One person was taken to hospital after a fire broke out inside a home in the Maples just before noon Wednesday, according to the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service.

Two dogs injured in the blaze on Penny Lane were treated at the scene by paramedics and then transferred to the city’s animal services agency.

About an hour earlier, WFPS crews battled a blaze at a home in the 300 block of Riverton Avenue in Elmwood.

Both fires are under investigation.

Two people were arrested Tuesday after cleaning staff at a hotel near Polo Park mall found a handgun in a suite.

Winnipeg police were called to the hotel about the gun, after staff went into a room after the guests failed to check out. Two people who had stayed at the room came back when police were at the hotel and officers arrested them.

Police said the gun was a loaded .40 calibre Glock pistol with an extended magazine and an auto sear, which is a device that converts the weapon to fully automatic.

A man and a woman from Grand Rapids, both 22, will each be charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, and two counts of unauthorized possession of a prohibited device or ammunition. They were released on undertakings.

Two people are dead and two were injured after a head-on collision near Neepawa on Tuesday.

Spruce Plains RCMP said on Wednesday that a westbound vehicle driven by a 45-year-old woman crossed the centre line of Hwy. 16 about eight kilometres east of Neepawa and struck an SUV at about 2:25 p.m.

RCMP said the woman, and a 16-year-old male passenger, both from Neepawa, were pronounced dead at the scene while the 81-year-old man driving the SUV and a 75-year-old female passenger, both from Plumas, were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

All were wearing seatbelts at the time and RCMP continues to investigate.

A suspect in a fatal motor vehicle collision last year can’t be found by police.

Winnipeg police have been trying to find Christian Grant Patchinose, 28, of Winnipeg, since a warrant was issued for his arrest on Jan. 24, and are now asking the public for help.

Police said Patchinose was the driver of an SUV which officers tried to stop in the Deer Lodge area on May 30, 2022 at about 12:45 a.m., before the vehicle took off. Officers later found the SUV had hit a tree in the 400 block of Truro Street.

A 22-year-old woman was rushed to hospital but died of her injuries while Patchinose and a 16-year-old girl were taken to hospital in unstable condition. They both survived.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 204-986-6508 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).

Officials at Brandon University are enhancing security patrols after a cartridge of small-caliber ammunition was found on the campus Tuesday afternoon.

In an email to students and administration, the university said the single, unfired .22 cartridge was found on the floor, which appears to have been accidentally discarded.

The university called the Brandon Police Service, which picked up the ammunition and did not recommend further action. "There is no indication of a threat... and no firearm was seen," the university email read.

The university said it increased security patrols out of an abundance of caution, adding the discovery could spark anxiety or alarm, especially in light of the shooting at Michigan State University in the U.S. Monday night, which killed three people and injured five.

Several highways, including a portion of the Trans-Canada, have been closed in southern Manitoba due to dangerous conditions from blowing snow.

The Trans-Canada, from Winnipeg's eastern city limits to Highway 12, has been closed. Several other highways have been shut down, including Highway 23, from St. Malo to Highway 34; Highway 3, from Crystal City to Sanford; and  Highway 13, from Carman to Elm Creek

For a list of up-to-date closures, go to www.manitoba511.ca.

The Winnipeg Jets have assigned forward Axel Jonsson-Fjallby to the Manitoba Moose after he cleared waivers on Tuesday afternoon.

Jonsson-Fjallby, 25, has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in 45 NHL games this season.

His demotion makes room for defenceman Dylan DeMelo to be activated off injured reserve in time for tonight's game against the Seattle Kraken.

Three suspects have been arrested after an armed standoff at Sapotaweyak Cree Nation.

Swan River RCMP said a 29-year-old man was taken to Swan Valley Health Centre with non-life threatening injuries after being assaulted on the reserve at about 10:25 a.m. Friday.

About a half hour later, two other men — aged 50 and 42 — said they also had been assaulted.

While searching for two male suspects, aged 27 and 19, RCMP were told there were people armed with knives and machetes refusing to leave a home on the reserve that evening.

When officers walked up to the house, a suspect armed with a machete yelled at them before slamming the door, RCMP said.
Mounties set up a perimeter around the house. A few suspects surrendered after several hours.

Two men, aged 27 and 22, have been charged with assault and assault with a weapon and have been remanded into custody. An 18-year-old man is charged with seven counts of assault with a weapon and was released from custody, with a scheduled March 15 court date in Winnipeg.

Several other suspects were also detained, and charges are pending, RCMP said.

Sapotaweyak Cree Nation is located nearly 600 km north of Winnipeg.

A 59-year-old Winnipeg man is dead after a collision on Highway 59 Monday evening.

An RCMP officer on patrol on the highway came upon the two-vehicle collision, just north of Stead Road, in the RM of St. Clements at about 8:40 p.m.

Mounties think the Winnipeg man's vehicle was travelling north on the highway when it hit the shoulder and over-corrected, striking a southbound SUV.

The Winnipeg man, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from his vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver, a 57-year-old man from St. Clements, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The Chicks, the country trio that includes Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer, will take the stage at the Canada Life Centre Sept. 12.

Tickets go on sale to at ticketmaster.ca Feb. 17 at 10 a.m., but there are presales scheduled to start Wednesday. Ticket prices have not been announced.

The Chicks, who have earned 13 Grammy Awards since their debut record in 1998, returned to prominence in 2020 with their album Gaslighter. They will be joined by another Grammy-winning artist, Maren Morris, who won a Grammy for best country solo performance in 2017 for the song My Church.