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A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Friday, March 31, 2023
Fire in commercial building on Sutherland Avenue
8:41 AM
Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a commercial building on Sutherland Avenue on Thursday night.
Crews were sent to the building in the first 100 block of Sutherland at 7:42 p.m.
Firefighters attacked the fire from outside because the structural instability of the building made it unsafe to enter. The fire was declared under control at 8:27 p.m., the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release Thursday night.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. No damage estimates are available.
Manitoba Liberals hold AGM
10:53 AM
The Manitoba Liberal Party hosts its annual general meeting Saturday in Winnipeg.
The day-long event at the Best Western Airport Hotel runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. includes association meetings, a speech by Liberal leader and St. Boniface MLA Dougald Lamont, and a panel discussions on health, policy, and Indigenous rights.
Panelists include Dr. Barry Lavallee, chief executive officer of Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin and Karen Velthuys, executive director of the Learning Disabilities Association of Manitoba.
More money for city roads
12:14 PM
The provincial government has announced an additional $7.5 million for Winnipeg road reconstruction, rehabilitation and preservation projects.
Municipal Relations Minister Andrew Smith said the funding is in addition to previously increased operating and capital funding provided through the Strategic Municipal Investment Fund.
Patient pulled by snowmobile sled
1:46 PM
RCMP used a snowmobile sled to rescue a senior who was in medical distress at a remote cabin near Suwannee Lake.
Leaf Rapids RCMP were contacted at about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. They were told a friend of the 85-year-old man had driven away from the cabin on snowmobile and was waiting to take officers to the remote location.
RCMP officers and a medical crew met the friend about 40 km south of Leaf Rapids and then travelled by snowmobile to the cabin, about approximately 6.5 km away.
The man was transported back to the road and then taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
