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 [...]

People in Shamattawa had the unusual sighting of spotting of a polar bear in town over the weekend. RCMP say at around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, a lone polar bear was found swimming in the river. Police launched a patrol boat to monitor the animal until darkness fell, when it left the area. “The bear [...]

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 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 [...]

RCMP in Dauphin responding to a noise complaint early Sunday morning ended up taking several youths into custody. Police found a number of underage drinkers inside a residence at about 6 a.m., along with a large quantity of stolen lawn ornaments. Four males were arrested and charged with relation to the stolen property. RCMP are [...]

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 Brian Schultz A traffic stopped helped net 1.2 million illegal cigarettes on Thursday in Headingley. The Manitoba Taxation Investigations Unit, with the assistance of the Winnipeg Police Service and the RCMP made the seizure after a three-ton U-Haul truck was stopped. During the inspection, 120 cases of contraband cigarettes were discovered in the [...]