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.”

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.

Servers entitled to money, labour board rules in restaurant owner’s appeal

The Manitoba Labour Board rejected an appeal from a St. Boniface restaurant owner, saying four former servers were entitled to money labelled as advances on their pay stubs.

Chaise Café and Lounge owner Shea Ritchie argued the employees should have to repay those advances.

A Jan. 17, 2025 decision by the labour board, included in the department’s 2024-25 annual report tabled in the legislature Monday, disagreed, stating the money was actually tips the servers had earned.

“The amounts were odd numbers, like $18 or other random numbers versus a whole lump sum like $100 or $200, which one might expect if they were, in fact, pay advances,” the decision read.

Air Transat cutting hundreds of flights due to high jet fuel costs

MONTREAL - Soaring jet fuel prices have forced yet another Canadian airline to cull its schedule, with Transat A.T. Inc. announcing it will axe hundreds of planned flights thanks to energy shocks triggered by the war in the Middle East.

The travel company, which owns Air Transat, said Wednesday it will reduce capacity by six per cent from May through October, which covers the critical summer travel season.

Transat plans to lower flight frequencies on some routes to Europe and the Caribbean and extend its suspension of service to Cuba through October amid a U.S. energy blockade of the island. Air Transat said it had planned 129 flights to four Cuban destinations between June 20 — when the suspension period was previously due to expire — and the end of October.

"The recent volatility in aviation fuel prices reflects an exceptional environment affecting the entire sector. We are closely monitoring the situation, as cost pressures continue to be felt across the industry," said CEO Annick Guérard in a statement, adding that demand remains strong.

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.