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 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 [...]

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 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 [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein A two-year-old Winnipeg boy drowned Sunday in a swimming pool in Landmark, Manitoba RCMP say the child was found face down in an above ground backyard pool during a family gathering. The pool is accessed by a ladder. Efforts to resuscitate the child were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at [...]

Manitoba RCMP have made an arrest in the cold case murder of David Joseph Boulanger aka Divas B. RCMP made the announcement Friday, saying the 2004 murder of sex-trade worker Divas B. was solved, and a suspect had been remanded in custody. Theodore Raymond Herntier, 40, has been charged with second-degree murder. Herntier was located [...]

A 46-year-old woman was killed Thursday morning after being hit by a vehicle on McPhillips Street at Templeton Avenue. According to witnesses on scene, the woman was crossing McPhillips in the crosswalk when she was hit by a Chrysler Pacifica crossover at around 8 a.m. Police blocked northbound and southbound traffic while investigating the accident. [...]

Manitoba Search and Rescue has lost a valuable member of its team. Maxx Power — the first certified Elite Therapy dog in Canada — has passed away after a brief fight with cancer. Maxx was only one month from retirement and is MSAR’s first dog to pass away while on active duty. “I am extremely [...]