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WINNIPEG — Fourteen police officers from across Manitoba have been honoured by the province for outstanding service and contributions to their communities.
The officers are recipients of the Excellence in Law Enforcement awards, which were presented Thursday evening at the Manitoba Association of Chiefs of Police (MACP) Excellence in Policing Awards dinner.
An elderly woman has died after being hit by a vehicle in Brandon on Monday morning.
Police say the 75-year-old pedestrian was walking southbound on the east side of the intersection of 26th Street and Park Avenue at around 9:18 a.m. when the collision occurred.
A Manitoba corrections officer was injured Thursday night and sent to hospital after an assault at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.
A spokesperson for Manitoba Justice tells ChrisD.ca staff in the area were able to respond quickly and stop the assault.
An officer at Brandon Correctional Centre was injured last Sunday after an alleged assault by a 21-year-old inmate.
Brandon police say following the assault, the inmate caused damage to the unit where he was being held, including throwing furniture and food.
Human remains found in a wooded area in the RM of Cornwallis last month have been identified as those of a missing Brandon man.
Jason Riley, 46, was reported missing to Brandon police on May 8, 2019.
Brandon police have arrested a man after they seized drugs, weapons and cash from a home in the 600 block of 10th Street on Monday.
Police executed a search warrant at around 2 p.m., locating 31 grams of meth, a .22 rifle, ammunition, a can of bear mace, and $3,000 cash.
A 25-year-old Brandon woman was killed Friday in a crash in the RM of Sifton.
The two-vehicle collision happened at around 10:30 a.m. on Highway 2 near Highway 254.
Seven athletes and one team were inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night.
During a 40th-anniversary induction dinner and ceremony, a crowd of more than 500 people gathered at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg for the special event.
A hunter called RCMP over the weekend after coming across human remains in a wooded area near Brandon.
RCMP responded to the RM of Cornwallis close to Highway 1A on Saturday afternoon, where a human bone was believed to have been found.
By The Canadian Press
BRANDON, Man. — Investigators believe a 63-year-old woman found dead in a home destroyed by an explosion in Brandon, Man., died from injuries before the blast.
Police have identified the woman as Betty Hughes, whose husband is now charged in her death.
