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In pictures: One stormy night in June Posted: 9:01 AM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2026 Last Modified: 4:54 PM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2026 Updates

Torrential rains and high winds walloped southern Manitoba on Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday morning, causing flooding, power outages and widespread property damage.

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Torrential rains and high winds walloped southern Manitoba on Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday morning, causing flooding, power outages and widespread property damage.

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Torrential rains and high winds walloped southern Manitoba on Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday morning, causing flooding, power outages and widespread property damage.

A driver stops on Highway 12 in the RM of Ste. Anne to watch swirling storm clouds Tuesday afternoon. (Svjetlana Mlinarevic / The Carillon)

A storm front moves through the skies north of Killarney on Tuesday evening. (Supplied)

People run for cover during stormy conditions on Portage Avenue in Winnipeg on Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)

People run for cover during storm conditions on Portage Avenue Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)

A large storm cloud looms in the sky near Dugald Tuesday evening. (Mike Sudoma/Free Press)

Heavy clouds were seen over Winnipeg as a storm rolled into southern Manitoba and tornados were reported in rural areas on Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)

Gurmeet Singh Kharoud (left) and Karanveer Dhanoa (right) clean up debris scattered along St. James Street between Wellington and Saskatchewan avenues Wednesday morning after a large portion of their building lost its siding due to Tuesday night’s storm. (Mike Sudoma/Free Press)

Siding was blown off a building on St. James Street on Tuesday. (John Woods / Free Press)

A tree lies on a minivan on Furby Street in the West Broadway neighbourhood Tuesday evening. (Supplied)

Nick Duval uses a chainsaw to cut away branches on a tree that fell and blocked the southbound lanes of 18th Street in Brandon Tuesday evening’s storm. Duval was driving by and volunteered to help clear the street along with Brandon Police Service officers.
(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun) — Nick Duval uses a chainsaw to cut away branches on a tree that fell and blocked the southbound lanes of 18th Street in Brandon Tuesday evening’s storm. Duval was driving by and volunteered to help clear the street along with Brandon Police Service officers. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

The remains of a tree sit scattered along Wynford Drive in Winnipeg Wednesday morning after being struck by lightning during Tuesday night's storm. (Mike Sudoma / Free Press)

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Blair Mollberg, a homeowner in Balmoral, wades through basement sewer water Wednesday.

Railway lines near Minitonas, Man., are seen Wednesday following a storm earlier this week. (Lesley Sembaluk photo)

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Flooding has overtaken Provincial Road 323 at Highway 7 Wednesday, with a sinkhole about half a kilometre away.

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Preserving past, pondering future of 142-year-old downtown church

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A 142-year-old church in downtown Winnipeg needs about $7.7 million for upgrades and related costs, while an ongoing heritage renewal project aims to create a blueprint for its future.

Potential options include selling Holy Trinity Anglican Church and leasing it back for a decades-long term, or building an apartment or office tower on an existing surface parking lot to generate revenue, officials said Wednesday.

“I think that is part of the negotiation and ensuring we have the right partners, but it is hard to put down on paper precisely every aspect of the future of a place of worship,” project manager Stephen Borys said of the potential duration of a sale and leaseback agreement to ensure the church still exists generations from now.

Similar agreements with 50- or 100-year leases exist elsewhere in Canada, he said, noting the option has been on the table for Holy Trinity for a year.

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers offensive lineman Micah Vanterpool slides into the left tackle position, replacing an injured Stanley Bryant.

Former teacher would suit up with Bombers in just ninth game of three-down loop career

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Former teacher would suit up with Bombers in just ninth game of three-down loop career

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In a way, Micah Vanterpool’s brief stint as a Grade 3 teacher in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., prepared him for life in the CFL.

The third-year offensive lineman for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers only has eight career games on his resumé as he has bounced around between the practice roster, starting lineup and injury report.

But thanks to his time in the classroom, he’s developed the patience that’s required by a young American trying to make a name for oneself in the three-down loop.

Vanterpool got into teaching after failing to make the New England Patriots in 2023. He said goodbye to the education profession the following year and took his talents up north to Winnipeg.

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Good Samaritan stabbed attempting to help with suspected overdose

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A Good Samaritan who was trying to help a woman who appeared to be suffering from a drug overdose on Tuesday night was instead stabbed by her companion, police say.

The victim, a 51-year-old man, came across the woman near Jubilee Avenue and Osborne Street at about 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday and tried to assist her, before a suspect came up and stabbed him in the upper body. Police say the suspect knows the woman.

The 51-year-old was rushed to hospital in unstable condition, where he was given medical treatment. The woman, too, was taken to hospital for medical attention. Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service personnel alerted police to the incident.

Patrol officers, along with a police dog unit, found the suspect on the 400 block of Brandon Avenue just before 11 p.m. He tried to run, but officers made the arrest and seized two knives, police said.

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Amanda Nobiss in Sandy Bay in April 2026 during a spay and neutering event Nobiss, 37, died of a dog attack on the Sandy Bay First Nation while she was volunteering with K9 Advocacy Manitoba earlier this month.

Autopsy confirms dog attack killed animal-rescue volunteer on First Nation

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Autopsy confirms dog attack killed animal-rescue volunteer on First Nation

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An autopsy has confirmed an animal rescue volunteer died of a dog attack on Sandy Bay Ojibway Nation earlier this month, the Manitoba First Nations Police Service says.

Amanda Nobiss, a 37-year-old woman from Winnipeg, was found dead in Sandy Bay on July 17 after police were contacted by a friend trying to locate her.

She often visited the community 180 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg to save animals.

The police service said Tuesday that an autopsy confirmed her “injuries were consistent with a dog attack.”

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Downtown Winnipeg comedy club Yuk Yuk’s closes

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A downtown Winnipeg comedy club, Yuk Yuk’s, closed after being one of the company’s worst performing locations across Canada.

“We’ve opened many clubs,” said Mark Breslin, Yuk Yuk’s founder. “They’re like oil wells — some of them gush, some of them trickle and some of them are just dry.

“You never absolutely know which is going to be which.”

The franchise counts at least 10 locations nationally.

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