Candace Derksen

A 39-year-old man from Winkler has been charged with a raft of sex offences after two youths came forward to police last week.
    
Initially, one of the youths, a girl, reported he had repeatedly sexually assaulted her between 2020 and 2023. 
    
At that point, he was taken into custody by Winkler Police with help from the RCMP.
    
Then, a second youth, a boy, came forward and disclosed that he too had been sexually assaulted by the man over this same time frame. 
    
Police say the man was known to both of the victims. 
    

A second person has been charged with Second Degree Murder in the death of a 21-year-old Brandon man last Friday in Swan River. 
    
On Saturday, two, 16-year-old boys were arrested, with one charged with Second Degree Murder at the time and remanded into custody
    
On Wednesday, RCMP said the second teenager has now also been charged. 
    
As well, a third suspect, a 15-year-old boy from Swan River, was arrested and charged with Manslaughter on Tuesday. He was also remanded into custody.

The investigation continues.

Another case of fraud has Morden Police Service once again emphasizing caution to online shoppers. 
    
Late last month, someone purchased an item on VarageSale and sent an e-transfer to the seller, but when they went to alleged seller's home to pick it up, the person living there said they had the wrong address.
    
The buyer tried to contact the seller, but the account had already been deleted from the app.
    
Police stress, to never send an e-transfer until you have the item you're buying in your hand and can confirm the seller is legitimate

It's been about a month since a group of volunteers hit the streets of Carman and the R.M. of Dufferin, acting as an extra set of eyes and ears for the local RCMP. 

Following a recruitment drive this summer, 9 people were selected to help get the newly minted Carman-Dufferin Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP) off the ground and, according to Monica Halbesma, Carman-Dufferin Fire Department's public education safety coordinator, it's been so far, so good. 

Obby Khan says now is a great opportunity to deliver his positive and respectful leadership style.

Khan is one of two candidates vying to become the next leader of Manitoba's Progressive Conservative party.

"For months, I've been attending gatherings - small and large - and that really helped me make the jump to doing this," he said. "Listening to people over and over again, the common theme (that) came up was, 'build a really strong team, Obby. Show respect, listen, build each other up'."

It was a full day for police officers on duty in Altona on Saturday.
    
It all started early in the morning when officers were called to an intoxicated man causing a disturbance at a home. The man, however, had left before police arrived. Just before they were about to leave, however, officers noticed him walking back.
    
The 24-year-old was arrested under the Intoxicated Persons Detention Act and lodged in police cells until sober.

It was an emotional day Sunday as Altona's Mark Wiebe pushed his body and mind to the edge - all in support of men's health and cancer research.
    
In his own spin on the annual Movember fund raiser, Wiebe ran 100 kilometres on Sunday. 

He only started running about four months ago and, instead of doing it just for himself, decided to turn it into something good for others.

"No matter where you look, you're going to have people in your life who are dealing with health issues or cancer or whatever it is," said Wiebe. 

There were no injuries in a late afternoon two-vehicle crash on the outskirts of Altona Monday.

According to the Altona Police Service, a vehicle turning south onto Highway 30 from Centre Ave. failed to merge properly and sideswiped another southbound vehicle on the highway.
 

No other details are available at this time.

Two 16-year-old males from Swan River have been arrested in Friday's death of a 21-year-old Brandon man in the community.
    
Around 11 p.m. that night, police were called to an unresponsive man in Legion Park and, when they got there, found him with obvious injuries. He was pronounced deceased on scene.
    
According to RCMP, investigation led to the arrest of a 16-year-old male the following day. He's been charged with Second Degree Murder and was remanded into custody.
    

A drawn-out incident that started with a hit-and-run Saturday in Altona, ended up with 65-year-old local man getting arrested for impaired driving.