News briefs for Thursday, September 1, 2022

Three firefighters were taken to hospital after being injured fighting a blaze at a multi-family residence Wednesday night.

Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said the three were in stable condition and undergoing further examination in hospital.

Firefighters saw the two-and-a-half storey residence in the 600 block of Toronto Street engulfed in heavy smoke and flames when they arrived at 8:53 p.m.

Firefighters began battling the blaze from outside until they knocked down the fire to the point they could fight it inside.

The fire was declared under control at about 10:49 p.m.

Nobody was found inside the building, but the three firefighters were injured while fighting the blaze.

 

A 41-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder for the 2020 killing of Bud Paul. Aaron Mousseau of Winnipeg was arrested Tuesday, RCMP announced this morning.

Paul’s body was found hidden in deep brush on Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation on Aug. 11, 2020, four days after he was reported missing. The 56-year-old Winnipegger had last been spotted in a Neepawa liquor store on Aug. 1, 2020, accompanied by two people.

His vehicle was found torched in Winnipeg on Aug. 10 of that year.

Supt. Rob Lasson, who commands Manitoba RCMP’s major crime services, announced the charges at a news conference this morning.

Former Transcona city councillor Russ Wyatt wants his old job back.

Wyatt represented Transcona from 2002 until 2018 but did run for re-election in fall 2018.

The former councillor registered for the race on Thursday.

During his last term representing Transcona, struggles in Wyatt’s personal life sparked headlines. He took a leave from his council role in January 2018 to seek addictions treatment, then returned in May of that year.

In July 2018, he was charged with sexual assault. He has maintained that he is innocent and the charge was stayed in 2019.

Manitoba RCMP is trying to identify a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle on a highway near Dauphin Wednesday night.

Dauphin RCMP went to the scene of the collision on Highway 5, near Road 115W, about seven kilometres west of the northwestern Manitoba city at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday.

Mounties say an Indigenous man, likely in his mid to late 20s, was walking in the eastbound lane of the highway when a vehicle travelling east, driven by a 66-year-old man from Neepawa, hit him. The driver pulled over and called 911, then waited for police to arrive.

The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. RCMP ask anyone who may have seen someone walking on the highway prior to the collision to call the local detachment at 204-622-5050, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, online, or by text “TIPMAN” plus the message to 274637.

Those looking to beat the incoming heat will have more time to visit Winnipeg spray pads this summer as the city plans to keep them open until Sept. 11.

Spray pads, originally scheduled to close Sept. 5, will be open 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. until Sept. 11.

The Michaëlle Jean Park (Norquay CC) spray pad will remain closed. Outdoor pools and wading pools will be closed by Sept. 5.

Fort Garry Lions, Happyland, Windsor Park and Provencher outdoor pools will close end-of-day Sept. 2.

Freight House, Kildonan Park, St. Vital, Transcona Aquatic Park and Westdale pools will close end-of-day Sept. 5.

Central Park, Dakota Park, McKittrick Park and St. John’s Park wading pools will close end-of-day Sept. 5. All other wading pools are closed.