News briefs for Tuesday, August 4, 2026

RCMP search for man who may have drowned in Nelson River

3:38 PM

RCMP are searching for an Alberta man who may have drowned in the Nelson River in northern Manitoba.

The Thompson rural RCMP detachment — which serves outlying communities in the North that don’t have permanent detachments — was called at about 11:30 a.m. on Monday about a man missing in Kelsey, south of Split Lake.

When the Mounties arrived, they were told that James Redmond, a 60-year-old man from Alberta, was known to fish from the shore of the Nelson River.

Officers searched the shore near his cabin and found his gear about 200 metres upstream from the dam at Manitoba Hydro’s Kelsey Generating Station, which is where police believe Redmond may have entered the river.

RCMP are flying drones and have called in a private diving company to search in the river on Tuesday.

Suspect tries to take guns from two Mounties in Portage la Prairie hospital

1:59 PM

A man attempted to take pistols from two different RCMP officers in the Portage District General Hospital early on Monday morning.

RCMP say a Mountie was guarding a prisoner in the emergency room waiting area when he was suddenly attacked by another man.

The officer called for backup and fought with the man, with help from hospital staff, but the suspect attempted to take the Mountie’s gun.

More officers arrived and helped get the man under control, but he again tried to take a firearm from another officer’s holster. The officers managed to get him into handcuffs and took him to the Portage la Prairie detachment.

One of the Mounties was left with minor injuries and was treated at the hospital.

Dylan Twovoice, 25, is charged with assault on a police officer, two counts of disarming a police officer, mischief under $5,000 and resisting a peace officer. He was held in custody.

IIU seeks witnesses, info on police shooting early Monday

12:07 PM

The Independent Investigation Unit is appealing for witnesses to the police shooting of an 18-year-old woman early Monday to come forward.

A Winnipeg police officer was in the area of Aikins Street and College Avenue at 2:27 a.m. on Monday, when he heard multiple gunshots nearby and drove toward the sound, said the IIU.

The officer encountered an 18-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy. The officer shot the woman in the lower body. The woman was taken to hospital. Police said Monday she was in stable condition.

The IIU, which investigates all police shootings, has asked any witnesses to the shooting or anyone who may have relevant information or video footage to call their office at 1-844-667-6060.

Police recovered a gun from the suspects and investigators later linked the woman and the teen male to a shooting that occurred outside a home in the 300 block of College Avenue.

The 16-year-old was arrested. Police have not said if the woman will face charges.

Man faces assault with weapon charge in road rage incident

11:18 AM

A 29-year-old man is facing an assault with a weapon charge after he allegedly brandished a handgun during a road rage incident on St. James Street early on Monday.

Winnipeg Police Service officers were called to St. James Street and Ness Avenue at about 6 a.m., where they spoke with the victim, a 53-year-old man.

Another man pulled his vehicle next to the 53-year-old and began arguing with him over his driving, but the fight soon escalated into the other man brandishing what appeared to be a black handgun, police said.

The 53-year-old drove off, but the other man followed him, forced him to stop by pulling in front of him, and then got of his vehicle while still brandishing the gun, police said. He got back in his vehicle and peeled off after he saw the victim calling police.

Police identified a suspect and officers arrested the 29-year-old man at a home on Beachham Crescent in Bridgwater Forest in south Winnipeg.