News briefs for Sunday, October 23, 2022

Conor Geekie’s second goal of the game with 23 seconds left in the third period to lifted the visiting Winnipeg Ice to a 5-4 victory over the Kelowna Rockets in WHL action Saturday night.

Geekie’s winner came just seven seconds after Kelowna’s Adam Kydd tied the game 4-4. 

Ben Zloty, Ty Nash and Vladislav Shilo also scored for Winnipeg (11-1-0-0), which swept all five games on its road trip through the B.C. Division. Daniel Hauser made 33 saves for his ninth consecutive win. 

Rilen Kovacevic, Gabriel Szturc and Turner McMillen also scored for Kelowna (3-6-1).

 

A person is in critical condition after a fire broke out in a bi-level house in the 700 block of Pritchard Avenue around 1:08 a.m. on Sunday.

When the firefights arrived at the scene, heavy smoke was coming from the house, WFPS said.

Two people had already evacuated the house, while one was trapped in the house, according to the bystanders.

Firefighters searched the house and found the person who was taken to the hospital in critical condition. One of the two residents who self-evacuated was also taken to the hospital in stable condition.

The fire was brought under control at 1:44 a.m.

Two cats were rescued, and four additional cats were found dead in the house.

Initial observations suggest the fire was accidental, police said in a news release.

No damage estimates were available.

 

Manitoba is expecting the first winter storm of the season which will impact some parts of the province Sunday into Monday, according to the weather forecast.

Early this morning, rain began in parts of western Manitoba which is predicted to turn into snow by this evening.

Northern Manitoba may experience heavy snow this evening or overnight to Tuesday.

Overnight freezing rain is possible, particularly over higher terrain and the northern Interlake.

Winnipeg police are looking for a red Dodge Ram truck that fled the scene of a hit-and-run Friday afternoon in St. Boniface.

Investigators believe the victim, a 40-year-old woman, was struck by the truck around 3 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Marion and Archibald streets, police said in a news release Sunday.

The vehicle, which was travelling northbound, has not yet been located, police said.

Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to contact investigators at 204-986-7085.

The victim remains in hospital in stable condition.

It was a second-place kind of Sunday for a pair of elite Manitoba teams at a Grand Slam of Curling event in Grand Prairie, Alta.

Kerri Einarson of Gimli fell 8-4 to Rachel Homan of Ottawa in the Tour Challenge’s afternoon women’s final. Earlier in the day, Matt Dunstone’s Winnipeg team lost 7-3 to Niklas Edin of Sweden in the men’s final.

The Slam title was the 12th of Homan’s career. Team Edin, meanwhile, won a fourth career Slam event, however, the skip himself was sidelined with a knee injury. The crew went with just three players in a semifinal victory over Brad Gushue of St. John’s N.L., and the clincher over Dunstone.

Each of the runner-up teams won $20,000, while Homan and Edin cashed in $35,000 apiece.