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Driver who killed 15-year-old facing charges.


Driver who killed 15-year-old facing 14 charges, including drug related impaired driving


RCMP have laid fourteen charges against a 29-year-old


man that struck and killed a 15-year-old boy, injured an- other and fled the scene last month. Police say on Friday at 11:45 pm two 15-year-old boys


were riding their bikes on the shoulder of Donald Road, just off of Highway 9, when a vehicle went off the roadway and struck them. Te boys were thrown into the ditch by the impact. One 15-year-old boy, from the RM of St. Andrews, was


pronounced dead at the scene. Te second 15-year-old boy was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is currently in stable condition. Te driver fled the scene on foot after his vehicle became


disabled in the ditch. K-9 was called in and quickly picked- up a track and found the man in a vehicle on Donald Road.


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Stolen car crashes through guardrail – 24-year-old charged


AIR1 and officers on the ground tried to stop a stolen


vehicle in early August near McGregor Street and Dufferin Avenue; however the vehicle took off at a high rate of speed. Officers on the ground backed off and increased their


distance while AIR1 followed the stolen vehicle as it con- tinued to drive at a high rate of speed. Footage from AIR1 on this incident can be viewed here: Te stolen vehicle crashed through a guardrail at Hallet


Street and Rover Avenue and came to a stop on an embank- ment. A man fled from the vehicle, but was captured trying to hide in bush area. Police believe the stolen vehicle was taken from a home


in West St. Paul while parked overnight on July 31st. Police said a 23-year-old man from Winnipeg has been


charged with: Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000 Dangerous Operation of Motor Vehicle Fail to Comply Condition Recognizance by Judge/Justice


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Fire causes damage at Assiniboia West Community Centre


A building at the Assiniboia West Community Centre


suffered fire damage Tursday morning. Assiniboia West Community Centre has more than one


location, Tursday's fire damaged a building between the two outdoor rinks. Te cause of the fire is unknown as the Winnipeg Fire


Department has not released any information. • • •


Andrew Harris named CFL top performer for July Winnipeg native Andrew Harris of the Blue Bombers,


was named the CFL Top Performer for the month of July.


Winnipeg Bomber Andrew Harris honoured. Harris had an outstanding July, with three consecu-


tive games of 100+ rushing yards. Harris is on pace for another 1000+ yard season. He scored five touchdowns in four games in July four of them from rushing and one was a catch. Harris leads the league in rushing yards with 638, and


also leads the league in long runs, with four rushes of 20+ yards. He sits second on the all-time list of National run- ning backs with 6,906 career rushing yards.


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Winnipeg man who had over 100,000 illegal cigarettes facing fines and jail time


Manitoba Officials seized 112,700 contraband cigarettes


following an investigation into their sale. Manitoba Finance’s Taxation Special Investigations Unit


(SIU) has seized 112,700 contraband cigarettes following an investigation into their sale. On July 24th members of Manitoba Finance’s Taxation


Special Investigations Unit (SIU) arrested Graham Tom- son, a 67-year-old Winnipeg man, who was in the process of delivering contraband cigarettes. Following searches of his home and vehicle, 112,700 illegal cigarettes were seized along with $2,483.15 in cash and 94 grams of marijuana. Tomson is facing a number of charges. Te province says they stood to lose $33,246.50 in tax


revenue if these cigarettes had been sold. If convicted, Thomson faces fines between $1,000


and $10,000 and/or up to six months’ imprisonment. In addition, he will face a mandatory triple tax penalty of $99,739.50.


• • • RCMP Warn of E-mail scam RCMP in Manitoba are warning people of an email


extortion scam appearing in the province. Mounties have started to receive reports of a cyber-


extortion where suspects are sending emails to victims that reference a real password. Te email states the suspect has infected the victim’s computer with a virus that has allowed the suspect to control the webcam. Te suspect threatens to release a video of the victim taken while they were watching pornography to the victim’s contact list. If the victim pays a certain amount in Bitcoin, then the suspect will not release the video. Tis is a scam that has been around for a while. Te suspects do not have video of the victims, and victims should not be afraid to report this crime to the police. Te use of an actual password the victim has used in the


past is causing increased concern to this previously seen scam. Police say there are many ways the suspects could have gained access to these passwords, data breaches and hacking are two examples. If you are still using the referenced password for anything, make sure you change it immediately. It is recommended to change all passwords regularly to protect yourself from any type of hacking or scam.


Illegal cigarette seizure. • • • Arrest Made in Murder of Dean Yurkiw Police have arrested and charged a man with the 2017


murder of Dean Wade Yurkiw. On August 4, 2017, Yurkiw, who was 50-years-old at the


time, was physically attacked in the 300 block of Aber- deen Avenue. Te suspect then produced a knife, fatally stabbed the victim and took off before police arrived. As reported on Manitoba Post, police released a


description of a suspect and requested the public’s as- sistance in identifying the individual on July 4th. Police say they have now arrested Zachary Bran-


don Roulette, a 24-year-old man from Winnipeg, and charged him with 2nd Degree Murder.


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Winnipeg hosts the World Masters Ultimate Club Championships


Last month, Little Mountain Sportsplex welcomed the


World. From July 29-Aug. 4, the World Masters Ultimate Club Championships (WMUCC) lit up Little Mountain Sportsplex and Investors Group Field. Te Master's division is for female Ultimate players


30-and-over and Male players 33-and-over. Tese are athletes who have dedicated their lives to the sport and are looking to claim the World Championships for their club teams. One of the fastest growing games in the world, Ul-


timate has expanded across the globe. Te WMUCC has 72 teams from 13 countries, expanding from 26 teams just four years ago in Italy, making it the largest World Championship ever held in the Master’s divi- sion. Australia, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States are all sending representatives to Winnipeg.


• • • Lights of the North construction begins Construction has begun for the Lights of the North,


Chinese Lantern Light Festival. Dorothy Doobie, a co- chair, said, the steel required for the exhibits reached Winnipeg July 20th. In all, CN is hauling in 18 car loads of steel components and other materials for the show. Lights of the North, Chinese Lantern Light Festival is


helping to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the sister city twinning between Winnipeg and Chengdu, China with a luminous event this September and October. Te event, which will be held at Red River Exhibition


Park, will occupy close to 10 acres and feature specially designed lantern exhibits depicting Manitoba, Canada and Chinese icons and symbols illuminated by millions of LED lights.


Fire at Assiniboia West Community Centre. 4 Manitoba Post


E-mail scam alert. www.manitobapost.com


Lights of the North construction underway. September 2018


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