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A teenage male is in police custody following a robbery and carjacking last week in the St. John's neighbourhood of Winnipeg. 

The Winnipeg Police Service says that at 2 p.m. on June 3 a woman was robbed in the entranceway of a library in the community.

Two situations the Estevan Police Service dealt with on Thursday included intoxication, while another involved a woman making numerous unwarranted 911 calls.

Police say they arrested a 38-year-old man after he left an establishment on the northeast side of the city. His breath samples were reportedly three times the legal limit. He was released once he sobered up.

Police also arrested a male for being intoxicated in public. They were concerned he was going to drive, and decided to lodge him until he was sober after not being able to find him a place to stay.

Everyone is back in their homes safe and sound after an outdoor fire spread to an apartment building early Wednesday morning.

Emergency crews were called just before 4 a.m. for a fire at a three-storey apartment building in the 200 block of College Avenue.

When crews arrived on scene, they observed a fire outside that had extended to the building, impacting two floors. They quickly extinguished the outside fire and proceeded to address the fire extension with an offensive attack. The fire was declared under control at 4:39 a.m.

The same day Fast Trucking Services Ltd. co-founder Vi Day was honoured at the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show, her son Dennis donated a quarter-million dollars to the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation (JPCHF).

Dennis, who now owns Fast Trucking, made the announcement Wednesday at the two-day event being held in Weyburn.

Official Opposition Leader Ryan Meili issued a statement immediately following the Sask Party Government’s cabinet shuffle that took place on May 31. Meili was critical particularly of the retentions of cabinet posts announced by the Premier. 

RCMP in southern Manitoba are asking for help in locating a missing man.

A man from Winnipeg is dead following a single-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon in the Rural Municipality of Reynolds.

At approximately 12:05 pm, Falcon Beach RCMP responded to the crash along the Trans-Canada Highway, near the Birch River bridge.

Police say the vehicle was travelling west, when it went into the ditch and rolled.

The driver, a 39-year-old male from Winnipeg was pronounced dead on scene. His passenger, a 32-year-old male from Scanterbury, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Growth of Bible translation efforts in Zambia is experiencing an explosion of activity due to the partnership between Wycliffe Associates and local churches.

The Wycliffe Associates initiative, Church Owned Bible Translation, began in 2014 to equip and train Bible translators. Now 20 of the more than 70 languages spoken in Zambia have active Bible translation efforts underway.

A flood warning continues for the Winnipeg River and Whiteshell areas.

Flooding continues in parts of the Interlake, Red River Valley and many other portions of central and southern Manitoba, impacting communities and properties and resulting in damages to infrastructure, loss of road access and evacuations.

The Red River peaked at Ste. Agathe, St. Adolphe and the Red River Floodway inlet on May 13, and is stable or declining at all locations upstream of Winnipeg. The river is expected to remain high for an extended duration, likely into June.

One person is dead following an early-morning collision over the weekend.

The Manitoba RCMP says that officers from the Pembina Valley detachment responded to a report of a single-vehicle collision just after 3 a.m. on Saturday. Police say that the collision occurred on Provincial Road 432, located approximately five kilometres south of Highway 23, in the RM of Thompson.

The investigation has determined that a vehicle was travelling southbound on PR 432 when it collided with a guard rail. The vehicle then entered the ditch where it was partially submerged in water.