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The morning of October 29, 2024 officers were called to a Winnipeg intersection to aid a man who had been carjacked and attacked with bear-spray before being run over by the hijacker.

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This claim is most likely True. The claim in the original post accurately reflects the content of the linked article, which states that "officers were called to the intersection of Sherbrook Street and Ross Avenue just after 2 a.m., where they found a 39-year-old victim who had been attacked with bear spray" and had also been run over prior. That article was published by Global News Canada, which has a 44.54/64 (generally good) reliability score and minimal bias score on Ad Fontes Media (https://adfontesmedia.com/global-news-bias-and-reliability/)

The same information was also reported by trusted Canadian news outlets such as CBC (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-police-investigate-carjacking-assault-1.7372961) and CTV News Winnipeg (https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/man-bear-sprayed-run-over-by-vehicle-during-car-jacking-at-winnipeg-intersection-1.7097680). 

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