The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says it’s “deeply concerned” that one of its employees was detained by police at the scene of a fatal stabbing near its office downtown last week.<\/p>\n
Officers found a man seriously injured on Henry Avenue \u2014 beside the WRHA building, across from the Salvation Army shelter \u2014 shortly after 1:15 p.m. Thursday, police said in a news release Saturday.<\/p>\n
Ronald Alexander Grego Findlay, 55, was taken to hospital in critical condition, where he died from his injuries, police said in the release.<\/p>\n
“We are saddened by the senseless attack \u2026 near our Main Street workplace, and mourn the passing of a fellow community member,” WHRA interim chief executive officer Jane Curtis said in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n
“The safety of our community is our top priority, and we understand our responsibility to build relationships that strengthen safety for everyone.”<\/p>\n
In her statement, Curtis said police investigating the attack initially detained a WRHA colleague on suspicion of committing the attack, and the employee was released from custody thanks to co-workers who made it clear they had been together all day.<\/p>\n
“While we do not yet know all of the details of how things unfolded, we are deeply concerned by the detention of our colleague,” the statement says.<\/p>\n
“We are engaging collaboratively with the Winnipeg Police Service to learn more. We have offered support to all staff who were impacted by this incident.”<\/p>\n
The health authority CEO’s statement confirms comments made by the union representing health-care workers on the weekend.<\/p>\n
Margaret Schroeder, president of CUPE Local 204, told CBC News a WRHA worker who was not involved in the assault was detained by police Thursday.<\/p>\n
“We had some workers who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, you know. They were out for a break, and they were questioned,” she said in an interview Saturday.<\/p>\n
Safety in the area is “always an ongoing concern,” with union members feeling vulnerable whenever they enter and exit the WRHA building and its parkade, Schroeder said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says it’s “deeply concerned” that one of its employees was detained by police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[36334,10089,36333,14244,10631,35870,35876,84,3172,85,87],"class_list":["post-99531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-fellow-community-member","tag-health-authority","tag-jane-curtis","tag-margaret-schroeder","tag-police-investigating","tag-ronald-alexander-grego-findlay","tag-salvation-army","tag-winnipeg","tag-winnipeg-police-service","tag-winnipeg-regional-health-authority","tag-wrha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}