News briefs for Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Fire crews extinguished a blaze on Aberdeen Avenue on Monday night.

Firefighters were sent to the two-storey home in the 300 block of Aberdeen at 9:09 p.m. and had the blaze under control in about 40 minutes.

No one was inside the home, and no one was hurt, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release Tuesday morning.

Singing sensation Shania Twain will take the stage at Canada Life Centre for a second time in 2023.

The Timmins, Ont., country and pop artist will play the downtown arena Nov. 7 on a second leg of her Queen of Me tour.

Twain announced earlier this year the first leg of the tour will stop at Canada Life Centre May 14.

Tickets for the November show go on sale Dec. 16 at livenation.com and ticketmaster.ca. Ticket prices haven’t been announced for the new concert, but the handful of those still available for the May show are among the priciest, ranging from $262.89 to VIP packages that cost more than $1,000.

A man is facing weapon and drug charges after he was arrested at a court office in Portage la Prairie.

RCMP officers were sent to the provincial court on Tupper Street North at about 9:45 a.m. Friday.

A man searched by sheriff’s officers was in possession of cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and a knife, RCMP said Tuesday.

A 30-year-old man is facing several charges, including carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a weapon to a public meeting, possession of property obtained by crime and three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

 

Winnipeg’s police chief and the inspector of forensics will hold a press conference on concerns about the landfill search for the remains of three victims of an alleged serial killer Tuesday afternoon.

This comes after police said they believe the remains of three Indigenous women allegedly slain by Jeremy Skibicki earlier this year — Morgan Beatrice Harris, 39,  Marcedes Myran, 26, and the unidentified Buffalo Woman — are in a landfill site but a search would not be feasible given the time that’s passed since their deaths and the volume of material at the site.

The remains of victim Rebecca Contois, 24, were found in city trash bins and later, in the Brady Road landfill.

Chief Danny Smyth and Insp. Cam MacKid will speak to the press at 2:30 p.m.