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Firefighters are mopping up following a fire at a home in Winnipeg's St. Vital neighbourhood.

Over a dozen units responded to the blaze, which occurred around 4 a.m. in the 200 block of Hazelwood Ave.

Temperatures are continuing to soar in Manitoba into the high 30s, with humidity making most areas feel more like 40 degrees on Sunday. That's prompted Environment Canada to issue heat warnings for most of the province.

From Environment Canada:

Daytime highs between 32 and 36 degrees Celsius today across southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Police are investigating the death of a man who was discovered with serious injuries by firefighters who responded to a fire alarm on Friday evening.

The Winnipeg Police Service says that officers were called around 5:30 p.m. to the 500 block of Burnell Street for the report of an injured male. Members of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service found the man and called police.
 
The WPS says in a release that officers from the Central District attended and located an adult male suffering from upper-body injuries within the residence.

Much of Manitoba is in store for a hot and muggy weekend, with humidex values reaching 40 degrees in some regions. 

That's prompted Environment Canada to issue a number of heat warnings, as humidex values will reach at least 35 for the next 3 days.

From Environment Canada:

Daytime highs between 30 and 35 degrees and overnight lows of 16 degrees and warmer are expected over the next few days.

Through the weekend, humidity will also be a concern over eastern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba, where humidex values are forecast to approach 40.

Mounties in Manitoba are appealing to the public to help them solve the disappearance of a "kind, quiet, shy, 16-year-old girl" who went missing two years ago.

Tammy Nattaway went missing in mid-July of 2020 from her community of Kistiganwacheeng (Garden Hill), Manitoba. Her family has told police that the young girl was not known to go off by herself and when she didn’t come home, they knew immediately that something was wrong.

Community searches were conducted, and the RCMP was contacted.

A man who was allegedly armed with a gun in front of an Osborne Village home was shot by police Wednesday afternoon. 

The Winnipeg Police Service says in a release sent out Wednesday evening that officers were called for reports of a man armed with a gun in the 300 block of Gertrude Avenue. The call came in around 3 p.m. and officers from the North, West, and East Districts, as well as the Tactical Support Unit resounded.

Police say they located the armed man in front of a residence.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority reported Wednesday afternoon that Saskatchewan has its first confirmed case of monkeypox.

A Saskatchewan resident contracted what public health officials call a rare disease brought on by infection with monkeypox virus.

"The risk in Saskatchewan and Canada remains low, but residents are encouraged to be aware of the symptoms and contact a health care provider if they suspect they may be infected," Deputy Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Julie Kryzanowski said. 

A crash that seemed to involve two vehicles resulted in emergency crews attending the intersection of 13th Avenue and 6th Street in Estevan before 4:40 p.m. Monday.

There's no immediate word on whether there were any injuries. Estevan Fire Rescue Services, Estevan Police Service, and EMS were on the scene.

There's also no word on the cause of the incident.

Fewer and fewer lab tests for COVID-19 are producing positive results in Saskatchewan.

The province's weekly update, delivered Thursday afternoon, included a 3.87-per-cent positivity rate for lab tests (208 confirmed cases in 5,372 tests). That rate was 4 per cent last Thursday, 5.3 per cent in the June 2 update, and above 13 per cent in early March.

Meanwhile, the test-positivity rate for the South East zone of the province rose from 9.1 per cent to 9.6, week over week. The South East was the highest in the province, following by Regina at 7 per cent.

Firefighters rescued one pet but another succumbed to injuries suffered in a house fire Saturday morning in Winnipeg.

Emergency crews were called at 7:14 a.m. to reports of a fire at a bungalow in the 800 block of Laxdal Road.

The City of Winnipeg says in a release that the fire was already well involved when crews arrived. Firefighters did their best to extinguish the fire from inside the building but they were quickly forced outside due to safety concerns.