Near-zero visibility as fog advisory issued for much of southern Manitoba

Drivers are reporting very poor visibility due to thick fog throughout much of southern Manitoba Sunday morning, and Environment Canada has issued a fog advisory.

Visibility reportedly improves the further east you travel, with the Winnipeg region having good visibility for the most part.

From Environment Canada

Dense fog patches with near-zero visibility will continue into Sunday morning.

'Electrical failure' sparks house fire Sunday evening

Everyone is safe after a house fire Sunday in Niakwa Place.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to reports of a fire in a single-storey home in the 100 block of Fallbrook Bay just before 5 p.m.

The City of Winniepg says in a release that when firefighters arrived they saw flames and smoke coming from the home.

Firefighters were able to enter the home and attacked the fire from inside the structure.

They were able to get the fire under control by 5:20 p.m.

Everyone got out of the building safely and no injuries were reported.

Wind chills of -50 in the north, temperatures will plummet in south throughout day

Much of northern Manitoba remains under an extreme cold warning Monday as arctic air continues to push through the region.

Places like Tadoule Lake have been under an extreme cold warning for a week now. Wind chill values of -45 to -50 are being experienced throughout the regions under the warning.

Winnipeg Ice top Raiders at home

Conor Geekie's second goal of the game with 2:27 remaining in regulation time proved to be the deciding marker Saturday night as the Winnipeg ICE beat the Prince Albert Raiders 6-4.

Matthew Savoie also scored twice while Zach Benson and Ben Zloty rounded out the attack. Benson's goal was the 50th of his WHL career. Ty Nash chipped in with three assists.

The ICE outshot the Raiders 31-25. Goaltender Mason Beaupit earned the victory while Max Hildebrand suffered the loss.

Brayden Dube, Sloan Stanick, Carson Latimer and Ryder Ritchie had the Prince Albert goals.

Semi crash affecting Highway 1 at Deacon's Corner

A semi crash on the Trans-Canada Highway just east of Winnipeg is currently impacting traffic in both directions.

Witnesses say that a semi travelling westbound appeared to lose control and go into the eastbound lanes.

It is currently jackknifed across the eastbound lanes after the Deacon's Corner intersection.

The westbound lanes are also reduced to one lane while emergency crews respond.

Snow and wind have caused some tough driving conditions in some areas.

UPDATE: Suspect in alleged kidnapping of toddler and woman now in police custody

A man at the centre of a provincial manhunt is now in police custody.

Police had been searching for Michale Klimchuk since late Friday afternoon after he allegedly had an encounter with police in the parking lot of a Portage la Prairie hotel, tried to run over officers, drove into oncoming traffic on Highway 1, and kidnapped a 2-year-old girl and 25-year-old woman.

The RCMP sent out a release Sunday morning confirming that the Winnipeg Police Service took Klimchuk into custody earlier Sunday morning. Mounties say that he was taken into custody without incident.