{"id":885704,"date":"2026-09-06T16:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/885704\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T16:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T16:20:10","slug":"section-of-sidewalk-taped-off-after-crime-near-u-of-w-winnipeg-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/885704\/","title":{"rendered":"Section of sidewalk taped off after crime near U of W: Winnipeg police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A stretch of sidewalk along Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg was taped off on Sunday morning, with multiple police vehicles parked along the street.<\/p>\n<p>Police vehicles, officers seen along stretch of Portage Avenue Sunday morning<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Sep 06, 2026 10:14 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A Winnipeg police car is parked outside a stone building with spires and a red sign in front that reads &quot;The University of Winnipeg.&quot; A section of sidewalk is blocked by police caution tape\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788711610_242_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>A stretch of sidewalk along Portage Avenue outside the University of Winnipeg was taped off on Sunday. (Trevor Brine\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>A stretch of sidewalk along Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg was taped off on Sunday morning, with multiple police vehicles parked along the street. <\/p>\n<p>Officers were seen gathered outside the University of Winnipeg. <\/p>\n<p>Police told CBC News the incident was a &#8220;person-involved crime&#8221; but provided sparse other details. <\/p>\n<p>CBC has asked Winnipeg police for more information. <\/p>\n<p>With files from Matt Humphrey<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manitoba A stretch of sidewalk along Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg was taped off on Sunday morning, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-885704","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\/885704","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=885704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}