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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.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s chief medical examiner has called an inquest into the fatal shooting of a Sudanese man in Winnipeg.
Dr. John Younes will examine the circumstances leading to the death of Machuar Madut, who was 42, as well as determine if there are ways to prevent similar deaths in the future.
Winnipeg police have charged two people in connection to the death of a man last month.
Darlus Dary Darrien McKay, 19, was found deceased in a front yard of a home in the 600 block of Pritchard Avenue on the morning of October 7.
One person was found dead Sunday and another injured after a fire at a motel in the 1800 block of Pembina Highway.
Firefighters responded to the two-storey Capri Motel at around 8:39 a.m. They had flames under control by just before 9 a.m.
A fatal shooting Friday night has tied the Winnipeg record for most homicides in a year since 2011.
Police responded to a report of suspicious circumstances in the 700 block of Dufferin Avenue at around 9 p.m., where they found a deceased man who appeared to have been shot.
By The Canadian Press
PLUMAS, Man. — Investigators have determined that careless cooking caused a mobile home fire in a small western Manitoba community that killed two adults and a toddler.
The office of Manitoba’s commissioner says its investigation into the Nov. 9 blaze in Plumas also found there were no working smoke detectors in the residence.
A single-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon has claimed the life of a man from the RM of Whitemouth.
Manitoba RCMP say the 55-year-old driver was travelling eastbound on Highway 15 at around 2:30 p.m. when he lost control and rolled into the ditch. Road conditions at the time were reported to be icy.
By The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — A Calgary man who admitted to police he used methamphetamine the same day he struck and killed a teenager in a hit-and-run collision just north of Winnipeg has pleaded guilty to charges that include impaired driving causing death.
Justin Joseph Little entered the pleas Wednesday in a Winnipeg courtroom packed with the young victim’s relatives.
Three people, including a toddler, were found deceased after a mobile home caught fire in western Manitoba Friday evening.
Emergency crews responded to Provincial Road 265 between 73W and 74W at around 3 p.m. The area is approximately five kilometres west of Plumas, Manitoba.
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.
