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The vehicle believed to have struck and killed a 75-year-old man from Scanterbury on April 20 has been seized, say Selkirk RCMP.

The man, who was hit on Highway 59, was pronounced dead at the scene. RCMP said at the time the vehicle and its driver did not remain on scene.

RCMP received information April 21 that led to the seizure of the vehicle. Anyone who may have seen the vehicle during the afternoon and evening hours of April 20 is being asked to contact Selkirk RCMP at 204-482-1222, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or submit a secure tip online at maniotbacrimestoppers.com.

The investigation continues.

The Foodfare-Winnipeg Police Service Half Marathon kicks off Sunday and police are advising the public to be aware of various traffic restrictions to accommodate the event.

Westbound Wellington Crescent from Guelph Street to Assiniboine Park will be closed from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Parking will not be allowed on the closed portions of Wellington Crescent.

Northbound Park Boulevard North to Wellington Crescent will be closed from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Parking will not be allowed on Park Boulevard North, north of Corydon Avenue.

No parking will be permitted in the two eastbound curb lanes of Portage Avenue from Woodhaven Boulevard west to Douglas Park Boulevard from 2 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A high-rise fire drew numerous first-responders to Osborne Village Friday night.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to a multi-unit building in the 100 block of Roslyn Road around 9:37 p.m.  Due the size of the building and the associated safety concerns, additional units were dispatched, WFPS said in a release.

Firefighters had the blaze under control within twenty minutes. Nobody was injured.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, and no damage estimates are available.

A Flin Flon woman was flown to a Winnipeg hospital after she was shot Thursday night.

RCMP were called about shots fired at an address on Ross Street at about 9:45 p.m.

The 23-year-old woman remained in hospital on Friday afternoon, Flin Flon RCMP said.

A 28-year-old man suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He remains in hospital, RCMP said.

Investigators do not believe the incidents were random. They consider the woman's shooting an "attempted murder."

Flin Flon RCMP are asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 204-687-1422 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

RCMP are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing Selkirk woman.

Selkirk RCMP said on Friday Drusilla Kirkwood, 34, was last seen in the community on Manitoba Avenue on April 27 at about 5 p.m.

Kirkwood is described as 5-7 in height, 230 lbs., brown hair and eyes, and was last seen wearing black pants, red shirt, brown shoes and a grey sweatshirt.

Anyone with information is asked to call Selkirk RCMP at 204-482-1222 or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at manitobacrimestoppers.com.

Two men were arrested after a homicide in Little Grand Rapids on Thursday.

RCMP were called about a disturbance at a home at about 4:15 p.m.

Officers arrested two men, ages 35 and 25, within the home.

RCMP later learned that a 63-year-old woman who lives in the home had been taken to the nursing station, where she was pronounced dead.

The death is being investigated as a homicide.

Winnipeg police are searching for a vulnerable 91-year-old woman.

Police said Eleanor Loeb was last seen in the Chalmers area this morning between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. They've activated a silver alert to help locate her.

Police said she's 5-5 with a medium build and brown shoulder-length hair. She was last seen wearing a red sweater and brown pants, and uses a walker.

Police ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to call missing persons investigators at 204-986-6250.

A 42-year-old woman who went missing in northern Manitoba on April 27 has been found dead.

RCMP said searchers discovered Catherine Dumas’s body in a wooded area in Muskrat Bay in Split Lake on Thursday.

Her cause of death has not been determined.

Winnipeg police are searching for suspects after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed by a group of youths in a schoolyard Thursday night.

Police dispatched to the reported stabbing in the West End just after 11 p.m., after the boy made his way down the block from Isaac Brock School on Clifton Street and a resident called for emergency responders.

The boy was taken to hospital in unstable condition but later upgraded to stable condition.

Major crimes investigators have determined the victim got into a confrontation with a group of youths near the school, which led to the boy being stabbed before the suspects ran.

Police have asked anyone with information to call major crimes investigators at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477.

(This brief has been updated to correct the name of the school.)