Article: Ex-serial bank robber gets a shot at a law-abiding life

By Mike McIntyre

A long-time City of Winnipeg official who led a secret life as a serial bank robber has been given another shot at a legitimate lifestyle.

Tim Collins -- who used to go by the name of Klaus Burlakow -- is trying to rebuild his tattered image by working as a fundraising manager and consultant for the Mennonite Central Committee of Manitoba.

Collins, 54, is the project manager for Sam's Place, a new Elmwood bookstore and caf © initiative by MCC set to open this fall. He has done both paid and volunteer consultant work with the organization, which represents more than 35,000 members from 200 provincial Mennonite churches.

Spokesman Brad Reimer said his group has no problem ...

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