Bombers take receiver, running back with first two picks
9:14 PM
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were busy making a deal early in Tuesday’s CFL Draft.
Winnipeg, which owned the eighth overall selection, traded that first-round choice and the 28th overall choice to the Calgary Stampeders in exchange for a pair of second-rounders, the 13th and 14th picks.
With those selections, the Bombers drafted University of Connecticut wide receiver Kevins Clercius 13th and Delaware State running back Michael Chris-Ike in the 14th slot.
Clercius, a 24-year-old Montreal product, is a 6-2, 217-pounder who was rated 20th by the CFL Scouting Combine.
Chris-Ike, 25, is a 6-1, 225-pounder from Hamilton.
The draft continues.
Fire in boarded-up home in Weston
4:51 PM
Crews extinguished a fire in a vacant single-storey house in Weston on Tuesday.
Firefighters were sent to the boarded-up home on the 1400 block of Roy Avenue at 1:10 p.m. and declared the fire under control at 1:39 p.m.
No one was inside.
Woman badly burned, man charged
3:09 PM
A man is facing charges after a woman suffered serious burns during an assault Sunday.
Headingley RCMP were sent to an assault at a home in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald at about 5:40 p.m.
The fire department was also sent to the home.
A fire was deliberately set to endanger the woman’s life, an RCMP spokeswoman said.
The 48-year-old victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries. She remained in hospital Tuesday, RCMP said in a news release.
A 49-year-old is charged with arson endangering life, aggravated assault and breach of a release order. He was remanded into custody.
The suspect and victim know each other, police said.
One taken to hospital after serious assault
1:55 PM
One person was rushed to hospital in unstable condition after a serious assault Tuesday.
Officers were sent to the 800 block of Main Street at about 1:15 p.m. and found a victim suffering from serious injuries, Winnipeg Police Service spokeswoman Const. Dani McKinnon said.
Officers will remain at the scene for some time, she said Tuesday afternoon.
No other details were immediately available.
