'It's the safety impact': Winnipeg restaurants call on province for help with crime problems
CTV
Restaurant owners in Winnipeg are calling on the province for help with crime and safety issues in their establishments.
Restaurant owners in Winnipeg are calling on the province for help with crime and safety issues in their establishments.
Nearly 50 restaurant owners participated in a meeting this week to discuss this issue. They say dine and dashes, verbal abuse, and even violent incidents are skyrocketing.
Last month, an employee at the Olive Garden on Reenders Drive was stabbed during a confrontation.
Eric Fouillard, owner of Daily Grind Coffee in St. James, is anxious some days heading into work.
"When I walk into the store now it's like I have to be a bouncer now. I have to wear a new hat," he said.
People struggling with homelessness and addictions are making staff uncomfortable, stealing his tip jar and books, or worse.
"They're carrying typically a small pocket knife, one had a collapsible baton, he came in the store"
A developing low pressure skirting colder air in place across eastern parts of the country will bring snow, rain, and wind to the Maritimes on Thursday.
Toronto could see the first taste of winter weather this morning as a low-pressure system brings snow to the city on Wednesday morning.
Montreal's transit authority failed to properly consult with the public over its 'indefensible' plan to force an elderly couple out of their home to build a new ventilation station in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, a commission was told Tuesday evening.
In the oldest Chinatown in the entire country sits Loy Sing, a business that holds the title of longest continually run Chinese business in North America. It has now been in operation for 136 years and counting.
The Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan is recommending that the province improve its system of monitoring sales of farmland to foreign entities.
With seven months under their belt, Gather Local Market at River Landing continues to try new ideas to move their concept forward. The latest addition is helping small businesses get off the ground.
A Quebec man has been sentenced to prison after attempting to smuggle more than 1,000 forged documents into the country, including Canadian permanent resident cards and driver's licences.
An outspoken former Calgary bishop who was outspoken on several issues such as LGBTQ policy and school HPV vaccinations has died.
Revelations about a cheeky comment during a dinner meeting at president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort between Trump and Prime Justin Minister Trudeau last week are creating waves.
The Waterloo Regional Police Service has issued a public plea after three youths fell through the ice at a Cambridge pond.
A man was severely injured Tuesday morning when he leaped onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled in the Far North community of Fort Severn.