News briefs for Monday, December 5, 2022

Investigators have laid charges against two incarcerated men they believe to be involved in a March 2021 death.

The remains of 28-year-old Michael Dwayne Gunnar Dahlin were found in the area of Stella Avenue and McGregor Street on Mar. 10 of last year.

Matthew Andrew Miles, a 32-year-old from Winnipeg, has been charged with second-degree murder and Thomas Wayne Peebles, a 31-year-old from Winnipeg, has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder. Police arrested the pair from Stony Mountain Institution and the Milner Ridge Correctional Centre and they remain in custody.

Police believe no further arrests will be made connected to this incident.

Police say a woman acted in self-defence and no charges will be laid after a man died at The Forks parkade in May.

A 23-year-old woman was arrested on May 3 after police were called to the parkade for a report of an assault at around 10 p.m. The injured man, 27-year-old Kyle James Craik, died of his injuries in hospital.

Investigators say the woman was confronted by Craik and in the ensuing altercation he was injured. They did not know each other.

Manitoba Justice and a Senior Crown Attorney reviewed the case and determined no charges will be laid because her response was meant to defend herself and considered “reasonable under the circumstances.”

The province’s law enforcement watchdog has released new details of a fatal police shooting on Portage Avenue Saturday evening.

The Independent Investigation Unit said the Winnipeg Police Service notified it of the shooting at about 7:30 p.m. that night.

According to the notification, police had gone to a home to arrest a man with multiple active warrants, where officers saw a man driving away. Police stopped the vehicle near Portage Avenue and Bourkevale Drive, where “a use of force encounter” occurred and a single police officer shot the man.

The man, who has not been publicly identified, was taken to the Health Sciences Centre, where he died. The watchdog’s investigators are seeking any witnesses or people with video footage of the incident to call the unit at 1-844-667-6060.

The DEKALB Superspiel curling finals in Morris, Man., take place this morning.

Winnipeg’s Abby Ackland plays Saskatchewan’s Nancy Martin in the women’s final.

The men’s championship game features a pair of Winnipeg teams as Matt Dunstone squares off against Reid Carruthers.

Matt Dunstone won the men’s DEKALB Superspiel Monday afternoon in Morris with a 7-2 victory over Reid Carruthers in five ends.

With the win, Dunstone, the No. 1-ranked Canadian men’s team, earned a cheque for $10,000.

A fire broke out at a homeless camp along Higgins Avenue this morning.

Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service crews responded to the scene around 8:20 a.m. and saw heavy smoke coming from the encampment. The fire was extinguished and declared under control roughly 20 minutes later, with no injuries reported.

There was damage to some temporary structures in the encampment, and a nearby building had minor damage to the exterior, the City of Winnipeg announced in a news release this afternoon, stating the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Winnipeg’s Abby Ackland defeated Saskatchewan’s Nancy Martin 7-3 on Monday afternoon in Morris to win the women’s DEKALB Superspiel.

Ackland went 7-1 in Morris this week and earned $10,000 for the victory. Ackland entered the curling event as the No. 9-ranked Canadian women’s team.

Valour FC has signed Canadian defender Jordan Haynes, as it continues to re-tool for the 2023 campaign.

Haynes, a Peterborough, Ont. native, joins Winnipeg’s soccer club after spending the last three seasons with Pacific FC, where he logged 3,499 minutes across 52 appearances.

In 2021, the 26-year-old helped Pacific FC win the Canadian Premier League championship.

 

After months of investigating, police have identified a man who died in October.

The Winnipeg Police Service shared that an unidentified man had been hospitalized in medical distress in the St. Norbert area on Oct. 18 and later died.

The WPS missing persons unit received a tip from St. Theresa Point on Nov. 24 based on the composite drawing of the unidentified man shared in a media release.

The 33-year-old man was identified Dec. 5 and his family has been notified. The death is not believed to have been caused by foul play and his identity has not been made public.

Winnipeggers Carson Lambos and Tyler Brennan have been named to the roster for Canada’s National Junior Team selection camp, which begins Dec. 9.

Lambos, a 19-year-old defenceman with the WHL’s Winnipeg Ice, will be attempting to make the Canadian team for the second time while Tyler Brennan, a 19-year-old goaltender with the Prince George Cougars, will be trying to earn a roster spot for the first time.

The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship takes place Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Moncton and Halifax.

A 19-year-old man from the Rural Municipality of North Cypress-Langford died after his vehicle collided with a semi-truck early Sunday morning.

Neepawa RCMP were called to the collision on Highway 16 at the junction with Highway 10 in the RM of Minto-Odanah, just northwest of Minnedosa, at about 12:15 a.m.

Mounties said the man was travelling west on Highway 16 when his vehicle crossed the centre line and hit the semi, which was travelling east. The 19-year-old, who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The semi’s driver, a 39-year-old man from Winnipeg, had minor injuries and was treated at the scene. Local Mounties and a forensic collision reconstruction specialist are still investigating.