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A 13-year-old girl was taken to hospital on Tuesday evening after she was hit by a car crossing Jefferson Avenue on a scooter.

Family members on scene told the Free Press the child was travelling north on a multi-use trail and was hit by a car travelling westbound on Jefferson Avenue at a crosswalk. They said while one car stopped at the crossing, a second car in the next lane did not, striking the child as a result.

The family member, who did not want their name published to protect the identity of the child, said they were waiting for an update on the girl’s condition, saying she was tossed roughly 10-feet when she was hit.

On scene police were keeping an eye on a badly-damaged scooter and a car with a smashed windshield.

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Manitoba wildlife officials are investigating after a polar bear was shot and killed near the mouth of the Seal River on Friday by a paddler, the province said. 

The incident occurred along the Hudson Bay coast roughly 50 kilometres west of Churchill.

Polar bears are designated as a threatened species in Manitoba and are protected under provincial legislation. The province does not allow a polar bear hunt.

Few details about the shooting have been released. Officials have not publicly identified the paddler involved or provided information about the circumstances leading up to the encounter.

BRANDON — A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for cutting a pregnant woman’s throat and repeatedly stabbing her during a home invasion in Erickson in 2023.

Carter Prince, who was 18 at the time, said he was too intoxicated by alcohol to remember the violent assault against Candace McMunn while she was asleep in her basement.

An agreed statement of facts says the 30-year-old woman awoke to the accused crawling into bed with her early in the morning on June 6, 2023.

McMunn tried to grab a knife from the teen, whom she had never met, as he hit her head 20 to 30 times and stabbed her.

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I had dinner with my new guy at a fancy restaurant — his treat — and ate something that didn’t agree with me. I ended up in the restaurant bathroom, throwing the expensive dinner up. My date was actually vulgar about it — not sympathetic or taking things with a sense of humour at all.

He was so disgusted he called a taxi to take me home so I wouldn’t end up throwing up in his precious car. I cancelled the taxi and called my family, and my father and brother came right away. They wanted to wring his neck!

I’d never have reacted so cruelly if my date had gotten sick at a restaurant.

This guy has since called to see if I’m “back to normal.” He casually asked if I wanted to give it another try. I just didn’t have the desire to talk with him anymore, so I hung up. Is this my problem? Am I “over-reacting” as he has told other people I know?