The police helicopter tracked a stolen truck&nbsp;to a Winnipeg industrial park Saturday night, where officers arrested two people.&nbsp;

Police say the vehicle had been parked at a business in the West St. Paul area when it was stolen sometime between April 25 or 26.&nbsp;

Winnipeg police helicopter program back up for review

Winnipeg police are going ahead with an independent review to evaluate whether Air1 is worth the money.

In the most recent report released, for 2013, the cost to the province for operating Air-1 was $1,518,211.97.

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The Winnipeg police Air1 program will be reviewed.

Officers spotted the truck&nbsp;near Henderson Highway and Munroe Avenue at 10:35 p.m. Saturday, but it took off at high speed.

Air1&nbsp;spotted the vehicle driving down a back lane off Washington Avenue near Roch Street and tracked it to the Bowman Industrial Park. Two occupants were seen getting out of the truck and running away.&nbsp;

Police found both, a 48-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, in a compound a short distance away. Both were taken into custody, and in addition to charges of possession of property obtained by crime, both face charges related to past involvement with the law. They remain in custody.

3 stabbed north of Osborne Street Bridge in random attack: police

Police have charged two men after three people were attacked near the Osborne Street Bridge early Saturday. 

Winnipeg police remained at the scene of the asasult on Osborne Street North late Saturday morning.

Winnipeg police remained at the scene of the assault on Osborne Street North late Saturday morning.

When tackling inequality in Point Douglas and other Winnipeg neighbourhoods, let's ask the right questions

A recent opinion piece on revitalizing the area "misunderstands Point Douglas as a community, and its current and historic dynamics of power with other neighbourhoods," says Kate Sjoberg.

The Norquay Community Centre in Winnipeg's North Point Douglas neighbourhood.

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The Norquay Community Centre in Winnipeg's North Point Douglas neighbourhood. A recent opinion piece on revitalizing the area 'misunderstands Point Douglas as a community, and its current and historic dynamics of power with other neighbourhoods,' says Kate Sjoberg.

Sri Lankan community holding interfaith memorial to pray for bombing victims

Catholics, Budhists, Hindus and Muslims will come together Sunday night to pray for the victims of the the devastating attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

TOPSHOT - Security personnel inspect the interior of St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. - At least 290 are now known to have died in a series of bomb blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, in the worst violence to hit the island since its devastating civil war ended a decade ago. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)        (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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At least 350 are now known to have died in a series of bomb blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, in the worst violence to hit the island since its devastating civil war ended a decade ago. 

The Winnipeg police helicopter was used to track a stolen truck Saturday night.

Police helicopter tracks stolen truck to industrial park

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