WINNIPEG – Mounties have made several arrests in connection with the death of a 35-year-old male on April 21, 2018. Monday, April 23, RCMP arrested Carla Wass, 25-years-old of Oxford House First Nation. He was charged with Second Degree Murder. Tuesday, April 24, RCMP arrested two more suspects: Warren Bradburn, 24-years-old, and Gregory Hart, 28-years-old.…
Big Bike Auction Saturday & Sunday
WINNIPEG – This weekend the City of Winnipeg will hold it’s annual unclaimed bike auction at the Terry Sawchuk Arena, 901 Kimberly Avenue. Here are the dates and times for the auctions: Saturday, April 28: 7 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. – public viewing 9 a.m. – auction begins Sunday, April 29: 10 a.m. to 11:45…
Kayla Metcalf Wanted by RCMP
WINNIPEG – Manitoba RCMP are asking for the public’s help locating Kayla Metcalf. Kayla May Metcalf, 30-years-old from Winnipeg, is wanted by police on an unendorsed Manitoba Wide warrant for Failing to Comply with numerous court imposed conditions. Police believe Metcalf could be travelling between British Columbia and Manitoba. If you have any information regarding…
Government Agency Launches Inquiry Into Sunwing Flights
GATINEAU, Que. — The Canadian Transportation Agency says it is launching an inquiry into some mid−April Sunwing Airlines flights after receiving more than 80 complaints from passengers. The agency says the flood of complaints stemmed from 23 flights to or from the Toronto Pearson International Airport between April 14 and 18 and relate to tarmac…
Man Was Using a Lawn Chair as Drivers Seat
THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police say a driver pulled over in Thunder Bay, Ont., had an unusual seating arrangement — a folding lawn chair where a driver’s seat should have been. They say an officer stopped a pickup truck on Tuesday afternoon after noticing the licence plates were allegedly not authorized for that vehicle. Upon…
Part of Assiniboine River Walk Closed
WINNIPEG – The welcomed warm weather means the river levels are going up so the City is closing a portion of the River Walk. The Assiniboine River walk from the Osborne Bridge to the Main Street Bridge is temporarily closed to pedestrian traffic. Barricades have been installed indicating the walkway is closed. Light standards along…
Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Sexual Assault
WORLD NEWS – A Pennsylvania jury convicted comedian Bill Cosby on all three counts of drugging and molesting a onetime friend in 2004, a decisive victory for prosecutors in one of the first celebrity sexual-assault trials of the #MeToo era. Havovi Cooper has more in this Reuters News video report.
UPDATE – 10-Year-Old Boy Found
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing 10-year-old boy last seen in the Transcona area. Police said 10-year-old Steven Fisher-Ross was last seen in the evening of April 23. Fisher-Ross is described as Indigenous, 4’10”, large build, brown hair, wearing a red t-shirt, black pants, brown shoes. Police are…
Winnipeg Judge to Sentence Teen Who Beat Serena McKay to Death in June
WINNIPEG — The mother of a young woman whose fatal beating was filmed and posted online said she wants one of the teens responsible to spend at least four years behind bars once she is sentenced in June. Serena McKay’s body was found on the Sagkeeng First Nation last April and two teenage girls, who…
Former Mountie Gets 6 Years for Sexually Assaulting Teenaged Boys
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A former Mountie and youth sports coach who a judge says used his authority and trust to groom teenage boys before sexually assaulting them has been sentenced to six years in prison. Alan Davidson, 62, was taken into custody by sheriffs at the end of a sentencing hearing in B.C. Supreme Court…