Mike Thom

Neighbours south of the border are preparing for a major winter storm, but questions still linger about if Manitobans will find themselves digging out in just a few days.

Students and staff at Adult & Teen Challenge (ATC) are hoping and praying that stolen property will find its way back to the Christian addictions program.

"It’s been an interesting week," ATC says on their Facebook page. "Two thefts at two different ATC properties in one week!"

The first theft happened earlier this week at ATC's vehicle donation program yard, located just east of Winnipeg in the RM of Springfield. Staff say a van and an ATV were stolen from the property in that incident.

A third person has been found guilty of the torture and death of an Adult & Teen Challenge graduate.

Gerhard (George) Reimer-Wiebe was killed in June of 2020 and two men and two women were charged with first-degree murder in connection to his killing. His body was discovered in Portage la Prairie on June 24, 2020.

Canada's annual inflation rate spiked to 8.1 per cent in June according to new data from Statistics Canada (Stats Can). It's the largest yearly change in 39 years.

The climbing inflation rate came largely from gas prices, which were up over 50 per cent when compared to a year ago, Stats Can says in its report on Wednesday, July 20. Excluding the cost of gasoline, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the country was up by 6.5 per cent.

A Winnipeg woman is dead following a skydiving accident over the weekend in Gimli, Man.

The Manitoba RCMP says in a release that officers from the Gimli detachment were called just before 7:30 on Saturday evening.

Officers received a report that there had been a parachuting incident at the Gimli Industrial Park.