WINNIPEG – Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the city of Winnipeg and southeastern Manitoba. Temperatures will soar today and again tomorrow. Daytime highs will top 30°C. Humidex values could go as high as the upper 30’s. Severe thunderstorms are possible including very heavy rainfall. A cold front will move through tomorrow…
DEADLY WEEKEND FISHING TRIP
WINNIPEG – One man is dead and another is still missing after a boat overturned on the weekend. It happened Saturday afternoon on Lake Winnipeg near Belair. Five people were fishing. RCMP say people on shore called 911 and other boaters tried to help. Three men were rescued but a 73 year old man drowned.…
WESTJET PASSENGER ARRESTED
WINNIPEG – A WestJet flight, on the way from Vancouver to Toronto, made an unscheduled stop in Winnipeg on the weekend. A passenger was being unruly, even lighting up a cigarette at one point. RCMP boarded the plane yesterday and arrested the 59 year old man from Surrey, BC. The flight was delayed about 90…
ANOTHER HOMELESS FIRE
WINNIPEG – There’s been another fire at a homeless camp. This one comes just a day after homeless camps were cleared from around the Disraeli Bridge where there have been fires in recent days. This time it was at a homeless camp near The Forks. No none was hurt.
FAMILY FISHING WEEKEND
WINNIPEG – It’s Family Fishing Weekend in Manitoba. You can fish today and tomorrow for free without getting a fishing license. All other rules and regulations remain in effect. The free fishing this weekend doesn’t apply to federal or national parks. There are several great fishing spots in Winnipeg and not far from the city…
POLICE REACT TO ARREST VIDEO
WINNIPEG – Police held a news conference this afternoon, releasing video of an arrest in the Exchange District yesterday morning. Part of the video surfaced on social media after the incident but because it was grainy and blurry, it looked like one of the officers kicked the suspect twice in the head. Today’s video from…
DOGS RESCUED FROM FIRE
WINNIPEG – A neighbor has rescued two dogs from a burning house in River Heights. Taren Gesell is being called a hero for saving the dogs on Borebank Street just after five o’clock last night. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries but they were not taken to hospital for treatment. There is no damage estimate yet…
KLEIN QUITS POLICE BOARD
WINNIPEG – The police board is without a chair. Kevin Klein resigned from the position today. Klein, also the councillor for Charleswood, Tuxedo and Westwood, says the divide between city hall and the Winnipeg Police Service made it almost impossible for him to do an adequate job. He calls this is a critical time for…
PALLISTER WANTS INPUT ON PHASE 3
WINNIPEG – Before phase three of the re-opening of Manitoba kicks in, planned for June 21st, Premier Brian Pallister wants your input. He says your help with phase two was invaluable. “Thanks to the efforts of ‘Team Manitoba’, we have successfully kept our COVID curve flat and continue to have among the lowest test positivity…
WAVERLEY WEST GETS FIRE HALL
WINNIPEG – Fire-paramedic chief John Lane has told a city hall committee that Waverly West will be getting a new fire hall. The plan is to build it on a new stretch of Bison Drive east of Kenaston Boulevard. Area councillor Janice Lukes has been lobbying for this for a long time. She says this…