Sea Bears’ Posthumus suffers brain aneurysm
3:00 PM
Winnipeg native and Sea Bears basketball player Chad Posthumus suffered a brain aneurysm during a training session Saturday.
The Canadian Elite Basketball League forward was taken to hospital where he is in stable condition, the Sea Bears announced in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) Sunday.
He will require additional medical care, the statement said.
Woman robbed, assaulted by youth downtown
12:55 PM
A 62-year-old woman was assaulted by a group of teens who tried to steal her cellphone on Saturday evening.
The assault was unprovoked and happened at about 7:45 p.m. Nov. 10 in the 500 block of Main Street while the victim was sitting on a bench near city hall. The victim was approached by four female youth who tried to steal her phone, and when unsuccessful, they threw her to the ground and assaulted her before fleeing with some of her property. The woman had minor injuries but didn’t need medical attention, WPS stated in a news release.
Police arrested four youth suspects nearby. A 17-year-old, two 16-year-olds and a 14-year-old were charged with robbery. The 17-year-old was detained in custody on a warrant for failure to attend court. She also faces two charges of breaching an undertaking.
Drugs, weapons seized in traffic stop
12:44 PM
Winnipeg police seized a handgun, ammunition, a folding knife and body armour during a traffic stop at Mountain and McPhillips on Saturday morning.
A Dodge Ram pickup truck with four occupants was stopped at a red light at that intersection at about 7 a.m. Nov. 10. The vehicle sped up to get away when the driver saw a police vehicle behind them, WPS stated in a news release. Police pulled over the vehicle in the 600 block of McPhillips, saw the knife and body armour “in plain sight” in the vehicle, and found quantities of fentanyl, meth and cocaine in the truck as well as more than $9,000 in cash.
Kevin Raymond Scott Yestrau, 42, was charged with trafficking, firearms, weapons and proceeds-of-crime offences and was detained in custody. Three other Winnipeggers were charged with similar offences and were released on undertakings, WPS stated in the release.
Hellebuyck named NHL’s first star
11:36 AM
Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck was named the first star of the week by the NHL on Monday morning.
Hellebuyck went 3-0 and posted two shutouts, turning aside 88 of 89 shots he faced while setting a shutout streak that set a franchise record (191 minutes and 47 seconds).
The two-time Vezina Trophy winner is off to a sizzling start this season, going 11-1 with a 1.83 goals against average and .935 save percentage.
The Jets, who are 14-1, open a three-game road trip on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden against the New York Rangers.
