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Winnipeg mayoral candidate promises to ground police helicopter

Winnipeg mayoral candidate promises to ground police helicopter

19-Jul-2022Source: CBC

Winnipeg mayoral candidate Glen Murray says he’d like to replace the city’s police helicopter with less expensive surveillance drones. Murray announced Monday evening if he’s elected this fall, he would ground Air1, the Winnipeg Police Service’s EC120B Colibri helicopter. See Full Story.... Read more

Winnipeg Police loan helicopter for film shoot

Winnipeg Police loan helicopter for film shoot

10-Jan-2018Source: HeliHub.com

The Winnipeg Police Service is receiving backlash from local helicopter charter companies and the mayor after they leant their police helicopter to Hollywood movie shoot. Many are disgruntled at the fact that the taxpayer-funded helicopter was used, reports CTV News.... Read more

Ornge Air Ambulance Granted Helipad Access

Ornge Air Ambulance Granted Helipad Access

16-May-2017Source: HeliHub.com

Ornge Air Ambulance has been granted access to the Health Science Centre’s newly opened helipad in Winnipeg after two months of negotiations. This impacts their response time significantly. Before they had to land at Winnipeg International Airport and then transfer the patient into a driven ambulance. This process was essentially doubling their response time. Being... Read more

First EMS Helipad for Manitoba

First EMS Helipad for Manitoba

5-Dec-2016Source: HeliHub.com

Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre is excited to open Manitoba’s first helipad. The project has been in the works since 2011, as part of a new diagnostic imaging facility, reports CBC. The new helipad was tested this past Friday, by STARS air ambulance. The use of the helipad will cut transporting time by half an hour,... Read more

Winnipeg Police responded to 3,445 incidents in 2012

Winnipeg Police responded to 3,445 incidents in 2012

6-Feb-2013Source: CBC

According to police, AIR1 responded to 3,445 incidents in 2012, resulting in 185 arrests by ground patrol units.   (see full story)... Read more

Provincial Health Minister plans EMS helipad in Winnipeg

Provincial Health Minister plans EMS helipad in Winnipeg

7-Jul-2011Source: French Tribune

Provincial Health Minister, Theresa Oswald has announced that they are planning to build a helipad at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre (HSC). The helipad will improve the effectiveness of the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) helicopter ambulance (full story)... Read more

Eurocopter Canada delivers EC120 to Winnipeg Police

Eurocopter Canada delivers EC120 to Winnipeg Police

7-Dec-2010Source: Eurocopter Canada

Winnipeg, MB – Law enforcement in Manitoba’s capital city entered a new era today with the delivery of the first Eurocopter EC120 B helicopter for the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS). The 200-kilometer an hour helicopter will provide faster response times, enhanced public and officer safety and serve as a ‘force multiplier’ providing versatile aerial support... Read more

Winnipeg EC120 delayed to Monday; Live from January

Winnipeg EC120 delayed to Monday; Live from January

4-Dec-2010Source: CBC

The helicopter will not be put into regular service until the New Year, city officials say.... Read more

Winnipeg Police to unveil EC120 on Friday 3rd

Winnipeg Police to unveil EC120 on Friday 3rd

30-Nov-2010Source: Winnipeg Free Press

The Winnipeg Police Service has invited dozens of justice officials and politicians to a 10:30 a.m. reception Dec. 3 at 17 Wing Winnipeg, where the new Eurocopter EC120 Colibri will be unveiled.... Read more

Winnepeg Police expect to be airborne with EC120 early December

Winnepeg Police expect to be airborne with EC120 early December

16-Nov-2010

Winnipeg Police Chief Keith McCaskill said last week the new police helicopter should be in the air in early December.... Read more

Winnipeg Police place order for Eurocopter EC120

Winnipeg Police place order for Eurocopter EC120

9-May-2010Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg’s first police helicopter won’t take to the skies before October, police Chief Keith McCaskill said Friday as the city confirmed the awarding of a $3.49-million contract to purchase the aircraft.... Read more

MPI touted as sponsor for Winnipeg Police helicopter

MPI touted as sponsor for Winnipeg Police helicopter

20-Apr-2010Source: Winnipeg Free Press

The city’s first police helicopter could help cut down MPI’s costs by monitoring traffic “from a surreptitious point of view,” according to June 2009 police report obtained by the Free Press under freedom-of-information legislation.... Read more

Province of Manitoba commits extra money for Winnipeg Police helicopter

Province of Manitoba commits extra money for Winnipeg Police helicopter

17-Feb-2010Source: CBC

The Manitoba government has agreed to pony up extra money to cover any operational cost increases associated with the chopper, according to Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz, who revealed the latest development to reporters Tuesday afternoon Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/02/16/mb-police-helicopter-funding-winnipeg.html#ixzz0flsWk5tq... Read more

Plan for Winnipeg Police helicopter thrown in doubt

Plan for Winnipeg Police helicopter thrown in doubt

13-Feb-2010Source: CBC

Winnipeg won’t have a police helicopter without additional funding from the province, Mayor Sam Katz said Friday.  The province promised $1.3 million a year in operating costs for the chopper but will not cover inflationary costs... Read more

Winnipeg Council approves police helicopter

Winnipeg Council approves police helicopter

17-Dec-2009

Councillors approved spending Can$3.5 million to outfit the police with a helicopter.... Read more

Police helicopter added to Winnipeg's capital budget

Police helicopter added to Winnipeg's capital budget

8-Dec-2009Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg needs a police helicopter to respond to mundane calls, not for dramatic Hollywood-style aerial chases, police Chief Keith McCaskill said after politicians tentatively approved the purchase.... Read more

Winnipeg's police chief continues to push for helicoptere purchase

Winnipeg's police chief continues to push for helicoptere purchase

12-Nov-2009Source: CBC

Winnipeg’s police chief, backed by Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative Party, is pushing for a helicopter to be added to the service’s resources.  Chief Keith McCaskill said the chopper would be a “huge benefit” but the question of who would pay for it must first be answered.... Read more

Winnipeg Police Service "could have a helicopter as early as 2010"

Winnipeg Police Service "could have a helicopter as early as 2010"

8-Sep-2009Source: Winnipeg Free Press

The author of a 2002 study into a police helicopter for Winnipeg is willing to do it all over again, but this time he’d like a reply.  Kim Hards, a quality assurance manager for an Alberta helicopter company, said recently he’s willing to put together another report, but only if the Winnipeg Police Service is... Read more

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