News briefs for Monday, August 22, 2022

Kimberly Avenue is closed in both directions between Golspie and Watt streets after a single-vehicle crash left a man in critical condition.

Winnipeg Police Service officers arrived on the scene at about 3:45 a.m. today. There, they found a vehicle smashed into a tree and a male suffering from severe injuries.

He was transported to hospital and remains in critical condition, the WPS said this morning.
Speed is believed to be a factor in the crash, but the investigation is ongoing, the WPS said.

Drivers are asked to use alternate routes to avoid the 500 block of Kimberly.

The police investigation is expected to continue for several hours, the Winnipeg Police Service tweeted at 7:44 a.m.

Winnipeg police are investigating an assault in a parking lot near Main Street and Sutherland Avenue early today.

The Winnipeg Police Service said officers responded to a call for a well-being check in a parking lot at about 4:30 a.m.

They found a man suffering from “severe bodily injuries.” He was transported to hospital and is in critical condition, the WPS said.

No arrests have been made.

The sidewalk along Main Street was taped off as police investigated.

Police are investigating after a man was seriously assaulted in the 600 block of Main Street.

Officers responded to the scene at about 5 a.m. today. They found a victim suffering from a serious assault. The man was transported to the hospital in unstable condition, police said.

Police would not say whether the incident was related to another attack that occurred around 4:30 a.m. a few blocks away.

That attack took place at a parking lot near Main Street and Sutherland Avenue.

Police found a male victim on the scene and transported him to the hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

Winnipeg police homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a North Point Douglas apartment Monday morning.

Officers were called to the apartment block on the 100 block of Jarvis Avenue just before 7 a.m. for a report of a woman dead inside, the Winnipeg Police Service said Monday.

The woman was taken to hospital. The homicide unit has taken over the suspicious death investigation. Police have not yet revealed the woman’s age, name or manner of her death.

Police ask anyone with information on the incident to call the homicide unit at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.

Oxford House RCMP have charged a man with manslaughter after a 49-year-old assault victim died in the northern community’s nursing station Saturday.

Mounties were called to Bunibonibee Cree Nation’s nursing station at about 9:20 a.m. after the assault victim was brought for medical care. He was pronounced dead at the station.

Officers have since arrested Wilfred Nelson Chubb, 46, of the First Nation. He’s charged with manslaughter and has been remanded into custody.

Local RCMP as well as major crimes and forensics officers are still investigating the slaying.

A new dialysis unit is expected to open in Steinbach next summer after construction began at Bethesda Regional Health Centre on Monday.

The previously announced $32-million expansion of the health centre includes a new, six-station dialysis unit, the addition of 15 medicine beds and eight surgical beds, and pharmacy upgrades to support the delivery of chemotherapy services and to establish Bethesda as a regional hub for cancer services.

According to the province, there are currently 23 hemodialysis patients living in the southeast catchment area who must travel outside of the community, often to Winnipeg, for treatment.

Winnipeg Police Service officers patrolling near Logan Avenue and the Disraeli Freeway came across an injured man Monday morning.

The victim told officers he had been assaulted, when they found him around 5:30 a.m. He was taken to hospital in stable condition.

Major crimes investigators believe his assault is linked to two others that occurred in the area early Monday morning. No suspects have been arrested.

Police ask anyone with information on the assaults to call investigators at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477.