News briefs for Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Winnipeg Free Press

18-06-2025

A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Tuesday, June 17, 2025
4:37 PM
Police were asking for the public's help in finding a missing 58-year-old man last seen on Sherbrook Street who has now been located.
Thomas Kelly was last seen on the 300 block at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release late Tuesday afternoon.
WPS updated the news release Tuesday evening stating Kelly had been safely located.
4:15 PM
The southern part of Nopiming Provincial Park is scheduled to reopen to permanent residents, cottagers and commercial operators at 8 a.m. Wednesday.
All of Nopiming closed May 13 due to an out-of-control wildfire.
The province said Provincial Road 315 will reopen with access to Bird, Booster, Flanders and Davidson lakes.
A closure and mandatory evacuation order remains in place for the rest of Nopiming and the entire areas of Wallace Lake, South Atikaki and Manigotagan River provincial parks, the province said.
2:49 PM
There's going to be a very '90s vibe at music venues in Winnipeg this winter.
First up, Toronto-based indie rock quartet Sloan brings its 14th album, Based on the Best Seller, to the Burton Cummings Theatre on Nov. 25.
The band — bassist and vocalist Chris Murphy, guitarists/vocalists Jay Ferguson and Patrick Pentland, and drummer/vocalist Andrew Scott — is known for such hits as The Good in Everyone, Money City Maniacs and Coax Me; it last played Winnipeg at the Burt Block Party in 2024.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.ca; prices have not yet been announced.
Next, it's a triple bill, headlined by the Tea Party with support from Headstones and Finger Eleven, at the Canada Life Centre on Dec. 1. It's the first time the three popular Canadian rock acts have shared a stage. Tickets (prices TBA) go on sale Friday at livenation.com.
2:01 PM
A Winnipeg teen is facing charges after park patrol officers were assaulted early Saturday.
St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP were sent to St. Malo Provincial Park at about 11 p.m. Friday after a teen was seen driving dangerously around the park while intoxicated. RCMP found park patrol officers had already detained a 17-year-old male, who was given an immediate roadside suspension.
A while later, at about 12:55 a.m., RCMP were told the teen had assaulted two park patrol officers. He was arrested on two counts each of assaulting a public officer and uttering threats. He was again released from custody.
12:29 PM
The province is notifying the public of four locations in southern Manitoba where people might have been exposed to measles.
The locations are:
Public health officials are asking anyone who was in these locations during these times to check their immunization records and ensure they are up to date with measles vaccines.
10:53 AM
The City of Winnipeg's executive policy committee approved the nomination of a new chief administrative officer Tuesday.
Council will vote on whether to appoint Joseph Dunford as CAO at its June 26 meeting. He would officially begin his role Aug. 4.
Dunford, an engineer, currently works as deputy minister of public service delivery for the provincial government. He has more than two decades of experience in the public and quasi-public sectors, with senior leadership roles in Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, Mayor Scott Gillingham's office said in a news release.
'Joe brings the kind of experience and energy we need to lead the public service at a time of real growth and change in our city,' Gillingham said in the release. 'He has a deep understanding of infrastructure, service delivery and the inner workings of government. Just as importantly, he's shown he can lead large teams, manage big budgets and drive results that improve people's lives.'
10:46 AM
A pedestrian was killed when he was hit by a pickup truck on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Winnipeg early Tuesday.
The collision happened near McGuckin Road in the Rural Municipality of Headingley at about 3 a.m. The highway's westbound lanes remained closed in the area for hours.
RCMP said in a news release that the pedestrian was 'a 67-year-old transient male' who was walking on the highway. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, a 52-year-old Winnipeg woman, was not injured.
A day earlier, a collision involving multiple vehicles snarled rush-hour traffic a few kilometres to the east, at about 4:40 p.m. Monday. The crash site, on the west Perimeter Highway near the Portage Avenue overpass, was cleared in less than two hours.
'It is unknown right now the exact number of vehicles involved in the collision, but there were no serious injuries in the incident,' RCMP said Monday evening.
10:24 AM
Manitoba Blue Cross has donated 400 game tickets and food vouchers for wildfire evacuees to attend Saturday night's Winnipeg Goldeyes game.
The organization is also providing free bus transportation to and from the game against the Sioux City Explorers.
For more information, email [e-mail].
Saturday is National Indigenous Peoples Day, and the night will feature live entertainment celebrating Indigenous culture, music and dance.
10:14 AM
Police destroyed a suspicious item resembling a pipe bomb found in a dormitory room at Cranberry Portage's high school Monday morning.
Staff members were at Frontier Collegiate's dorm preparing for the return of students after a wildfire evacuation when they saw the item.
The item was described to police as a metal pipe with tape on it. The RCMP explosives disposal unit took the item to a remote location and destroyed it. It did not contain explosive material, police determined.
Frontier School Division's website says the 57,000-square-foot dormitory houses up to 200 students from communities across northern Manitoba.