Police in Brandon have made three arrests after reports that a nine-year-old girl was sexually assaulted over the last three years. The assaults were separate incidents involving three different suspects, but with the same child.
Fires started in Assiniboine Forrest yesterday around noon went from the walking path behind Canadian Mennonite University to the pathway south. Firefighters used brooms and had to haul hoses through the woods, since there’s, obviously, not a lot of hydrants in the trees.
The Canadian Institute of Planners announced yesterday that Osborne Village has been voted the Best Neighbourhood in Canada in its Great Places contest. More than 200,000 online votes put our funky Winnipeg neighbourhood over places like Vancouver’s Gastown and Toronto’s Roncesvalles Village.
You’ll be noticing a Buy Manitoba label on some items at Safeway. The new campaign will highlight Manitoba-made food products, which means it’s either made entirely from ingredients from Manitoba or, at least, 85 per cent of main ingredients from Manitoba. All the processing and packaging must also be done in the province.
A standoff in North Kildonan has ended after police, paramedics and fire crews were on hand to deal with a reported gun threat. The 58-year-old man,who was armed and barricaded inside a home, surrendered peacefully and there were no injuries.
The cause of the house fire on McMillian Tuesday was because someone put out a cigarette in a flower pot full of peat moss. It caught fire, spread and caused around $900-thousand worth of damage.
Our military may have to buy their own Viagra soon. The Defence Department currently covers each member for up to six Viagra pills a month at $22 a pop but are considering cutting that perk to save some money.
With our new garbage and recycling pickup will be on the same day each week, starting in July. Garbage pickup will never again be delayed by more than one day because of a holiday.
A new Motley Crue live DVD is on the way. “Motley Crue – Kickstart Live 2011″ will be released on June 5.
