News briefs for Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Digital Subscription
One year of digital access for only $1.44 a week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $5.77 plus GST every four weeks. After 52 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 26/07/2023 (1043 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Man in custody after shots fired in Black River First Nation
10:00 AM
A man is in RCMP custody after shots were fired outside of a home in Black River First Nation early Monday.
Powerview RCMP were called at about 1:25 a.m. Officers were told a suspect had fired off the gun outside a home before several people went to confront the suspect at his own home.
The man allegedly took out a gun again, firing a shot at their vehicle. No one was struck. The suspect left the First Nation in a vehicle, RCMP said. Mounties found a suspect while driving to the scene and arrested him. Mounties found a rifle, a loaded magazine and open beer cans in the vehicle. The suspect failed a breath test.
A 42-year-old man, who received an immediate licence suspension and had his vehicle impounded, is charged with nine firearms offences.
Teen stabbed during basketball fight in Thompson
1:56 PM
A boy suffered “life-altering injuries” when he was stabbed after a fight involving several youths broke out while they were playing basketball in Thompson.
RCMP were sent to the scene on Thompson Drive at about 7 p.m. Tuesday. RCMP said several youths were playing when a fight occurred.
One boy stabbed two youths and bear-sprayed a group of them before fleeing the scene on foot, RCMP said.
Officers found a suspect a short distance away. He was found to be in possession of a knife and bear spray, RCMP said Wednesday.
Two male youths, aged 14 and 16, from Thompson were taken to hospital with serious injuries. The younger boy suffered life-altering injuries, RCMP said.
A 14-year-old Thompson boy has been charged with three counts of assault with a weapon, two counts of aggravated assault and single counts of carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Boy Golden headlines at the Burt Nov. 24
1:58 PM
Winnipeg country-folk artist Boy Golden will finally have his turn at the top of the Burton Cummings Theatre bill.
Tickets go on sale for the Nov. 24 concert Thursday at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.ca. Prices were not announced.
Boy Golden, the stage name for singer-songwriter Liam Duncan, opened for the Sheepdogs and Burton Cummings at the Burt in 2022, and wowed the Winnipeg Folk Festival mainstage crowd on July 8 when his band pinch-hit for another act that cancelled.
He released a new EP, For Jimmy, July 21.
Vacant home slated for demolition after second fire
4:46 PM
A vacant home in the Spence neighbourhood is slated for demolition, after suffering damage from multiple fires in recent years.
Firefighters responded to reports of a fire in a vacant, two-storey house in the 600 block of Furby Street around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a release.
Crews found smoke billowing from the structure and entered the building to battle the blaze from inside.
The fire was declared under control shortly before 7 a.m. No injuries were reported, WFPS said.
The house previously burned in August 2021. At that time, the building was determined to be a complete loss. WFPS is arranging for emergency demolition of the building, it said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
This is the second home to be demolished in the 600 block of Furby Street as a result of fire damage.
New child-care centre slated for construction in Altona
5:13 PM
The Province of Manitoba broke ground Wednesday on a new child-care centre slated for construction in Altona.
The new facility will bring 98 new child-care spaces to the rural community, located roughly 114 kilometres south of Winnipeg. Twenty spaces will be reserved for infants, while 48 and 30 spaces will be reserved for preschool- and school-aged children, respectively.
Construction will cost around $4.1 million and is supported by the provincial and federal governments, Education Minister Wayne Ewasko said.
The new facility is slated to open in fall 2024. It will sit on land leased from Border Land School Division.
The province is on track to meet its commitment of creating 23,000 new regulated child-care spaces in Manitoba by 2026, with 12,000 spaces currently fulfilled or under development, Ewasko said.
