There was nothing sweet about the unwelcome intruder at Sub Zero Ice Cream in Elmwood – the latest in what residents and businesses say is a growing number of break-ins in the area. Shortly after 3 a.m.
on Wednesday, someone threw a brick through the window of the ice cream shop on Jamieson Avenue. Security footage shows the intruder helping themselves to some ice-cream sandwiches before heading to the register – only to find it empty. “He tried to find some cash but found nothing, so he left,” Owner Linh Le told CTV News.
She said this is the fourth time she’s had a break-in since buying Sub Zero Ice Cream in 2017. She’s since stopped leaving cash in the shop overnight and keeps the register unlocked and empty. Winnipeg police tell CTV News they are investigating the break-in.
Le said, while she’s thankful no one was hurt, she feels it's only a matter of time before her shop is broken into again. “I feel it is the normal thing in Winnipeg right now for business owners,” she said. It’s a growing problem the Chalmers Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation has noticed as well.
“It creates a stigma in the community and a feeling of unsafety,” said Leilani Villarba, the executive director of the corporation. “Elmwood is such a beautiful community and the people here are so wonderful. To have that stigma around a community is detrimental to the people who live here.
” She said the group is doing what it can on a community level to deal with the symptoms of cr.