News briefs for Saturday, November 8, 2025

Escaped inmates charged: police

2:45 PM

Winnipeg police have released new details on the arrests of the two federal inmates who escaped from a minimum-security federal facility in Crane River on Oct. 30.

On Thursday police located inmate Cory Jeffery Everett, 39, near Arlington Street and Bannerman Avenue. During his arrest police say they found 77 grams of cocaine, a folding knife, airsoft pistol, replica brass knuckles and $170.

Everett has been charged with possession of a scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000, three counts of possession of a weapon and a warrant for apprehension and suspension.

Police say Clifford Clinton Lamirande, 33, was found at an apartment complex on the 1200 block of Rothesay Street on Nov. 1 around 11:30 a.m. He was charged with a warrant for apprehension and suspension.

Both escapees were detained in custody.

Police charge two teens after weapons incident

12:58 PM

Two teenagers are in custody and facing weapons-related charges after allegedly waving knives at drivers near Kildonan Park on Friday night.

Police say general patrol officers and members of the tactical support team rushed to a weapons call in the area of Main Street and Chief Peguis Trail just before 11 p.m.

The two boys, both in their mid-teens, boarded a Winnipeg Transit bus and were intercepted when it stopped on McLeod Avenue.

The teens were taken into custody. Nobody was injured.

Four arrested after assault in Manto Sipi Cree Nation: RCMP

11:00 AM

Four people have been arrested after a 33-year-old man was assaulted in Manto Sipi Cree Nation and later died, RCMP say.

Mounties received a report of a man seriously injured outside of a residence in the community, located approximately 1,000 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, at 7:10 a.m. on Nov. 3. He was taken to the local nursing station and then flown to Winnipeg where he died days later as a result of his injuries, RCMP say.

A 15-year-old boy, two 17-year-old boys and a 19-year-old man have been arrested for manslaughter. They remain in custody.