The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) has cancelled a scheduled news conference alongside a Winnipeg grocery store to address an incident that took place on Tuesday.
AMC and representatives from Foodfare were scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m. However, shortly after 9:30 a.m., the press conference was cancelled with no explanation given. CTV News Winnipeg has reached out to AMC and Foodfare owner Munther Zeid for more information.
According to a news release from AMC issued late Tuesday, an incident took place at the Foodfare location at 905 Portage Avenue, and multiple staff were hospitalized.
Meantime, Winnipeg police say they will release more information about the incident Wednesday.
This comes nearly two weeks after another altercation between a Foodfare employee and a customer over alleged shoplifting at the same store. The employee was suspended, and AMC terminated a relationship with Foodfare where AMC purchased food from the grocery store to create hampers for families in its Jordan’s Principle program.
AMC said it is in the process of working with the owners of Foodfare, and the business is implementing cultural sensitivity training for their staff and working to draft a policy to address shoplifting.
More details to come.
– With files from CTV’s Katherine Dow