The Wrap: Mega sewage spill fallout, Carman funeral, youth sentenced for killing, City of Song and Jets centre Sean Monahan

The city has managed to install a relief pump and temporary pipes to divert some of the raw sewage pouring into the Red River from a pair of failed pipes beneath the Fort Garry Bridge — but some sewage continues to spill into the river during peak hours of the day, city officials said Wednesday.

A second pump is slated to reinforce the stop-gap measure, but crews have encountered technical issues with the installation and it is not expected to be complete until the end of the week at the earliest.

The spill began two weeks ago and has dumped more than 228 million litres of raw sewage into the river.

The city issued a plea Tuesday for 90,000 people living in southwest Winnipeg to use less water by flushing their toilets less often, taking shorter showers and limiting their laundry loads.

Mourners came to the Carman Community Hall today to attend the funeral for Amanda Clearwater, 30, her three kids — two-month-old Isabella, four-year-old Jayven and six-year-old Bethany — and Clearwater’s 17-year-old cousin, Myah-Lee Gratton.

The service was an emotional one of tears and grief, but with a lot of support from those who came to mourn communally, people who attended told the Free Press.

Clearwater’s common-law husband and father to all three children has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder.

A man who killed a teenager in a 2020 shooting has been sentenced to seven years of custody and community supervision today — and he will take part in an intensive rehabilitation program with counselling, tutoring and other specialized services at a cost of over $100,000 a year.

The man, now 20, was 17 when he shot Wade Donkey, 18, outside a convenience store on Isabel Street in November 2020. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

The judge on the case urged the man — who court heard struggles with substance abuse issues and lives with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder — to take advantage of the extra programming offered to him.

Winnipeg has been “Made From What’s Real,” “One Great City” and “the Heart of the Continent.”

An unofficial new brand, “City of Song,” aims to strike a memorable note among Winnipeggers and city arts groups that place vocals at the heart of their performances.

The campaign and year-long slate of local music performances is part of the Winnipeg 150 celebrations and the Winnipeg Arts Council aims to do far more than belt out Happy Birthday.

Sean Monahan brings a number of winning traits to the Winnipeg Jets.

He’s a quickly earned the trust of his teammates and the coaching staff — and he scored for a third consecutive game in Tuesday’s 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild to give him five goals and five points in seven outings since he was brought in from the Montreal Canadiens.

Monahan will take that three-game goal-scoring streak into Friday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks.

While the sample size is still small, Monahan’s impact is evident, writes Ken Wiebe.