{"id":608804,"date":"2026-04-16T21:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608804\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:21:09","slug":"bus-cleared-after-reported-bear-spray-discharge-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608804\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus cleared after reported bear spray discharge \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service helped two people with injuries after bear spray was discharged on a transit bus Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The bus was cleared of riders while parked in the 100 block of Main Street at around 8:45 p.m., police said. An eyewitness told police a person discharged the spray while leaving the bus, then ran away.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics on scene helped affected riders wash their eyes. The driver was not injured.<\/p>\n<p>The Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents bus drivers, said pepper spray has been discharged five times on buses in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/processed-686DCBC4-B048-45DB-A7C1-B6FC4A729D78.jpeg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/processed-686DCBC4-B048-45DB-A7C1-B6FC4A729D78.jpeg\" alt=\"MORGAN MODJESKI \/ FREE PRESS&#13;&#10; Paramedics help a woman after reports of bear spray being discharged on a Winnipeg Transit bus on April 15, 2026.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORGAN MODJESKI \/ FREE PRESS<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p> Paramedics help a woman after reports of bear spray being discharged on a Winnipeg Transit bus on April 15, 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service helped two people with injuries after bear spray was discharged on a transit bus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-608804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}