News briefs for Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Three houses involved in Langside Street fire

5:08 PM

Crews spent more than an hour fighting a fire at three houses on the 400 block of Langside Street on Tuesday.

Firefighters were sent to the block at 1:49 p.m. 

Everyone inside got out before crews arrived, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release. The release did not state whether any of the homes were unoccupied when the fire started.

The fire was declared under control at 3:05 p.m.

The City of Winnipeg’s emergency social services team was sent in to help displaced residents.

Two injured in machete incident

3:57 PM

Two people were struck with a machete outside a business on Selkirk’s Main Street on Friday.

RCMP were contacted about the incident at about 11:30 a.m. and found two stabbing victims. A 29-year-old Winnipeg man and a 31-year-old Selkirk man were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police arrested two Selkirk men. One, 23, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, while the other, 28, is facing two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

RCMP search for missing man

3:09 PM

RCMP are asking the public’s help to locate a 44-year-old man missing since Sunday.

Peter Bales was last seen riding his bike from a home in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead at 9 p.m. Sunday.

Bales is described as six feet in height and 130 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark grey sweater and dark blue jeans.

RCMP asked anyone with information to contact the Beausejour detachment at 204-268-2612, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online.

Charges laid in Rosser shooting

12:22 PM

A Powerview-Pine Falls man is facing several charges after a Rosser home was struck by gunfire last week.

RCMP said the 37-year-old man turned himself in to Stonewall RCMP on Monday.

Stonewall RCMP were sent to the home on Highway 221 shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday after someone drove up in a vehicle and shot multiple times.

“The homeowner and the suspect are known to each other, and this is an isolated incident,” RCMP said previously.

Police investigate after man found injured on Main Street

10:50 AM

Winnipeg police are investigating after a man was found injured on Main Street just south of Higgins Avenue early Tuesday.

Police spokeswoman Const. Dani McKinnon said the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service was called to the scene just before 4 a.m., where responders found the man in unstable condition and took him to hospital.

The call initially came in as a possible collision between a pedestrian and a vehicle, said McKinnon, but police have not yet confirmed whether that is how the man came to be injured.

WFPS called for police, who responded to the scene just before 4:30 a.m. Major crimes detectives are taking over the investigation and have taped off a scene in the area. Forensics officers are examining the scene.

McKinnon said police are still working on confirming the man’s identity, including his age.

Man killed in ATV rollover near Dropmore

10:01 AM

A man was killed while riding an all-terrain vehicle near Dropmore late Friday night.

Russell RCMP were sent to the rollover crash on Provincial Road 482, one kilometre west of Dropmore, at about 10:30 p.m. Friday.

The driver, a 63-year-old Dropmore man, was flown to Winnipeg by STARS air ambulance and died in hospital.

He was not wearing a helmet, RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.

Dropmore is roughly a 10-minute drive northwest of Asessippi Provincial Park.

Insurer parks unit outside evacuation centre

10:01 AM

Wawanesa Insurance has set up its mobile response unit outside Billy Mosienko Arena in Winnipeg to help wildfire evacuees.

The unit is set up in the parking lot of the arena at 709 Keewatin St., which is being used as a reception centre for evacuees.

“Wawanesa team members working out of the vehicle are providing personalized support to members by helping them open claims, answering questions and distributing care kits,” a Tuesday news release said.

The unit is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will remain in place as long as needed, the insurance company said.

The unit features Wi-Fi and a soundproof meeting room for confidential conversations. It was last used in Manitoba for wildfire evacuees from the Lac du Bonnet area.

Wawanesa said it had claims representatives at Billy Mosienko Arena shortly after the centre opened, before the unit’s vehicle arrived.

Kupari departing Jets for Swiss team

9:24 AM

Rasmus Kupari is taking a time out from living his NHL dream.

The Winnipeg Jets centre and pending restricted free agent has signed a two-year deal to play for Lugano HC in the Swiss League, the team announced on its website on Tuesday.

Kupari, who was part of the trade with the Los Angeles Kings that also brought fellow forwards Gabe Vilardi and Alex Iafallo and a second-round pick to the Jets, is expected to receive a qualifying offer — which would allow Winnipeg to maintain his NHL rights.

The 25-year-old took some important strides this season, filling in admirably when captain Adam Lowry was out for eight games with an injury while finishing the campaign with five goals and eight points in 53 NHL games.

A first-round choice (20th overall) by the Kings in the 2018 NHL Draft, Kupari has suffered injuries (concussion and shoulder) that have derailed each of the past two seasons, which is likely a factor in his decision to head overseas.