News briefs for Thursday, January 19, 2023
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A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Thursday, January 19, 2023
Salter Street closed after house fire
7:33 AM
Salter Street is closed this morning between Selkirk and Manitoba avenues because of an overnight house fire nearby.
The Winnipeg Police Service posted the information on Twitter this morning.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area.
Winnipeg Police Service hold the scene of a fire that was called in around 11 p.m. Wednesday evening in a vacant, two-storey house at 446 Pritchard Avenue. The building is reportedly unstable and will be torn down.
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Special teams legend Miller re-signs with Bombers
10:20 AM
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have re-signed Canadian fullback Mike Miller to a one-year contract extension. He was scheduled to become a free agent in February.
Miller, the CFL’s all-time leader in special teams tackles with 226, returns to the Blue Bombers for a sixth season after initially joining the team as a free agent in 2017.
Miller will be 34 next season.
Charges laid after stolen auto crash downtown
11:31 AM
A 25-year-old man is facing charges after a crash involving a stolen vehicle.
The Winnipeg Police Service said the vehicle was stolen Monday while it was left running in a parking lot in the northeast part of the city. Officers spotted the vehicle driving past police headquarters downtown at about 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Police said the man behind the wheel then drove erratically and ignored speed limits, traffic control devices, one-way directions and slippery road conditions downtown. The vehicle eventually went through a red light on Hargrave Street and hit a vehicle heading east on McDermot Avenue. Both vehicles collided with a traffic control standard, knocking it down.
The driver of the stolen vehicle fled on foot and was arrested in the 300 block of William Avenue.
The lone occupant of the second vehicle, a man in his 60s, was transported to hospital in stable condition.
The driver of the stolen vehicle was transported to hospital as a precaution and released. He is facing several charges.
Manitoba Moose, Toronto Marlies game reschedule
11:33 AM
The American Hockey League game between the Manitoba Moose and Toronto Marlies has been rescheduled to Feb. 13 at Toronto’s Coca-Cola Collesium. Puck drop is 7 p.m.
The original contest on Jan. 13 was suspended after the first period due to a medical emergency for a spectator.
The game was tied 1-1 and will resume from that point.
Driver assaulted, shots fired in St. James
11:34 AM
The driver of a ride-hailing vehicle was hit with a gun during a dispute in St. James on Wednesday night.
The incident happened outside a restaurant in the 600 block of St. James Street shortly before 7 p.m.
The Winnipeg Police Service said it’s believed a group of people left the restaurant and entered a ride-hailing vehicle. A disagreement ensued, the 28-year-old male driver was assaulted, and several shots were fired, the WPS said. The group fled the area.
The driver suffered injuries but did not have to go to a hospital, the police said.
The WPS is asking anyone with information about the incident to call the major crimes unit at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS).
Man shot on Maryland Street
11:41 AM
A man was rushed to hospital in unstable condition after he was shot on Maryland Street early Wednesday.
Police were sent to the 400 block of Maryland shortly after 5:30 a.m., entered a home and found a 29-year-old man with a gunshot wound.
Officers used a tourniquet on the man before paramedics arrived. The man has since been upgraded to stable condition, the Winnipeg Police Service said Thursday.
The WPS is asking anyone with information about the shooting to call the major crimes unit at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477 (TIPS).
Man charged with indecent acts on city buses
11:51 AM
A 27-year-old man is facing charges connected with indecent acts committed on a city bus four times since November.
Winnipeg police said a teenage girl witnessed three such incidents and contacted police. Sex crimes unit investigators examined security video and worked to identify the man.
The same girl boarded the same bus route at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and saw the suspect again performing an indecent act. She again contacted police, and a man was taken into custody at Wellington Crescent and Academy Road.
Drayton MacKenzie Alger has been charged with four counts of committing an indecent act. He was released from custody.
Multiple schools placed on lockdown after reports of an armed person
4:15 PM
Students in numerous Winnipeg schools were placed in lockdown Thursday after Winnipeg police received a report of a person potentially carrying a firearm.
Around 1:30 p.m., officers responded to Fort Richmond Collegiate in the Fort Richmond neighbourhood. Police placed the high school, along with nearby schools, under a “hold and secure” protocol, said WPS Const. Dani McKinnon.
Officers located a teenage male off of school property and placed him under arrest. An airsoft gun was seized. The lockdowns ended around 2:30 p.m., McKinnon said.
Nobody was injured, and police are investigating.
Police could not confirm which other schools were placed on lockdown.
The collegiate is in the Pembina Trails school division. Acadia Junior High and Richmond Kings Nursery School are located nearby.