Serving is Essential

Galatians 5:13

Our world has become a large, impersonal, busy institution.

We are alienated from each other. Although crowded, we are lonely. Distant. Pushed together but uninvolved.

No longer do most neighbours visit across the backyard fence. The well-manicured front lawn is the modern moat that keeps barbarians at bay.

Teen stabbed without warning in random attack, police say

No arrests have been made following the stabbing of an 18-year-old as police continue to seek the public's assistance. 

At approximately 4:30 a.m. on July 13, police responded to the 800 block of Selkirk Avenue where the male victim was laying outside of a convenience store.

He was bleeding heavily and suffering from life-threatening injuries. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance in critical condition but has since been upgraded to stable.

STARS airlifts man with life-threatening injuries after Langruth assault

A 30-year-old Winnipeg female has been charged with Aggravated Assault following an incident in Langruth on Sunday night.

At approximately 11 p.m. on July 20, Portage la Prairie RCMP received a report of a stabbing at a residence.

Officers, along with assistance from the Manitoba First Nations Police Service (MFNPS) in Sandy Bay. Officers found a male with life-threatening injuries outside the residence on Broadway Ave in Langruth.

RCMP investigating after Winnipeg woman killed in crash near Gimli

A Monday evening collision claimed the life of a Winnipeg woman on Monday.

Just before 5 p.m. on July 21, Gimli RCMP received a report of a collision on Highway 326, at the intersection of Highway 329, in the Rural Municipality of Bifrost.

When officers arrived on the scene, two vehicles were in the ditch, southwest of the intersection. 

Following the investigation, it was revealed a pickup truck was going south on Highway 326 when a westbound sedan crossed through the intersection and was hit by the pickup truck.

Week long overnight closures coming to Abinojii Mikanah and St. Mary’s Road

Several overnight closures are coming to the intersection of Abinojii Mikinah and St. Mary’s Road starting Tuesday.

The closures are in place to allow overnight paving operations at the intersection. Traffic impacts are as follows:

July 22, 23, 24 (6 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly)

Manitoba Corrections Officer accused of sexually assaulting two inmates

A Corrections Officer has been arrested following allegations of sexually assaulting two men in Manitoba.

On July 16, the Winnipeg Police Service’s Sex Crimes Unit arrested a Corrections Officer after receiving separate reports about two adult men who were incarcerated and receiving medical treatment at a Winnipeg hospital when the assaults occurred.

The first man was receiving medical treatment at a hospital overnight in December 2024, under the guard of two correctional officers.