Man responsible for 2022 crash that left victim a quadriplegic not guilty of dangerous driving, judge rules

In March 2022, Tim and Kendra Kelly were preparing to move into their newly built Winnipeg home and looking ahead to early retirement.

Two days before the home was dropped on its foundation, the couple’s dreams were shattered after an automobile collision that left Tim a quadriplegic.

“(Tim) spent maybe three hours in that house and now it’s sold, it’s gone,” said Kendra, who suffered a broken hand in the collision. “Now we have to plan for a wheelchair house and wheelchair van and everything accessible. Nothing ever goes the way you plan it to, never.”

On Monday, the couple was in a Winnipeg courtroom when a judge found the man who caused the crash, Keeno Shawn Paul Wright, not guilty of two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm, ruling he did not have the required mental state to be convicted of the offence.

City installs remote door locks, buzzers at Sherbrook Pool in response to staff safety concerns

Heightened issues with safety at the Kinsmen Sherbrook Pool have prompted the city to introduce new security measures, including remote door locks that require patrons to buzz in before entering the public facility.

City police charge 72-year-old man after threatening, racist letters sent to Indigenous, female cabinet minister

Cabinet minister and Indigenous MLA Nahanni Fontaine said threatening, racist letters that were sent to her last summer are “pretty violent and grotesque.”

Foster parents in The Pas charged in 2024 head-trauma death of six-year-old in their care

Two foster parents in The Pas have been criminally charged after a little girl in their care died in 2024 of a traumatic head injury believed to have been caused by an assault.

The Pas RCMP were called in after one of the caregivers took the six-year-old girl, with “serious injuries and bruises,” to the local hospital on Oct. 29, 2024, Mounties said Tuesday.

Health officials had the girl airlifted to Winnipeg for medical treatment. She died on Nov. 3 that year of head trauma.

Officials were initially told the girl had fallen from her bed, but RCMP major crime investigators later determined that she had been assaulted the day before she was taken to the hospital.

B.C. tourists smile at Mexico pyramid. Behind them, a gunman, moments before killing

It looks like a typical tourist photo, as British Columbia woman Barbara Welsh and her friends smile near the foot of the famous Pyramid of the Moon at the Teotihuacan site northeast of Mexico City on Monday.

But in the background, clambering the pyramid's stairs, a man in a checked shirt can be seen, carrying something in his right hand.

Moments later, he pulled out a gun and started shooting, sending people tumbling down the pyramid.

Officials have said they are working to understand the motive of the shooter, who reportedly planned the attack, played strange music, ranted about hating tourists and fired randomly.

Council to vote on removing Wyatt from civic committees while he faces sex assault charge

Winnipeg city council will vote on removing Coun. Russ Wyatt from most of the civic committees he participates in, in the wake of a sexual assault charge.

The Transcona councillor has declared his innocence and vowed to continue doing his job, despite calls from Mayor Scott Gillingham and others to step away to deal with the charges.

Wyatt was arrested and charged in March with sexual assault and administering a noxious substance. It’s alleged that during a gathering in December in the east area of the city, the victim was sexually assaulted after being given an illicit drug.

The executive policy committee voted at city hall Tuesday to recommend that council rescind Wyatt’s membership on the property and development committee, the Winnipeg Food Council, Transcona Museum Board, Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corp., and Winnipeg Public Library Board.

Ukraine wants a Zelenskyy-Putin summit to jolt stalled US-led peace efforts

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is pushing for face-to-face talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyiv’s top diplomat said, presenting a potential summit as a way of injecting new momentum into U.S.-led efforts to end Russia’s more than four-year invasion of its neighbor.

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone attack deep inside Russia struck a residential building, killing a woman and a child, Russian officials said Wednesday.

Kyiv has asked Turkey to help facilitate top-level talks and has reached out to other capitals as potential hosts, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, adding that Ukraine would consider any venue outside Russia and Belarus.

“We are … advocating for a (summit) meeting now to bring new momentum to diplomacy,” Sybiha told reporters on Tuesday. His remarks were embargoed until Wednesday.

Residents with medical needs evacuated from Peguis amid flood threat

Some of the most vulnerable Peguis First Nation residents have been evacuated from the flood-threatened community.