WINNIPEG – Two youths, aged 12 and 13, have been arrested and charged for robbing a beer vendor in the city on Tuesday evening. Police said one youth entered a beer vendor on St. Mary’s Road while another young man waited outside. The young man inside the vendor grabbed a case of beer and fled…
High Wind Warning for Lake Winnipeg & Manitoba
WINNIPEG – The province is advising property owners to take precautions as high winds are forecasted for the south basins of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba. In a release from the province on Wednesday, it was note that especially strong effects are expected for the Victoria Beach area. The alert indicates wind speed and direction…
Oxford House Woman Charged With Second Degree Murder
WINNIPEG – RCMP arrested and charged a 30-year-old woman from Oxford House with Second Degree Murder. Mounties said Tuesday morning at 7:20AM they received a report of a man who was taken to the nursing station as a result of injuries he sustained from an assault with a weapon. The 30-year-old male later died from…
80-Year-Old Found Dead in Home, Considered a Homicide
WINNIPEG – RCMP in Powerview have determined the discovery of an 80-year-old man in his home on Sunday is a homicide. Mounties said that at 10:00AM on May 6th they went to check on a homeowner in Belair, Manitoba. When police arrived the found the 80-year-old male homeowner dead at the scene. RCMP have determined…
Wanted by Police 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. Jonathan Anaquod Jonathan Anaquod was a…
Province Commits $1.2 Million for Addictions Treatment
WINNIPEG – Tuesday the Manitoba Government announced the establishment of five rapid-access, front-line clinics to improve addictions treatment in the province. The money will be used to treat individuals seeking help for substance-related addictions, including patients struggling with opiate, methamphetamine and alcohol addiction, Minister Kelvin Goertzen said in a release. “These clinics bring together addiction…
Water Meter Reading has Started in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG – The door to door water meter reading program has begun in Winnipeg and runs until the end if August. City staff will be visiting homes only on weekdays and between 2:30 p.m. and dusk. Every meter reader will have photo identification, a hand-held computer and a uniform with the City of Winnipeg logo.…
Earthquake in Southern Ontario
AJAX, Ont. — The federal government says a small earthquake lightly shook the ground in part of southern Ontario yesterday afternoon. Earthquakes Canada says the quake took place shortly before 5:30 p.m. about 15 kilometres south of Ajax, Ont. It says tremors from the quake would have been lightly felt in Ajax as well as…
Organ Donation Increases After Humboldt Broncos crash
OTTAWA — Nearly 100,000 Canadians signed up to become organ donors after learning a victim of last month’s Humboldt Broncos bus crash had signed a donor card just weeks before the crash — and wound up saving six lives. According to Canadian Blood Services there were 99,742 registrations in April alone, and that number only…
Winnipeg Fire Fighters Continue Battling Brush Fires
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Service (WFPS) spent hours Monday and Tuesday battling wildland fires in the city. In a Tweet Tuesday, WFPS indicated they were battling several wildland fires and spending hours at Pipeline and Perimeter, Leila and Pipeline, and at Balgona Road. The Fire Department also had crews responding to many residential…