WINNIPEG – RCMP in Gimli say their K9 officer Earl helped find a seriously injured man this week. A 22 year old Winnipeg guy was one of two drivers who hit a ditch in the RM of Armstrong after one of the vehicles side-swiped the other. He left the scene on foot so officers including…
Church Plans Sunday Service
WINNIPEG – A church near Steinbach that was fined $5,000 for holding a service on Sunday is apparently planning to do it again. Henry Hildebrandt, a spokesman for the Church of God Restoration, is on Facebook encouraging people to attend this Sunday’s service. He says the silenced majority is rising up. The church’s minister was…
Half Of Teachers Might Quit
WINNIPEG – A phone survey conducted during a labour union town hall suggests just over half of Manitoba’s teachers have considered retiring or changing professions during their time working in a COVID-challenged environment. During a virtual town hall with educators across the province hosted by The Manitoba Teachers’ Society, 52 per cent of participants said…
Church Fined Like Minister
WINNIPEG – A church in the Steinbach area has been fined $5,000 after holding a service on Sunday with over 100 people. The Church of God was ticketed for violating the provincial public health order temporarily banning religious gatherings. Pastor Heinrich Hildebrandt calls the fine unconstitutional. Earlier in the week, minister Tobias Tiessen was issued…
Cocaine & COVID
WINNIPEG – A Manitoba man is facing multiple charges after a traffic stop that uncovered more than $10,000 worth of cocaine. Fisher Branch RCMP arrested the 32-year-old man after they discovered bear spray and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle – along with 125 grams of cocaine. He’s charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking,…
Nails On Highway
WINNIPEG – For years, RCMP haven’t been able to nail the person responsible for flat tires along Hwy 200 in the RM of Ritchot, so a group of residents from St. Adolphe and the surrounding area have formed a highway patrol to clean up the neighbourhood. Nails left along the highway just south of the…
95 COVID-19 Tickets
WINNIPEG – The province’s COVID-19 crackdown continues. Premier Brain Pallister says almost 100 tickets were issued last week which is up from 30 the week before. Dozens of individuals and businesses are shelling out more than $126,000 after being caught breaking coronavirus public health orders. An anti-mask rally in Steinbach earlier this month resulted in…
Alert Set For Today
WINNIPEG – The province will test the Alert Ready National Public Alerting System today. The Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization says the test alert will be sent out through television, radio and wireless devices on LTE networks at 1:55 this afternoon. You may not get the alert if your devices aren’t compatible.
Pastor Gets COVID Tickets
WINNIPEG – The minister of a small-town church 14 minutes south of Steinbach is facing up to nearly $2,600 in fines after reportedly not following public health orders. Steinbach RCMP responded to a report Sunday morning of a gathering being held in violation of new public health rules at The Church of God near the…
Deer Visits Retirement Home
WINNIPEG – RCMP officers spent their morning yesterday removing a deer that got itself trapped inside a Selkirk retirement home. The animal jumped through a glass door, losing an antler in the process. Mounties opened another door and used furniture to create a path for the buck to leave. It eventually did but not before…