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A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Monday, July 28, 2025
Woman shot, killed in Keeseekoowenin
3:54 PM
A woman was fatally shot at a home in Keeseekoowenin First Nation early Monday.
Yellowhead RCMP were sent to the scene at about 2:45 a.m. and found the 33-year-old woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 26-year-old man. He was transported to hospital in serious condition by STARS air ambulance, and was treated and released.
RCMP said the incident was “targeted.” They asked anyone with information related to the killing to contact them at 204-848-2659, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online.
Victim in March shooting dies
3:01 PM
Police are investigating a shooting in The Pas this winter as a homicide after the victim died, RCMP said Monday.
The 31-year-old man was shot at a home on Patrick Avenue at about 9:30 p.m. on March 7.
Shots might have been fired outside a home on Settee Avenue shortly before the Patrick Avenue incident. Hours after the second incident, another man said he was shot while sitting inside a vehicle outside a home in nearby Umpherville.
In March, RCMP said the suspects and victims in the incidents knew each other.
Police asked anyone with information related to the killing to contact RCMP at 204-627-6204, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online.
Woman charged in fatal Thompson stabbing
1:39 PM
One woman is dead and another is charged with manslaughter after a stabbing in Thompson.
RCMP were sent to a home on Ashberry Place at about 1:40 a.m. Thursday.
Emergency crews were treating a woman for a stab wound inside the home when officers arrived. The 34-year-old woman died.
A Thompson resident, 31-year-old Tammy James, was arrested.
Woman tried to smuggle methamphetamine to Japan: CBSA
12:03 PM
A Winnipeg woman is facing drug charges after border agents in Calgary inspected luggage bound for Japan last month.
The luggage, which had been flagged for abnormalities on June 23, was found to contain about 30 kilograms of methamphetamine.
The traveller had already boarded their flight for Tokyo’s airport when Canada Border Services Agency officers arrested her and removed from the plane. RCMP were contacted, and police began investigating the woman and the seized drugs.
An 18-year-old woman is charged with two offences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and another under the Customs Act.
She was scheduled to appear in court in Calgary on Monday.
Canada Border Services Agency officers in Calgary found about 30 kilograms of methamphetamine in luggage bound for Japan on June 23.