Listen to The Top 5 Trending News Stories in Winnipeg over the last 24 hours. EMPLOYEE DIES AT WINNIPEG WATER TREATMENT PLANT The RCMP said a 58-year-old man, from Winnipeg, was working on equipment on top of a large chemical storage tank when he fell to the ground. He was pronounced dead at the scene.…
Province Gives $5 Million to Manitoba Centennial Centre
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Centennial Centre received $5 Million from the province to upgrade the fire alarm system. Finance Minister Cameron Friesen announced today the Manitoba government’s latest investment in the Manitoba Centennial Centre (MCC), a $5-million commitment to upgrade the centre’s fire alarm system. “For more than 50 years, the Centennial Centre has been…
Fatal House Fire in Pukatawagan
WINNIPEG – RCMP responded to a fatal house fire on Amisk Drive in the community of Pukatawagan Tuesday afternoon. When Mounties arrived at the home it was completely engulfed in flames. Police said they were told that one of the six occupants may still be inside the home. Once the fire was brought under control…
UPDATED PHOTO of Missing 17-Year-Old Girl
BRANDON – Police in Brandon continue to ask for the public’s help locating a missing teenage girl from the city. Police said Echo Brooke Tacan, 17-years-old, has been missing since April 26th of this year and was last seen on April 29th wearing pink shorts and a white T-shirt. A reader, @HapanKinyewakan, reached out to…
Winning Lotto 6/49 Numbers
WINNIPEG – There was no winning ticket sold for Wednesday night’s $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on May 26th will be approximately $7 million. Here are the numbers from the May 23rd, 2018 draw. The Lotto Max draw for Friday, May 25th is an estimated $60 million…
Employee Dies at Water Treatment Plant
WINNIPEG – A city of Winnipeg employee died after a fall Tuesday morning at the water treatment plant and multiple investigations are underway. In an email sent to staff in the Water and Waste department, director Moira Geer wrote, “We are working very closely with Workplace Safety and Health to determine what happened and want…
Fire Creeps Closer to Manitoba First Nation Trapped by Smoke
WINNIPEG — Hundreds of people from a Manitoba First Nation are sitting in the local school as a raging forest fire encroaches on the community. Evacuations from Little Grand Rapids — a fly−in community about 260 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg — began on Tuesday but heavy smoke made it impossible for planes to land. Only…
Woman Car-Jacked at Gun Point on McGregor
WINNIPEG – A woman was car-jacked at gun point two men on McGregor Street Tuesday morning. On May 22, 2018, at approximately 6:00 a.m., the Winnipeg Police Service was alerted to a robbery in the 1000 block of McGregor Street in which a vehicle was stolen. Officers attended and searched the area but were unable…
Both are Wanted by Winnipeg Police
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. Jessica Romaniuk Romaniuk is a convicted…
Province Shares Concerns as Cannabis Legalization Approaches
WINNIPEG – The Provincial Government has sent off a list of laundry items to a federal Standing Senate Committee to highlight ongoing concerns related to the legalization of cannabis,, including road safety. “As we address the federal government’s decision to legalize recreational cannabis, our government’s priority is to ensure the public health and safety of…