A new @WinnipegNews investigative series from yours truly – two months in the making – drops online tonight.

A thread. #wfp Last November, an independent researcher named Christian Sweryda contacted me with a news tip.

He’d spent more than a decade studying traffic-related issues in Winnipeg, including engineering deficiencies and safety concerns.

I’m back in Greenbelt, Md., this morning for a pre-sentencing hearing for Patrik Mathews and Brian Lemley Jr. #wfp

A thread. At 9:30 am EST, both men will be back in court for a joint hearing.

This is a big day for them and is likely to have serious repercussions for what their coming years look like.

Some post-election thoughts on the People’s Party of Canada. I’ve seen folks laughing off the PPC’s results. I think this is misguided.

The success of this election for the PPC should not be judged on seats won, but on the percentage of the popular vote received.

In today’s print edition of @WinnipegNews there’s a project that’s been a year in the making.

On and off for the past 12 months, my colleague John Woods and I have been doing our best to document life on the streets of our city. John is a very fine photographer and his pictures alone are worth the price of admission.

With the writing, I’ve tried to, at times, zoom in and examine the lives of people experiencing homelessness under a microscope; at times take a step back and look at the big picture.

This is a pretty remarkable press release from the IIU.

The IIU concedes Civilian Director Zane Tessler thought criminal charges were warranted against a WPS officer for perjury, and yet no charges will be laid. #wfp

Here's the release:

iiumanitoba.ca/pdf/bulletin20… A couple things worth noting:

- Zane Tessler has the authority to lay criminal charges at his own discretion, despite not being a Crown. That's a power he has but has chosen not to use in this case.

Breaking: U.S. federal grand juries in Delaware and Maryland have indicted Patrik Mathews on two felony firearms charges and an obstruction of justice charge for destroying evidence. #wfp Mathews was scheduled to return to federal court in Greenbelt, Md. Thursday for a preliminary hearing.

At the hearing (public) the judge would have ruled whether the state had enough evidence to move forward with a trial.

A thread on new information about Patrik Mathews activities in the U.S. #wfp Today U.S. law enforcement arrested three members of The Base from Georgia who were planning to kill a married couple that engaged in anti-fascist activism following an investigation by an undercover FBI agent.

This was an absolutely horrific weekend for crime in Winnipeg. By far the worst I’ve seen in my career. Police said you have to go back about five years to find a spate of violence like this.

Here’s a rundown of what happened and what we know (it's going to be long): In total, three people are dead (including a 14 year old) and four are injured (including a child under the age of two) in three separate incidents.

Winnipeg’s homicide total for 2019 now sits at 36.

A thread on the search for Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews: Today the Canadian Press reported American authorities believe Mathews jumped the border and is somewhere in the U.S.

What hasn’t been reported is when U.S. border services were notified Mathews was missing.

And that’s because the RCMP refuses to say.

A thread on Gen. Jonathan Vance’s comments re: Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews. Earlier today, Vance revealed to reporters that Mathews came on the radar of the CF in April, roughly four months before the Free Press exposed him as an active recruiter for a neo-Nazi paramilitary group.