News briefs for Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Trio of fall shows announced for the Burt

10:03 AM

A Scottish comedian, two ’90s Canadian rock bands and a heavy metal group from Sweden have set concert dates for the Burton Cummings Theatre in the fall.

Danny Bhoy, who built his standup career at the Edinburgh fringe festival before earning success in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, plays the Burt Oct. 26.

The Tea Party and I Mother Earth, standout rock acts from the 1990s, team up for a tour that has them at the same venue on Nov. 7, and on Nov. 30, Swedish metal group Meshuggah performs on the Burt stage.

Tickets to Danny Bhoy and Meshuggah go on sale July 14 at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.ca. Prices weren’t announced.

Tickets for the Tea Party/I Mother Earth concert go on sale July 13 at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.ca, with prices starting at $29.50 plus fees.

Dunstone’s team is Brier-bound

10:13 AM

Matt Dunstone’s team from Winnipeg has been awarded a spot in the 2024 Brier national men’s curling championship.

The Dunstone crew, with vice-skip B.J. Neufeld, second Colton Lott and lead Ryan Harnden, pre-qualified based on its Canadian Team Ranking System performances last season.

Calgary’s Brendan Bottcher has also pre-qualified for the championship, set for Regina March 1-10.

Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., will return to the Brier as defending champion, while another 15 spots still have to be filled during the upcoming competitive season.

Dunstone won the 2023 Manitoba championship but fell to Gushue in the Canadian final.

Arrest made after apartment stabbing

12:41 PM

A man has been arrested after a tenant living in the same building as him was stabbed and later died.

Marcel Alphonse Painchaud, 64, was found in a residential suite in the 300 block of Langside Street Saturday night after police received a report of an assault.

Abdiazia Ahmed Saeed, 42, was arrested Monday. Investigators believe the Painchaud and Saeed were tenants in the same building and knew each other, and Painchaud was stabbed in his suite after an altercation. Saeed remains in custody and has been charged with second degree murder.

Woman dies in rollover near New Bothwell

1:06 PM

A 19-year-old woman is dead after a single vehicle rollover in the RM of Hanover Monday morning.

Around 4:45 a.m., RCMP responded to reports of a vehicle in the ditch alongside Highway 206 near New Bothwell, located roughly 50 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg.

Investigators learned a motorist spotted the vehicle, called emergency services and stopped to assist. An 18-year-old man who was driving the vehicle and his 19-year-old passenger were rushed to hospital with serious injuries, police said in a release Tuesday.

The woman, who is from Lorette, died in hospital Monday, police said.

RCMP continue to investigate.

Man drowns at South Indian Lake

1:57 PM

A 33-year-old man from Thompson is dead after he drowned near a remote, northern community Monday evening.

Mounties in South Indian Lake, located roughly 1,075 kilometres north of Winnipeg, responded to reports of a possible drowning around 7:15 p.m., RCMP said in a release Tuesday.

Investigators learned the victim had been swimming in South Indian Lake when he began to struggle. A 30-year-old man attempted to save the man by putting on a life-jacket, swimming out to him and holding him above the water.

Community members brought both men to shore by boat, but the victim was not responsive. RCMP arrived shortly after, and the man was transported to a nearby nursing station where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The victim was not wearing a life-jacket at the time of the drowning. His death will be investigated with an autopsy, police said.