{
  "id": 15636452,
  "title": "Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz violated public trust, ex-CAO lacked moral compass, police HQ inquiry says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/former-winnipeg-mayor-sam-katz-violated-public-trust-ex-cao-lacked",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Canada",
    "slug": "cbc-canada",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-police-headquarters-inquiry-report-9.7385809"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz “violated the public trust” and former city chief administrative officer Phil Sheegl displayed “a complete lack of a moral compass” by engaging in \"blatant\" conflicts of interest involving the owner of the construction company awarded the contract to build the city’s police headquarters, the provincial public inquiry into the scandal-plagued project concluded.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz violated public trust, ex-CAO lacked moral compass, police HQ inquiry says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/former-winnipeg-mayor-sam-katz-violated-public-trust-ex-cao-lacked",
        "published": "2026-10-19T18:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Multiple pedestrian collisions have Winnipeg police urging caution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/multiple-pedestrian-collisions-have-winnipeg-police-urging-caution",
        "published": "2026-10-19T18:00:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Report finds construction company got $42M in excess claims on Winnipeg police HQ",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/report-finds-construction-company-got-42m-in-excess-claims-on",
        "published": "2026-10-19T18:08:28.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}