WINNIPEG – No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on August 17 will grow to approximately $16 million. Here are the winning numbers from the August 10th draw: PHOTO – WCLC.COM In the event of any discrepancy between this information…
Man Dies in Accident on Highway 2, Driver Charged With Impaired
VIRDEN – A 39-year-old man from Saskatchewan died in a single vehicle accident on Highway 2, eight kilometres east of Pipestone, MB, the driver was charged with impaired. Police that a pickup truck, being driven by a 23-year-old man from Weyburn, SK, was travelling westbound on Highway 2 when it lost control and rolled into…
Manitoba Bison Football Training Camp Opens Saturday
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Bison football team will open training camp for the 2018 season on Saturday. The training camp will run three-weeks, which includes a road pre-season game in Regina on August 22nd and culminates in the Canada West season opener at UBC on Saturday, September 1st at 9:00PM. Manitoba starts with two-a-day sessions…
Record Highs All Across Western Canada This Weekend
Winnipeg has the 10th-highest temperature ever recorded in Canada at 42.2 °C (108 °F), which was on July 11, 1936. We won’t reach that this weekend, but it’s still hot with highs expected to reach 36 C on Saturday and 35 C on Sunday.. Calgary could reach an all−time high temperature on Friday as this…
RCMP Warn of Phone Scam
SHOAL LAKE – RCMP in Shoal Lake are warning people of a telephone scam in the community after receiving several reports. Police say their office phone number appears on the call display. The caller states “we have your husband in custody and he needs money for lawyer”. Mounties remind the public they doe not solicit…
UPDATED – Missing Boy Found Safe
UPDATE – Manitoba RCMP confirmed, Friday morning, that the missing boy has been found safe. MANITOBA – RCMP in Treherne are asking for the public’s assistance locating a missing 14-year-old boy. Kaeleb Lodwick, 14, was last seen at his home in Treherne earlier in the evening on Wednesday. Kaeleb is described as Caucasian, 5’7”, 200…
4-Year-Old Struck by Van, Police Searching for Driver
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Police are looking for the driver of a van that struck a four-year-old pedestrian on Wednesday night. Police say the four-year-old child was taken to the hospital in stable condition. The driver briefly stopped, but then fled the scene of the collision. Police located the van, abandoned, a short distance away. The…
Winnipeg Blue Bombers O-Lineman, Qadr Spooner, Suspended for Two Games
WINNIPEG – The CFL announced the suspension of Winnipeg Blue Bombers offensive lineman Qadr Spooner after testing positive for a banned substance, methasterone, under the drug policy of the CFL and the CFL Players’ Association. Blue Bombers General Manager Kyle Walters issued a statement regarding Spooner’s two game suspension: “We were informed recently that Qadr…
41-Year-Old Drug Dealer Charged
WINNIPEG – Tuesday morning police charged a 41-year-old Winnipeg man after executing a search warrant at a home on Kimwood Bay Police said they noticed a man leaving the home, that was subject to the search warrant, and get into a vehicle. Police quickly stopped the vehicle near Grassie Blvd and Plessis Road and took…
Wanted & Considered Dangerous
THOMPSON – RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating Howard Lobster, but they are also urging people not to approach him as he is considered dangerous. Lobster, 26-years-old is wanted for assault and theft under $5,000. Mounties believe tat he could possibly be in Thompson or Portage La Prairie. Police say Lobster has…