A 32-year-old man from McLean, Saskatchewan died on Sunday in a workplace accident near Virden in the RM of Pipestone. RCMP say the man was working at an oil drilling site with large metal pipes when the load shifted. The man was pinned between them before being freed by coworkers. He was transferred to Virden [...]

Posted by David Klassen An 11-year-old Portage la Prairie boy died Friday afternoon after the four-wheel ATV he and another 11-year-old boy were riding on overturned. RCMP were called to a farm property just east of Portage la Prairie at about 3:30 p.m. where they found the boy trapped underneath the vehicle he was operating. [...]

A truck carrying water slid off the road on Waverley Street late Friday afternoon during the start of the rush hour. Another truck arrived to attempt to tow it out, as it sat halfway in the ditch between Lee Boulevard and Bison Drive. The truck’s back wheels were completely submerged in the soft sandy shoulder. [...]

A 58-year-old man died on the job Tuesday after falling from a power pole on a construction site. The accident happened at Vanderveens’ Greenhouses in the RM of Dufferin just before 11:30 a.m. RCMP say the man was an electrical contractor who was unhooking hydro lines at the time. The pole he was working on [...]

Two men are presumed drowned after a canoe was overtaken by high waves on Hughes Lake on Sunday. RCMP were called to the scene at about 7 p.m., where they found two of the four people in the canoe, a 32-year-old man and 22-year-old woman, had made it safely to shore. Two other men, aged [...]

A two vehicle crash between a taxicab and a Honda Civic blocked traffic in the area of Ellice Avenue and Hargrave Street Friday afternoon. Watch: The collision happened shortly after 2 p.m. and closed Ellice from Donald Street to Carlton Street. Northbound Hargrave was open in one lane. Details on what led to the crash [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz A 92-year-old man has drowned in Lac du Bonnet — making it the ninth drowning of the summer so far in Manitoba. RCMP say the man was walking on a dock at about 7:30 a.m. this morning when he fell off. Emergency personnel recovered the man’s body from the water, but [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein The City of Winnipeg is issuing a reminder about child safety around open windows, just hours after a 17-month-old toddler fell two storeys through an open window in the 300 block of Mountain Avenue. The girl broke through a screen shortly after noon and was rushed to hospital in unstable condition, [...]

Posted by David Klassen Two children are in hospital after the ATV they were driving collided with a truck. RCMP say an 11-year-old child was behind the wheel of the ATV with a nine-year-old passenger when it hit a westbound truck on PR 203 near Carrick, Manitoba. The accident happened at around 5 p.m. on [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein A 59-year-old man from Erickson drowned on Tuesday after his boat capsized on a lake in the RM of Harrison. Wasagaming RCMP responded to Fourteen Lake, where a search recovered the man’s body later in the day. It’s believed the man was not wearing a life jacket at the time. The [...]

A 17-year-old boy drowned when the boat he was riding in capsized on Tuesday morning. RCMP say the canoe capsized shortly after 11 a.m. off the Falcon Lake main beach area. Three people were in the canoe at the time, while the two other individuals made it safely to shore after being rescued. None of [...]

A 59-year-old man is presumed drowned in Whiteshell Provincial Park after an accident on Saturday. Lac du Bonnet RCMP were dispatched at about 5 p.m. to the Otter Falls campground. It’s believed the man was swimming with a woman in the river, when he was overpowered by the current and went under. Attempts to locate [...]