Lions lead Bombers 13-7 at first half
8:49 PM
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers (0-2) trail the B.C. Lions (1-1) 13-7 after the first quarter of play at Princess Auto Stadium.
The visitors jumped out to an early 10-0 advantage before the Bombers responded with a late one-yard plunge by short-yardage quarterback Chris Streveler.
The Lions added a second quarter field goal. The Bombers got the ball down the B.C. six-yard line but came away with nothing after Zach Collaros threw an incomplete pass as time expired.
Bombers trail Lions 10-7 after Q1
8:11 PM
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers (0-2) trail the B.C. Lions (1-1) 10-7 after the first quarter of play at Princess Auto Stadium.
The visitors jumped out to an early 10-0 advantage before the Bombers responded with a late one-yard plunge by short-yardage quarterback Chris Streveler.
Released inmate a high risk to reoffend: police
4:35 PM
Police are warning the public about a sex offender who was released from prison and is expected to live in Sandy Bay First Nation.
Clay Byron Starr (a.k.a. Chad Crate, Clayton Starr and Richard Starr), 33, is considered a high risk to reoffend against females, police said Friday.
He was released from Millhaven Institution, a federal prison in Bath, Ont., on Thursday.
He was sentenced to 13 years in prison in October 2013, the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit said in a news release.
The release said Starr stole a stranger’s running vehicle with a female stranger inside on June 11, 2011. He “violently sexually assaulted” the girl and fled from police in a high-speed chase, the release said.
“Any form of vigilante activity or other unreasonable conduct” directed at Starr will not be tolerated, police said.
Pilot killed in plane crash north of Minitonas
3:23 PM
A 53-year-old man was killed when a small plane crashed in a field north of Minitonas on Thursday night.
Swan River RCMP were contacted about the crash in the Rural Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman at about 9:40 p.m.
The single-engine was in a field east of the Lenswood Highway. The pilot and lone occupant, who lived in the RM, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said Friday.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been notified.
RM Reeve Larry Mychalchuk said he knew the victim’s family.
“It is a tragedy,” Mychalchuk said. “I knew of him, a resident of the municipality… (he) had a young family himself.”
Mychalychuk said he did not know what kind of plane the man was piloting or where exactly the crash occurred.
“It just happened last night, so everybody’s kind of awestruck,” the reeve said.
Lagimodiere Boulevard and Regent Avenue to see lane closures this weekend
3:03 PM
Construction crews will be closing multiple lanes in a major east Winnipeg intersection this weekend.
Southbound turning lanes and all northbound lanes on Lagimodiere Boulevard at Regent Avenue West will close Saturday and Sunday.
All westbound lanes on Regent between Stapon Road and Lagimodiere will also close.
Eastbound median and curb lanes will close on Nairn Avenue between Grey Street and Panet Road.
The city’s website said the Nairn lanes will be closed between 7 a.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday but open for morning and afternoon rush hours.
Fire in De L’Église Avenue home extinguished
1:41 PM
Crews extinguished a fire in a two-and-a-half storey house in St. Norbert on Friday morning.
Firefighters were sent to the home on De L’Église Avenue at 7:14 a.m. and declared the fire under control at 7:49 a.m.
The occupant of the home got out before crews arrived.
The City of Winnipeg’s emergency social services team was sent to the scene to help the displaced person find temporary accommodations.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Missing teen last seen at Dauphin home found
11:12 AM
A missing 15-year old girl RCMP were searching for has been found and is safe, RCMP said Friday afternoon.
Skyler Boulbria had last seen at a home in Dauphin at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
RCMP said Friday morning that Skyler might be in the Roblin area.
Vacant Logan Avenue house burns
9:42 AM
A firefighter was assessed by paramedics while crews worked to extinguish a blaze in a vacant home on Logan Avenue early Friday.
Crews were sent to the two-and-a-half storey house on the 600 block of Logan Avenue at 2:01 a.m. and found it engulfed in smoke and flames.
Firefighters used an aerial ladder to douse the blaze and protect neighbouring homes, which were evacuated as a precaution. The fire was declared under control at 4:38 a.m.
No one was inside the home that burned.
A Winnipeg Transit bus was sent to the scene to provide shelter for evacuees.
The firefighter assessed by paramedics did not require transport to hospital, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release.
The house sustained significant smoke, fire and water damage. The cause is under investigation.
