The Wrap: McCreary homicides, wrong body buried, pothole problems, Polo Park changes, a jockey’s recovery
Plus: a collector of all things Eaton's

RCMP are investigating a triple homicide in the Rural Municipality of McCreary.

A 41-year-old man was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted wound Friday morning; the bodies of three people — a 35-year-old man, a 65-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman — were later found in a nearby home.

The Free Press and our sister paper the Brandon Sun will bring you updates at the link below as information becomes available.

Manitoba’s health authority is looking for answers after separate incidents in which a man’s remains were released to the wrong family and two bodies were incorrectly taken from a morgue to funeral homes.

Shared Health CEO Lanette Siragusa said early results of an investigation have identified “concerning gaps” in processes in place to prevent such occurrences. An external audit will review Shared Health’s procedures for custody, identification and release of bodies in its care, she said.

Nicole Buffie reports.

Alyssa Selman’s life changed in the blink of an eye on June 27, 2015, when she was involved in a catastrophic accident on the track at Assiniboia Downs.

The 29-year-old thoroughbred horse-racing jockey, who was a trailblazer in a male-dominated industry, was thrown from her mount and suffered fractured vertebrae and damage to her spinal cord, leaving her paralyzed from the chest down.

Plenty has changed in the near decade since her devastating diagnosis, but some things — including her love of horses and passion for riding — have not.

Mike McIntyre shares her story in a long feature you won’t want to miss.

The City of Winnipeg is diverting staff from other duties to repair a massive number of potholes this year, with more than 240,000 of the craters filled so far.

The city is now dedicating 14 crews, with four to six employees each, to fixing potholes, after repeated freeze-thaw cycles and excessive rainfall wreaked havoc with roads.

A new anchor tenant is landing in CF Polo Park — and as a result, the mall is undergoing significant change.

London Drugs is slated to open in a wing formerly housing Zellers and then expand to sites currently occupied by Build-A-Bear Workshop and Urban Outfitters.

Gabrielle Piché reports on the high-tech plans for the new London Drugs, and which other shops are moving or closing.

Corey Quintaine seeks out all types of items associated with bygone retail giant Eaton’s.

Once an Eaton’s employee himself, Quintaine began collecting the iconic store’s paraphernalia when his place of work held a giant liquidation sale in 1999, during which everything from fixtures to shelving to display dummies was up for grabs.

One of his most recent additions is a decades-old Plexiglas Eaton’s sign from the downtown Winnipeg emporium that first opened in 1905, and was razed 97 years later to pave the way for what is presently Canada Life Centre.

David Sanderson brings us a look at his unusual collection.