News briefs for Saturday, December 10, 2022

The Randy Neufeld team’s drive for another Canadian senior men’s curling title is over.

Neufeld’s Manitoba crew of Dean Moxham, Peter Nicholls and Dale Michie, playing out of the La Salle club, fell 4-3 to Alberta’s James Pahl in a semifinal this morning in Yarmouth, N.S.

The same foursome won the national title in 2015.

Manitoba plays Glen MacLeod Nova Scotia for the bronze medal today. Pahl meets Howard Rajala of Ontario in the championship game.

In the senior women’s final, Sherri Anderson of Saskatchewan goes for a remarkable fifth title when she meets Quebec’s Chantal Osborne.

Terri Ursel’s Neepawa foursome did not make the playoffs.

A woman is dead after an early morning crash.

Around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, police and members of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Inkster Boulevard and King Edward Street, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a Saturday release.

An unidentified female driver died at the scene, and a 21-year-old male was transported to the hospital in stable condition.

The WPS is investigating the accident and asking anybody with information about the crash to contact police at 204-986-7085 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.