Local author, beloved church member dies after being hit by car in Osborne Village

A local author, beloved by her church and community, has died after a motorist struck her while she was crossing the street in Osborne Village Friday afternoon.

Second silica sand mine proposed for southern Manitoba

A second company has its sights on mining silica sand in southern Manitoba — this time, near La Salle. Consultants for Silex Resource Corp. plan to hold an open house about the proposed project in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald on Wednesday.

Two dead after falling through ice in Kinosao Sipi, Pimicikamak

Two men died after they fell through ice in separate incidents this weekend.

Norway House RCMP, First Nations safety officers and emergency crews were sent to the Nelson River in Kinosao Sipi Cree Nation at 1:20 a.m. Saturday. They found a woman lying on her back on the ice, with her feet in the water.

She would not move, fearing the ice would again break underneath her, RCMP said in a news release Monday. An officer crawled out as far as he could until the ice began to crack underneath him.

A local firefighter donned a drysuit and tried to reach the woman but fell through the ice. He eventually reached the woman. People on shore threw a log into the water, and the pair grabbed it and were pulled to shore.

Manitoba eyes bilingual designation ‘to be at the table’

The Kinew government is applying for a special designation to put its growing francophone community on the map and tap into new markets in French-speaking countries across the world.

Manitoba’s “truly bilingual province” consultations wrapped up on Oct. 31.

Francophone Affairs Minister Glen Simard is reviewing six months of oral and written feedback from Manitobans about what they want their province to sound like.

“What we’re hearing is people want to live their lives in French and they want it to be easier,” Simard said in a phone interview Sunday.