DAUPHIN — Students at a Manitoba high school have a major incentive to show up for class — they could start their summer driving a truck. Kids with 90 per cent attendance at Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School are entered in a draw to win the vehicle at the end of the year. Teacher Patty…
Lotto 6/49 Winning Numbers
WINNIPEG – There was no winning ticket sold for the $5 million jackpot in Wednesday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket sold in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on June 13th will be approximately $7 million. Here are the numbers from the June…
Two Winnipeg Women Charged in National Apartment Scam
WINNIPEG – Two Winnipeg women have been charged with fraud after police in Banff, Ottawa and Winnipeg launched an investigation together into apartment rental scams. The first know incident was in July 2015, a person would respond to an advertisement for an apartment rental. The victim would receive a response from a person who said…
Missing 14-Year-Old from Thompson
WINNIPEG – RCMP in Thompson are asking for the public’s help locating a missing teenaged girl form the community. On June 5 shortly before 8:30AM, the Thompson RCMP learned of a missing 14-year-old girl. Claudette Feather Redhead is believed to have left her home sometime between the hours of 12:30AM and 6:30AM on June 5.…
Homicide Detectives Expand Search for Missing Man to Arborg
WINNIPEG – The search for Eduardo Balaquit, a 59-year-old man who went missing June 4th, is expanding to Arborg area . Homicide Detectives are asking residents and businesses to check their properties and outbuildings as well report anything suspicious that may have occurred during the evening of Monday, June 4th. Investigators request that if anything…
A Tip to Morden Police Results in the Seizure of Weapons, Drugs, & Cash
MORDEN – Based on a tip, Morden Police, conducted a high-risk traffic stop Tuesday morning that lead to the seizure of weapons, drugs and cash and the arrest of a Morden woman. Police said they only found drug paraphernalia, however police believed the woman had more at her home and obtained a search warrant. Their…
Wanted in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG – Many law enforcement agencies in Manitoba provide pictures and details of individuals that are wanted by police. The Manitoba Post brings you those details and photos of wanted people in our province on a weekly basis. Please share this story with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. Kyle Desjarlais Kyle Desjarlais was charged…
20 Allegations of Sexual Harassment in Civil Service
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says there were 20 allegations of sexual harassment and hundreds of accusations of other misconduct involving civil servants in the last fiscal year. The province has for the first time released statistics on the number of complaints related to harassment, bullying and misconduct. The report says there were 12 investigations…
Man Dies in Collision With CP Rail Train
WINNIPEG – Tuesday morning shortly after 9:00AM a man driving a gravel truck died after a collision with a CP Rail Train. Police said the collision between the dump truck and CP Rail train occurred on Two Mile Road, approximately five kilometres northeast of Poplar Point, in the RM of St. Francois Xavier. Mounties determined…
Missing 16-Year-Old Arrested for Carrying a Fake Gun
WINNIPEG – A missing 16-year-old had to be taken down by RCMP at the Chicken Daze festival, after reports he had a gun. Saturday night officers at the festival received information that a teenaged boy was walking around the site with a gun. Mounties located the 16-year-old male, who is from the RM of Springfield,…