Posted by Brian Schultz Roughly 70 passengers aboard the MS River Rouge found themselves stranded Thursday afternoon after the boat ran aground. The vessel became stuck on a sandbar or rock reef in about two feet of water just before 1 p.m. north of Miller Road off Highway 9. Selkirk RCMP say a tugboat from [...]

A ship that has sit docked and abandoned since 1990 will soon vacate its location near Selkirk Park. MS Lord Selkirk II sailed its last voyage 20 years ago and has been somewhat of a landmark in the area northeast of Winnipeg since then. But now, residents living nearby will no longer have to look [...]

It’s hard to get a real sense of the damage the weekend thunderstorm caused across southern Manitoba unless you see it from above. River levels are now 10 feet above normal and the city says 110 millimetres of rain accumulated, making the weekend storm a once in fifty year event. A local camera crew went [...]

Premier Greg Selinger is promising financial assistance from the province after a series of communities and municipalities across Manitoba were affected by the surge of rainfall over the weekend, including over 500 homes in Winnipeg. Speaking to reporters at the Red River Floodway gates south of the city on Monday, Selinger said money will start [...]

Posted by David Klassen The gates of the Red River Floodway were operated late Sunday afternoon to move water into the diversion system around Winnipeg. The province wasn’t originally going to activate the Floodway today, but updated data released by the City of Winnipeg earlier in the day resulted in a re-evaluation. It’s not clear [...]

Consider the “flood” of 2010 to be over. The province lowered the Red River Floodway gates Thursday morning, as there is no longer a need to divert water around the city of Winnipeg. The gates were raised March 28, but the flood risk this spring remained significantly minor compared to other seasons. Despite predictions from [...]

The temporary ramp dike constructed earlier this week on Highway 75 at the north end of Morris has been removed. Manitoba Highways said Saturday that lane and speed restrictions are no longer in effect. The dike was created to raise the road due to rising flood waters in the area.

Posted by Tyler Sutherland Spring breakers currently in North Dakota and Minnesota doing some shopping could be in for a detour as early as Saturday. Today’s rainfall could accumulate to amounts forcing water levels along Highway 75 to raise enough to force a road closure. Flood forecasters predicted weeks ago that the highway would be [...]

Fargo, ND mayor Dennis Walaker toured the Red River Floodway structure south of Winnipeg Thursday along with Premier Greg Selinger and other provincial officials. The diversion has caught the eye of officials in the U.S. as a way to mange the Red River every spring, and now Malaker hopes there’s money allocated to the eventual [...]

Officials from the province are set to meet with representatives from the municipalities north of Winnipeg today. Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick will tour West St. Paul, the RM’s of St. Andrews, St. Clements and East St. Paul, and Selkirk beginning at 9 a.m. On Monday, residents near Petersfield experienced flooding on their property, which [...]

The province raised the gates to the Red River Floodway south of Winnipeg on Sunday. Water will now be diverted into the floodway channel to reduce river levels in the city. Watch: The gates started opening at about 9:30 a.m. yesterday, and officials said it took about two hours before they were completely open. The [...]

Highway 204 between Selkirk and Highway 212 has been closed due to overland flooding. The province put up barriers on Wednesday. The ice on the Red River nearby appears to be flowing freely in some areas, but in others, ice jams are prevalent along the shoreline. Our photog took a drive north of the city [...]