News briefs for Monday, October 16, 2023

Missing boy, 10, found safe: police

4:26 PM

Winnipeg police say a missing child has been found safe.

Police say the 10-year-old boy had last been seen at about 1:50 p.m. on the 500 block of Riverton Avenue in Elmwood on Monday.

He was located safe by late afternoon, police say.

Minnedosa man chased, vehicle rammed

3:52 PM

A man was chased and rammed in his SUV by another man in a vehicle early Saturday morning in Minnedosa.

RCMP say the victim called Mounties while he was being chased down the small town’s Main Street at about 12:30 a.m., before his vehicle was rammed by a suspect’s vehicle, making it inoperable.

The victim ran away and officers arrived to find the suspect with a knife. RCMP say the victim, a 53-year-old from the town, saw an unattended campfire on Minnedosa Beach and parked his vehicle to put it out before another vehicle pulled up and flashed its lights at him.

The victim got in his SUV and sped away as the other vehicle followed him, ramming into his SUV several times before the victim stopped to run off. The suspect, RCMP say, then got in the victim’s vehicle and got it running, before ramming it into a fence in a back alley. The suspect stole personal items and then went back to his own vehicle, where Mounties arrested him, RCMP say.

A 21-year-old man from Minnedosa is charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, assault with a weapon, theft of a vehicle, unlawful transportation of cannabis and liquor, and breach of a protection order. He was released by the courts.

Mask use back on for staff at hospitals and personal care homes

2:56 PM

The provincial government is requiring staff at Manitoba hospitals, personal care homes and other health-care facilities to don masks again starting Wednesday.

The province said it is taking a “clinically informed approach” to protect the most vulnerable population during the respiratory virus season.

While staff members will have to wear masks, they will be optional for visitors at most facilities, but not at places where immunocompromised people are being treated including cancer units or in the transplant program.

Police investigate serious incident in West Broadway

9:32 AM

Sections of eastbound Broadway Avenue are closed and Winnipeg police are on scene as they investigate a serious incident that occurred overnight.

Police were called to the area shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday and expected to remain there through much of the day Monday, Winnipeg Police Service Const. Dani McKinnon said.

The WPS is not yet prepared to release details about the incident, which McKinnon said was serious.

More details are expected to be available in the coming days, she said.

The eastbound lanes at Broadway Avenue from Sherbrook Street to Furby Street are closed.

Police have asked motorists to avoid the area and find alternate routes for their daily commutes until they clear the scene.