Kelvin Goertzen
PC candidate in the Steinbach Southern Manitoba race.
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Winnipeg mayor ‘trying to figure out ways’ to help landfill search, Long Plain chief says after meeting
20 July 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...said it will not support a search because it would expose searchers to asbestos and toxic chemicals with no guarantee of success. Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen reiterated that concern Thursday, and said he understands the families' call for a search. "If it were my son, I would advocate for my son. The...
Sympathetic Goertzen stands by decision on landfill search
20 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...I’ve said and I’ll repeat it again: families should advocate for families. If it were my son, I would advocate for my son,” Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen said, while offering the grieving families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran his sympathy. “The provincial government has to consider all...
Winnipeg mayor is supportive of landfill search for remains, Indigenous leaders say
20 July 2023
CTV - ...said it will not support a search because it would expose searchers to asbestos and toxic chemicals with no guarantee of success. Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen reiterated that concern Thursday, and said he understands the families' call for a search. "If it were my son, I would advocate for my son. The...
‘A human rights matter’: Winnipeg MP calls on United Nations for help with landfill search
20 July 2023
CTV - ... "This is a human rights matter at the end of the day. They have legal obligations, international obligations," she said. Manitoba Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen said he understands the victims' families advocating for further action, but maintained Thursday that the province would not move forward with the...
‘We feel completely abandoned’: downtown restaurateur fed up with repeated property crimes
20 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...a server at an Olive Garden restaurant on Reenders Drive was stabbed in the neck by a customer. The MRFA is sending a letter to Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen to highlight concerns raised by members at a recent meeting. Goertzen is willing to meet with the association, his spokesman said. Jeffrey said a...
Winnipeg mayor is supportive of landfill search for remains, Indigenous leaders say – Brandon Sun
20 July 2023
Brandon Sun - ...said it will not support a search because it would expose searchers to asbestos and toxic chemicals with no guarantee of success. Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen reiterated that concern Thursday, and said he understands the families’ call for a search. “If it were my son, I would advocate for my son. The...
Un nouveau laboratoire pour diminuer les crimes avec des armes à feu au Manitoba
20 July 2023
Ici Radio Canada / CBC Francais - ...illicites sur son territoire en accélérant le traçage et l'imagerie balistique des armes utilisées pour le crime. Le ministre de la Justice, Kelvin Goertzen, reconnaît qu'il existe une connexion directe entre les crimes violents et les armes à feu illégales, l’échange illicite de drogue et les...
Manitoba justice minister doubles down on stance against searching landfill
20 July 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...Minister Kelvin Goertzen offered sympathy, but no hope, on Thursday to families calling for the Manitoba government to search a landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of two First Nations women. "Every family would advocate for their family, and every family should advocate for their family, but the...
New WPS gun lab expected to cut violent-crime investigation times in province
20 July 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...at the news for the upcoming day. Sign Up I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen told the news conference the province will also deliver $3.1 million for the lab’s annual operations. He said the new lab’s capabilities will...
New Winnipeg-based lab aims to speed up tracing, ballistic imaging of crime guns
20 July 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...impact on criminal activity. There is a direct link between illegal guns and organized gangs, violent crime and the drug trade, Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen said at a news conference Thursday morning. "Guns are the currency … drug traffickers trade in," he said. "This lab will play a very important...