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A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Manitoba teams still alive at Canadian seniors
10:33 PM
Manitoba’s teams at the Canadian senior curling championships in Vernon, B.C., have qualified for the championship pool.
Dave Boehmer of Petersfield finished with a 4-2 record in preliminary round-robin men’s play, while Joelle Brown of Charleswood was 3-3 in women’s competition.
The event started Sunday with 14 teams on each side and wraps up Saturday. Only the top eight teams on each side remain.
The Manitoba teams now play four more ‘cross-over’ games and need some success to make the semifinals as they carry their records with them.
Missing man found
1:36 PM
Winnipeg police found a man who went missing from the city’s south end on Wednesday morning.
Police said Eriq McMurray, 23, had been last seen in the Royalwood neighbourhood early Wednesday.
Police said late Wednesday afternoon that McMurray had been found safe.
Two additional suspects arrested in slaying of Norway House teen
11:09 AM
RCMP have arrested two additional suspects in the slaying of a teen boy in Norway House.
On Monday, RCMP said officers from the Norway House detachment were called to a reported stabbing at a home in the community, traditionally known as Kinosao Sipi, at about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday.
The Mounties found a 15-year-old boy injured, but he was pronounced dead at the local hospital.
Major crimes and forensics investigators went to the northern community and charged Cody Jeffrey Monias, 38, and a 14-year-old boy with second-degree murder on Sunday.
RCMP said on Wednesday that investigators have also arrested Dale Martin Chubb, 42, and Dakota Dennis Walker. Both have been charged with second-degree murder.