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A 54-year male pilot from Morden has passed away following a plane crash Tuesday evening.

At 8:25 pm, Portage la Prairie RCMP received a report of a plane crash approximately 18 kilometres southwest of Southport.

RCMP and EMS services arrived on the scene and located a crop dusting plane that had crashed into a field. The pilot was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada was notified and was deployed to the site.

A community organization that works to keep Winnipeg neighbourhoods safe is getting a boost from the government.

Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced on Tuesday evening that the province will be providing $200,000 to the Bear Clan Patrols. $100,000 of that funding will come in annual support he says.

A teen is facing weapons and drug charges after fleeing from police on Saturday night.

Over a dozen people have fallen victim to a scam in Winnipeg over the past six days that has resulted in significant losses.

The cost of two utilities is going down as of August 1st.

The Public Utilities Board has approved the application of Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. to decrease the current Primary Gas rate from $0.2055/m3 to $0.1977/m3. Approval was also given for a decrease in the Stittco propane commodity rate from $1.9618/m3 to $1.8835/m3.

According to the Utilities Board, the current Primary Gas rate reduction is the result of declines in the North American natural gas market prices.

A 32-year-old man is dead following a crash just east of Winnipeg.

The Manitoba RCMP says members of the Oakbank detachment were called around 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday to a single-vehicle crash. The collision occurred on Highway 1 just west of the intersection of Provincial Road 207, also known as Deacon's Corner.

Police have barricaded part of a road in the Minto neighbourhood after a "large sinkhole" opened up early Tuesday morning.

The Winnipeg Police Service says in a tweet that the "Inside lanes for both directions are barricaded" for St. Matthews Ave. at Spruce St.

The curb lane is open in both directions. However, police are asking the public to avoid the area if possible.

The Saskatoon Police Service issued an update Monday saying they're continuing to search for a mother and son that were reported missing Sunday evening.

48-year-old Dawn Walker and seven-year-old Vincent Jansen were reported missing when friends were unable to contact them.

If recent world events have taught us anything, it’s that life doesn’t always look the way we want it to look.

Author Mandy Hale says that while we can’t control the curveballs life throws at us, we can control our response to them. We can choose to loosen our grip on what we think life is “supposed” to be and embrace life for exactly what it is–messiness and mayhem and all. We can choose to stubbornly turn toward the sun, even as the storm rages around us.

A man is dead after police allege he barricaded himself in a home following an exchange of gunfire with Mounties who were attempting to execute an arrest warrant in southwestern Manitoba.

The Manitoba RCMP says in a release that officers from the Blue Hills and Killarney Detachment went to a home in the RM of Prairie Lakes to serve the warrant at 9:50 on Friday evening.