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The Manitoba RCMP is reminding people to stay off the ice after officers pulled off a daring rescue on the weekend.

The Selkirk Area RCMP were called at 7:30 on Sunday morning for a report that two people who were stranded on Lake Winnipeg after their vehicle went through the ice. A 41-year-old male and 40-year-old female from Ste. Anne, Man. had been travelling on Lake Winnipeg in their SUV to their regular ice fishing spot. Without warning, their vehicle went through the thin ice.

Exodus 3:1–3

One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. Heled the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up. "This is amazing, "Moses said to himself. "Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must go see it.” (Exodus 3:1–3)

Our annual spring online auction is back and with almost 700 items worth over $250,000 and starting at 60 per cent off, you have a chance to grab items you need or have always wanted at an incredible deal.

Bidding opens on Wednesday, March 20, at 6 a.m. and features everything from local hotels, to garden centres, house cleaning, restaurant gift cards and much more! 

Four men are in custody after a carjacking at a rest stop in western Manitoba early Thursday morning resulted in a school being placed in a 'hold and secure.'

The Manitoba RCMP says in a release that around 5:30 a.m., Spruce Plains RCMP received a report of an armed robbery at a rest stop on Highway 16 at Highway 10. Four suspects stole a truck at gunpoint and fled westbound.

A short time later, Yellowhead RCMP received a report of four suspicious people in Strathclair, which is approximately 40 kilometres northwest of the robbery location.

A Winnipeg man remains in police custody after being arrested in relation to child sexual abuse imagery uploaded to the internet.

The Winnipeg Police Service says in a release sent out on March 13 that the Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) was alerted to the images in June of 2023.

On October 12, 2023, a search warrant was executed at a residence in the 200 block of Polson Street, and several electronic storage devices were seized as evidence.

Georgia Friesen is proof that when you put your mind to something, success will naturally follow.

A high school student at Green Valley School in Grunthal, Georgia recently earned her spot on the Providence Club Pilots Volleyball team, and as Providence University’s High School Athlete of the Month

Volleyball has been Georgia’s sport since the beginning, and her passion, dedication, and hard work have led her to greatness.

Investigator's with the Major Crimes Unit are now investigating a fire in Winnipeg's North End last week as arson.

The Winnipeg Police Service says in a release that on February 29, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m., the Winnipeg Police Service responded to the report of a residential fire in the 800 block of Redwood Avenue.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service were already on scene and had combatted the fire. Nobody was at home at the time of the fire, however, three family dogs perished. Police notified Animal Services at that time.

Genesis 46:28–30

As they neared their destination, Jacob sent Judah ahead to meet Joseph and get directions to the region of Goshen. And when they finally arrived there, Joseph prepared his chariot and travelled to Goshen to meet his father, Jacob. When Joseph arrived, he embraced his father and wept, holding him for a long time. Finally, Jacob said to Joseph, "Now I am ready to die, since I have seen your face again and know you are still alive.” (Genesis 46:28–30)

Holdstock Livestock Ltd. pleaded guilty in Weyburn Provincial Court on February 13th to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. 

The company was fined $35,714.29 with a surcharge of $14,285.71 for contravening clause 3-1 (a) of the regulations (being an employer at a place of employment, fail to provide and maintain plant, systems of work and working environments that ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of the employer's workers, resulting in the serious injury of a worker).

Police in Winnipeg are asking for help in locating a suspect in a stabbing at the Osborne Transit Station on February 13.

Emergency personnel were called to the station around 8:45 p.m. and located a 26-year-old male victim at that time. Officers provided emergency medical care, including a chest seal, and the victim was taken to hospital in critical condition and later upgraded to stable condition.