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A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Thursday, August 10, 2023
Police seek witnesses to assault outside McLaren Hotel
10:15 AM
Winnipeg police detectives are seeking potential witnesses to a brutal assault outside of the McLaren Hotel in early July.
Officers were called to the hotel at 554 Main St. at about 10 p.m. on July 7, where they found a man in his 50s suffering injuries to his head, police said Thursday.
The man was taken to hospital in unstable condition with injuries police have described as “life-altering.”
Major crimes detectives think numerous people were nearby the hotel at the time of the assault.
Police have asked for anyone who witnessed the assault or may have other information that could identify suspects to call major crimes at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477.
Three arrested in Minitonas gun-point robbery
11:56 AM
Swan River RCMP have arrested three people in connection with a gun-point robbery in Minitonas last week.
RCMP began investigating the Aug. 2 robbery the following day, discovering a man had been held against his will in a garage by a group of five people and robbed with a gun, Mounties said on Thursday. The victim came out with minor injuries.
RCMP then obtained a warrant for the home of one of the armed robbery suspects on Aug. 7, where officers found about 193 grams of methamphetamine, 104 grams of cocaine and small amounts of heroin, MDMA and mixed fentanyl and heroin.
Mounties also located pellet guns, a cattle prod, brass knuckles, gun parts, ammunition, scales, drug trafficking paraphernalia and stolen property from the robbery.
A 27-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman, who live at the property, were charged with robbery with a firearm among a slew of other charges. A 27-year-old man from Teulon was charged with five counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime and unauthorized possession of a firearm.
Woman killed at train crossing
12:54 PM
A woman was killed when she was hit by a train in the Rural Municipality of Springfield on Wednesday.
Police were sent to the scene at a rail crossing on Day Street, near Risque Avenue, at about 12:25 p.m.
A 40-year-old Saskatoon woman was pronounced dead at the scene, RCMP said Thursday.
Oakbank RCMP and the Canadian Pacific Police Service are investigating.