News briefs for Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Three charged in fatal apartment shooting

9:56 AM

Winnipeg police have arrested and charged three people in relation to a shooting that killed one man inside a West End apartment block.

Cory Roger Roulette, 38, was shot and killed inside his suite at 583 Furby St. on Aug. 26. He was the 22nd person slain in Winnipeg this year.

On Wednesday, the Winnipeg Police Service announced arrests of Kyle Alex Harper, 25; Ramona Harriette Harper, 21; and Raoul Wes-Tyson Bradley Harper, 19.

All three suspects are from Winnipeg and were charged with second-degree murder. Raoul Harper and Kyle Harper were both out on release orders at the time of the slaying.

Kyle Harper was arrested on the same day Roulette died. Police arrested the other two suspects Sept. 1.

The investigation is ongoing, but no other arrests are anticipated, police said.

Missing girl found safe

10:36 AM

A missing 12-year-old girl has been safely located, according to the Winnipeg Police Service.

Daliya Young had been missing since Aug. 6.

Bergen among 2023 Giller Prize finalists

11:05 AM

Winnipeg author David Bergen has landed on the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize long list for his latest novel Away From the Dead.

The 12-book long list was announced Wednesday morning from St. John’s, N.L., kicking off the fall literary awards season. This is Bergen’s sixth Giller Prize nomination; he won in 2005 for his novel The Time in Between.

Other nominees for this year’s prize included Eleanor Catton for her novel Birnam Wood, Deborah Willis for her novel Girlfriend on Mars and Kevin Chong for his novel The Double Life of Benson Wu.

The five-book short list will be announced on Oct. 11, with the winner revealed at a gala in Toronto on Nov. 13. the winning author receives $100,000, while each of the four finalists takes home $10,000.

Jets begin informal pre-training camp skates

1:35 PM

The Winnipeg Jets are getting training camp started a couple weeks early — unofficially, of course.

A large contingent of players have arrived in town this week to begin skating at the Hockey For All Centre.

Adam Lowry, Gabe Vilardi, Alex Iafallo, Neal Pionk, Laurent Brossoit and Dominic Toninato were the established NHLers on the ice Tuesday morning. Jeffrey Viel, Danny Zhilkin, Daniel Torgersson, Henri Nikkanen, Dmitry Kuzmin, Tyrel Bauer and Parker Ford also joined them for an hour-long session led by Dave Cameron, who runs the organization’s hockey development program.

More are expected to arrive in the coming days.

NHL training camps officially get underway on Sept. 20. Rookie camp starts on Sept. 13, with the prospects then heading to British Columbia the following day for the Young Stars tournament in Penticton.

The Jets open their six-game preseason schedule on Sept. 24, and begin their 82-game regular-season campaign on Oct. 11.

Suspect sought in Selkirk store robbery

1:46 PM

RCMP are searching for a suspect after a business was robbed in Selkirk last week.

Mounties were sent to the store in the 300 block of Main Street at 3:30 p.m. Thursday after a masked man allegedly pulled out a knife and stole cash before fleeing on a bicycle.

Security video shows the man was wearing a purple face-covering, a blue-and-white ball cap, a black hoodie, and black-and-white multi-patterned pants. He was carrying a black backpack and rode a black bicycle.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding the suspect to call Selkirk RCMP at 204-482-1222 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).