News briefs for Friday, June 27, 2025
A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Friday, June 27, 2025
8:06 PM
Manitoba's Carter Bear was selected 13th-overall by the Detroit Red Wings on Friday in the first round of the 2025 NHL draft.
Bear is from Peguis First Nation and grew up in West St. Paul. The 18-year-old has played the last three seasons with the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League. He had 82 points (40G, 42A) in 56 regular-season games last year before suffering a cut Achilles which required surgery.
Conor Geekie was the last Manitoban to be selected in the first round, going 11th-overall to the Arizona Coyotes back in 2022.
3:19 PM
A Beausejour man has been sentenced to five years in prison after an investigation into illegal gun manufacturing, the Canada Border Services Agency says.
Robert Ripcik, 57, was arrested on March 12, 2024. He pleaded guilty in Selkirk provincial court to three gun charges under the Criminal Code and two offences under the Customs Act and was sentenced Friday.
The CBSA's investigation began when border officers examined a shipment in April 2023 and found items related to the production of firearms without serial numbers. Such weapons are known as ghost guns because the firearms aren't easily traceable.
Mounties searched a rural property near Chatfield in March 2024 and seized guns and a 3D printer, among other items. CBSA officers returned to the property the next month and seized more items.
10:09 AM
A teen was taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was attacked by a large group of males wielding machetes in Thompson on Tuesday.
RCMP were sent to an open area off Duke Place at 4:40 a.m. The victim's injuries were not life-threatening, police said in a news release Friday.
Officers eventually arrested an 18-year-old man and two younger males, ages 17 and 16. The man is charged with aggravated assault, while the younger males were released and given a court date.
More arrests are expected, RCMP said.
9:40 AM
A failure in a lithium-ion battery or charger is the suspected cause of a house fire on Magnus Avenue.
Crews were sent to the one-and-a-half-storey home on the 400 block at 10:03 p.m. Thursday and declared the fire under control at 10:30 p.m.
The City of Winnipeg's emergency social services team was contacted to help displaced residents, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release Friday.
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