RCMP search for missing Thompson woman
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Mounties in Thompson are searching for a woman who may have information about an alleged assault in the community in April.
RCMP have been trying to contact 20-year-old Raylene Oman about an incident, but efforts to find her have been unsuccessful.
On April 27 around 12:55 p.m. Thompson RCMP received a report of an assault at a home on Cornell Place.
“Officers attended to the location and spoke to several residents but could not substantiate what had occurred earlier that morning,” RCMP said in a news release Wednesday.
RCMP are asking for help locating Oman as she is now believed to be missing. Her whereabouts are unknown but she may have traveled to Winnipeg, the release said.
She’s described as being 5-4, 160 pounds with long black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Thompson RCMP at 204-677-6909/6911, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.
Sea Bears sell out 2024 home opener
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The Winnipeg Sea Bears will have a sellout crowd of 9,116 on hand at Canada Life Centre when they hold their home opener May 24 against the defending Canadian Elite Basketball League champion Scarborough Shooting Stars.
Winnipeg also had a high demand for tickets during a successful inaugural season in 2023 when five of the club’s home dates were sold out. Winnipeg also set the CEBL’s single-game attendance record on three separate occasions, including an all-time league high of 10,580 fans for an Aug. 4 play-in matchup with the Edmonton Stingers.
Tickets are still available for Winnipeg’s next home game, a June 1 matchup with the Ottawa BlackJacks.
The Sea Bears open training camp Monday at Sport Manitoba in downtown Winnipeg before heading to Saskatoon to take on the Saskatchewan Rattlers for their season opener on May 22.
Emergency alert tested Wednesday afternoon
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It was only a test.
Manitoba’s emergency measures organization sent a test emergency alert on compatible mobile phones, as well as televisions and radios, at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday.
The province said the test is important to educate the public on what a real emergency alert would look and sound like and to validate and improve the alert system.
Not all Manitobans received the alert on their phones, the province said, depending on device compatibility, cell tower coverage and phone settings.
Waters, Woods and Cuddy coming to The Burt
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October is gearing up to be a busy music month at Burton Cummings Theatre, with a trio of concerts announced in the last week.
Powerhouse indie pop vocalist Ruby Waters is set to headline the downtown Winnipeg venue on Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Folk singer-songwriter Donovan Woods tours through the Burt on Friday, Oct. 11.
And Jim Cuddy, of Blue Rodeo fame, performs on Saturday, Oct. 26 with his band and son Devin in support of his forthcoming album, All The World Fades Away.
Presale tickets available Thursday, general admission goes live Friday on Ticketmaster.
Shamattawa RCMP searching for missing man
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RCMP are searching for a missing man who disappeared from a Manitoba First Nations community last week.
Melvin Lawrence Redhead was last seen in Shamattawa on Saturday wearing brown pants, a green and brown sweater and black shoes, RCMP said in a news release Wednesday.
RCMP are asking residents of the community, located roughly 740 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, to check their backyards and outbuildings for any sign that Redhead might have taken shelter inside.
He is described as 5-10 tall and 210 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Mounties are asking anyone with information about Redhead’s location to call Shamattawa RCMP at 204-565-2351, or to contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or manitobacrimestoppers.com.
Arrest made in April homicide
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An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a 28-year-old man in April.
Bill Brian Duck, a Winnipeg man from God’s Lake First Nation, was shot and killed on the 600 block of Flora Avenue on April 26. Three days later, police asked any witnesses to come forward.
Officers patrolling near McGregor Street and Magnus Avenue at about 11:55 p.m. Monday followed a pickup truck that made an evasive turn in front of them, the Winnipeg Police Service said Wednesday.
The driver eventually left the vehicle and began running before being arrested and later identified as a suspect in the homicide, the WPS said.
Adam Joseph Morrissette, 50, of Winnipeg, was arrested on a warrant for second-degree murder. The WPS said he was driving a stolen vehicle and had a small amount of drugs on him. He has been charged with two counts of possessing a scheduled substance and one charge of possessing property obtained by crime worth over $5,000.
Police said Duck and Morrisette did not know each other.
Duck’s death is Winnipeg’s 13th slaying of 2024, though police include the 2023 deaths of two infants in their internal 2024 homicide statistics because charges were laid this year.
