News briefs for Monday, October 31, 2022

The Disraeli Freeway is closed to northbound traffic because of a fire in a vacant duplex on Lily Street this morning.

The median southbound lane on the Disraeli is also closed, as is Lily Street.

Drivers are urged to find alternate routes because of “extremely smoky conditions,” the City of Winnipeg said in a news release.

Fire crews were sent to the two-storey duplex in the first 100 block of Lily at 4:42 a.m.

Crews are fighting the blaze from outside the building because conditions are too unsafe for firefighters to enter, the city said.

Fire crews are expected be at the scene throughout the morning.

A young man is charged with second-degree murder after a stabbing in Powerview-Pine Falls on Saturday.

RCMP were sent to a home on Josse Street at approximately 1:05 a.m.

A 38-year-old male resident of the community was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 19-year-old man, also from the community, was arrested at the scene and taken into custody.

Sebastian Johnston is scheduled to appear in court in Winnipeg today.

A man found injured near a West Elmwood home early Monday has died, becoming the 44th person slain in Winnipeg this year.

Winnipeg Police Service officers were called to the 100 block of Johnson Avenue West at about 2:29 a.m. for a report of an injured man, police said.

The officers found the man unresponsive near a home and gave him medical care, before he was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead. His name and age have not been released.

His death ties the 2019 record for the highest number of killings in a single year in the city’s history.

The homicide unit is investigating his death and asks anyone with information that could help to call 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477.

The RCMP are asking the public for help more than two weeks after a RM of North Norfolk man went missing.

Shane Alec Morrisseau, 34, was last seen leaving his residence on Oct. 16 at about 6:30 p.m. RCMP said on Monday they were alerted to the missing man about an hour later.

RCMP said despite conducting numerous interviews and checking several locations they haven’t been able to find Morrisseau.

Morrisseau is described as 5-11 in height, 180 lbs in weight, with black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a black jacket, dark coloured pants, and black shoes.

Anyone with any information about his whereabouts are asked to call Portage la Prairie RCMP at 204-857-4445 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or leave a secure tip online at manitobacrimestoppers.com

 

Fire broke out in a vacant duplex on Manitoba Avenue this morning.

Firefighters were sent to the two-storey building at 6:23 a.m. and declared the fire under control about 25 minutes later.

No occupants were found. No injuries were reported.

The body of a fisher who went missing while on Cockeram Lake has been found.

The body of the 61-year-old man, a resident of Lynn Lake, was found Sunday.

The RCMP thanks residents of Marcel Colomb First Nation and Lynn Lake for their “countless hours of searching.”

The man was one of two boaters who died in the incident. The body of a 30-year-old woman, also from Lynn Lake, was found by civilian searchers on the evening of Oct. 16.

The pair was reported missing to RCMP at about 10 p.m. on Oct. 15. A search of the lake, which is about 10 km east of the town of Lynn Lake, began the next morning.

No one was injured when propane tanks exploded at a homeless camp on Sunday.

Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said several tents were engulfed in flames at the temporary encampment near Higgins Avenue at about 7 p.m.

Firefighters said no one was found in a search of the camp, or by another search by drone in the area, and no one was reported injured.

The cause is under investigation but firefighters believe propane tanks being used there caught fire and exploded.

Kerri Einarson, from Gimli, opened the Pan Continental Curling Championships round robin with an 11-3 victory over New Zealand’s Jessica Smith on Monday in Calgary.

It was the first time a Canadian team has played a New Zealand team in the women’s discipline at a World Curling Federation-sanctioned event.

Einarson and Team Canada will play Angelina Ebauyer of Kazakhstan (0-1) next on Tuesday at 10 a.m. CT.