News briefs for Friday, November 21, 2025

Burglar posed as police officer: RCMP

2:41 PM

A man is charged with impersonating a police officer while breaking into a home in the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul early Friday.

RCMP were sent to a home on Nye Avenue at about 2:45 a.m. and found a woman and two children in a vehicle on the driveway. She said she had confronted a stranger in the home and that he identified himself as a police officer.

The man was wearing a black and grey fleece-type jacket with RCMP embroidery and a black baseball cap that said “POLICE” on it, and was carrying two duffel bags.

The man fled without stealing anything, Manitoba RCMP said in a news release.

Mounties used a canine team and a drone in searching for the man. Police arrested someone near a trail.

A 32-year-old Winnipeg man is charged with break-and-enter and impersonating a peace officer. He was remanded into custody.

Neither the jacket nor the hat were issued by any police service, RCMP said. They released a photo of the items.

Four new measles cases announced

1:56 PM

The province announced four new confirmed measles cases Friday, for a total of 253 since February.

There are 18 probable cases. The latest numbers are accurate as of Nov. 15.

Sixteen people have been hospitalized with measles this year, including 13 under age 10. Two of those 16 people were in the intensive care unit. All 16 were either not immunized, or their vaccination status was unknown.

London Drugs now open at CF Polo Park 

1:44 PM

The second London Drugs in Winnipeg is now open.

The 29,895-square-foot store opened in the former Zellers location on the second floor of CF Polo Park on Friday. Opening the new store has created 90 jobs, a news release said.

The first London Drugs in Winnipeg opened at St. Vital Centre in 2004.

Valour FC closing its doors

1:09 PM

Valour FC is folding.

Winnipeg’s professional soccer club made the announcement Friday afternoon.

The Canadian Premier League has been covering operating costs for the past two seasons, but recently informed the Winnipeg Football Club it will no longer do so. Before that financial support, the WFC was losing around a million dollars per year to keep the team running.

Valour averaged 3,213 fans this season and never qualified for the playoffs in the franchise’s history.

Jets’ Hellebuyck sidelined with knee issue

10:36 AM

The Winnipeg Jets are expected to be without the reigning Hart Trophy winner for the next four to six weeks.

Connor Hellebuyck has been shut down to have arthroscopic knee surgery to deal with an issue that has been lingering for some time, a source confirmed on Friday morning.

Eric Comrie will carry the load for the foreseeable future, while Thomas Milic has been recalled from the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.

The Jets face the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday as they continue a three-game homestand.

Crews put out two house fires

9:55 AM

Crews extinguished two house fires Thursday night and early Friday.

Firefighters were sent to the 1500 block of Logan Avenue at 4:20 a.m. and declared a blaze there under control at 5:15 a.m. Crews evacuated two nearby homes as a precaution.

On Thursday, crews were sent to a house on the 1100 block of Sherburn Street shortly after 9 p.m. and declared the fire under control about half an hour later.

The causes of the fires are under investigation, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release.

Man sought in stabbing arrested

9:46 AM

A man wanted for a stabbing in Thompson has been arrested, Manitoba RCMP said Friday.

Police asked for the public’s help Thursday in finding Brayden Charlette, 22. He has been charged with aggravated assault, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

The 27-year-old victim had surgery after he was stabbed on the night of Nov. 11.