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,…
Study Says No-Chemo Necessary for Thousand’s of Breast Cancer Patients
TORONTO — When Lisa Freedman was diagnosed with breast cancer, a genetic test of her tumour suggested chemotherapy would have no effect on the risk of recurrence, allowing her to safely skip the treatment and its dreaded side−effects. “When the test came back, it showed that I would have a 13 per cent chance of…
Escape Clause Wins LaVerendrye Stakes
WINNIPEG – What a weekend. There was so much going on at Assiniboia Downs that we’re almost out of breath. On Friday, the 2017 Manitoba Horse of the Year, Escape Clause, with an impressive ride from Adolfo Morales, easily won the $27,500 LaVerendrye States. The Super Filly trained by Don Schnell went off at 1-9…
6-Year-Old Dies in Hospital From Injuries Sustained in Collision
WINNIPEG – A six-year-old passenger in a collision on May 31st on Highway 52 has died in the hospital from his injuries. The two-vehicle collision occurred after 5:00PM on Thursday, May 31st, on Highway 52, at the intersection with Provincial Road 216, in the RM of Hanover. RCMP determined that a vehicle, being driven by…
Officer Fires Shot in Fear of Life
WINNIPEG – A 17-year-old was charged after he drove his pick-up truck towards an RCMP officer who was on foot at the moment attempting to stop him. Sunday shortly after 3:00 AM a Mountie attempted to pull over a pickup truck without licence plates that was on Sutherland Avenue in Selkirk. The pickup truck fled…
14-Year-Old Boy Dies in ATV Accident
WINNIPEG – A 14-year-old boy died in an ATV collision approximately three kilometres west of Elkhorn in the RM of Wallace-Woodworth. Mounties said they have determined that a 14-year-old boy, from the RM of Wallace Woodworth, was riding an ATV with two others in a gravel pit when he went over a gravel pile. It’s…
19-Year-Old Dies in Collision, 18-Year-Old Drive Charged With Impaired
WINNIPEG – A 19-year-old man has lost his life in a single vehicle accident Friday in Portage la Prairie, the 18-year-old driver has been charged. Friday morning, shortly before 2:00 AM, police responded to the collision in Island Park in Portage la Prairie. A pickup truck had struck a large tree. There were two people…
Heat Warning Issued for Churchill
WINNIPEG – The headline is correct, and we are referring to Churchill, Manitoba. Environment Canada issued a “Heat Warning” for Churchill Saturday afternoon with temperatures forecasted to reach 30 degrees on Sunday. Environment Canada says a surge of unseasonably warm temperatures are expected to arrive on Sunday over northeastern Manitoba and continue through Monday. Temperatures…
Dogs Left Behind in Evacuations, Manitoba Animal Rescue Seeks Help
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba woman is pleading with Indigenous Services Canada for help feeding hundreds of dogs left behind after two First Nation communities were evacuated because of fire. Debra Vandekerkhove, the director of Norway House Animal Rescue, estimates about 700 dogs have been left behind in Pauingassi and Little Grand Rapids First Nations after…
Free Family Fishing Weekend Starts Today
WINNIPEG – Get out and enjoy the provinces annual Free Family Fishing Weekend. The free family fishing weekend is today and tomorrow. Anglers will not need a licence, but they are asked to be responsible in disposing of waste, in particular, fishing lines, Minister Rochelle Squires said in a release. “Manitobans are hooked on fishing,…