, a group of over 200 people gathered at a vigil for Barrion outside the beer vendor where he was killed. The vigil was organized by a Filipino watch group, 204 Neighbourhood Watch.
The Barrion family moved to Winnipeg from the Philippines. John was working at the vendor to save money for college. His friends said he dreamed of studying to become a chef.
The Winnipeg police also gave an update on the homicide of 22-year-old Jorden James Batemen.
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree has formally apologized to Inuit in Nunavik for the federal government's role in the mass killing of sled dogs in the region in the 1950s and 1960s.
High winds and rain caused power outages to hundreds of homes and businesses in Prince County on Saturday.
Northerners will soon see RCMP officers with cameras on their person, as training for the body-worn cameras roll out for Mounties across the country.
Dozens of Indigenous women with a desire to learn how to hunt and to use traditional methods to prepare the animal will meet this weekend for the first-ever all-female deer hunt on Oneida Nation of the Thames territory.
A disgraced real-estate lawyer who this week admitted to pilfering millions in client money to support her and her family's lavish lifestyle was handcuffed in a Toronto courtroom Friday afternoon and marched out by a constable to serve a 20-day sentence for contempt of court, as her husband and mother watched.
A provincial child-care advocacy group says governments need to commit to pushing $10-a-day child care forward in Canada, but a conservative think tank says data shows it isn't working as intended in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Diane Sims has already written her own obituary.
Thirty years after her murder in 1994, Halifax police are still looking for Kimber Leanne Lucas's killer.
When Kevin Campbell took a 1991 Chevy truck in trade at his dealership on Moncton's Salisbury Road in early November, he didn't have it for long.
Quebec mayor says 'one-size-fits-all' language law isn't right for his town where French is thriving
English is not Daniel Côté's first language but he says it's integral to the town he calls home.
As their role in health care continues to grow, nurse practitioners across Canada are looking to Alberta, where nurse practitioners recently formed their own union — but on P.E.I., the nurses' union that represents them says it's doing its job.