Several businesses inside the Portage la Prairie Mall were broken into at about 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday.
RCMP say thieves made off with merchandise of an undisclosed value.
No damage estimate is available.
The investigation is continuing and anyone with information is asked to contact Manitoba Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

To help stop child sexual exploitation in Manitoba, the province has announced a planned partnership with the Manitoba Hotel Association.
“We’re working with the hospitality industry and putting abusers on notice that people aren’t going to look the other way when they bring these young victims into hotels,” said Family Services and Consumer Affairs Minister Gord [...]

The key to not having your vehicle stolen is in the first two words of this sentence. Manitoba Public Insurance is reminding vehicle owners to not leave their keys in their ignition, or in other parts of their vehicle. Nearly 300 immobilizer-equipped vehicles were stolen in 2009 in Manitoba because the keys were left inside, [...]

For the second time this week, the Public Safety Building at 151 Princess Street was evacuated.
Reports of an ammonia smell forced the evacuation shortly before 10:30 a.m. Friday when a hazardous materials call was reported.
Earlier this week, staff were evacuated due to breathing difficulties.
Police blocked traffic in the area and rerouted vehicles on to Elgin [...]

The Public Safety Building on Princess Street was evacuated early Wednesday afternoon after officers reported having breathing difficulties.
About half a dozen officers were taken to hospital, and several more were treated on scene.
Prisoners in the building were moved to a different location and were being held for questioning.
Firefighters conducted air quality tests of the building.
The [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein
RCMP made a significant seizure of contraband cigarettes on the Trans-Canada Highway near Portage la Prairie on Friday.
A member of the Portage la Prairie RCMP made the discovery after pulling over a vehicle from Quebec on February 5 at around 1 p.m. The vehicle was travelling west near Road 31 at the [...]

Faron Hall, Winnipeg’s ‘homeless hero,’ was assaulted Saturday afternoon at his apartment on Marion Street.
Police say a male and female were present with Hall when the trio became involved in a verbal dispute. The two allegedly assaulted Hall and fled the apartment around 3:25 p.m.
Hall, 45, was conveyed to hospital in unstable condition, but has [...]

RCMP and the Winnipeg Police Service provided an update Friday afternoon on the progress of the Manitoba Integrated Task Force for Missing and Murdered Women.
Authorities say they have completed their initial review of the outstanding homicide and missing persons’ investigations and has now identified certain cases for further re-examination.
84 cases have been examined so far, [...]

Headingley RCMP have made a significant drug bust valued at nearly a million dollars.
It all went down Sunday afternoon at around 2:15 p.m. during a commercial vehicle inspection. Police say an estimated 300 lbs of marijuana was seized from a semi-trailer truck with Ontario plates headed eastbound on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Provincial Road [...]

A prisoner was assaulted while in custody at the Cross Lake RCMP Detachment early Sunday morning.
Police say a 21-year-old man was in a cell when his cellmate began assaulting him. An off-duty officer was summoned to attend the cell, while other officers were on a bogus homicide call.
22-year-old Dean Warren Pagee of Cross Lake First [...]

Posted by David Klassen
It’s the third time in the past week that the Red Sun Gas Station and Smoke Shop in the RM of Rosser has been robbed, or attempted to be robbed.
RCMP say the latest incident occurred Friday at about 10 p.m. when four armed men stormed the convenience store. Wearing disguises to conceal [...]

A 47-year-old woman who was allegedly assaulted by her husband on January 20 has since died.
RCMP say the woman was taken to Portage la Prairie hospital in critical condition last Wednesday morning, but passed away Saturday night in hospital.
The charges against the woman’s husband, 54-year-old Kenneth Edward McDougall, have been upgraded from attempted murder to [...]