Second-Degree Murder Charge Laid in Shamatawa Woman's Death
A man faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death last week of a 37-year-old woman in Manitoba.
RCMP say the woman from Shamatawa was reported missing last Wednesday, and that a fisherman found her body in a nearby river the following day.
Police say the woman and the accused knew each other.
Thirty-seven-year-old Philip Miles of Shamatawa has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Thompson today.
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Food Bank Needs Food
Dauphin's Food Bank is empty.
Recently, Dauphin's Food Bank ended up with over 100 applications, cleaning the facility out.
Co-Chair of the food bank Robin Gambler says the organization is always looking for donations.
"Anybody can donate any kind of items of food... and it can be dropped off either at Parkland Crossing or right to the food bank or the Friendship Centre."
Gambler says the summer months are always tougher.
The Dauphin Food Bank is located at 220 Whitmore Avenue West.
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Crash Closes Manitoba Highway
Drivers must avoid an intersection on a major Manitoba highway due to an accident this morning.
A collision at the intersection of Highway 6 and 67 has closed the road.
A detour is in effect.
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More Police Shot and Killed in US
US President Barack Obama is urging Americans to tamp down inflammatory words and actions in the wake of another mass shooting of police officers.
A former Marine shot and killed three officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Sunday.
Three other officers were wounded, one of them critically, and the gunman was killed at the scene.
Obama says Americans don't need what he called "careless accusations thrown around to score political points or advance an agenda'' in the wake of the tragedy.
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UNESCO Referral for Manitoba Forest
An application for world recognition of a stretch of boreal forest in Manitoba and Ontario has been "referred'' by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee.
The committee was considering Pimachiowin Aki for approval as a world heritage site during meetings in Istanbul, and it approved a fossil site in Newfoundland an Labrador.
But prior to the meeting, Pimachiowin Aki Corporation learned that the Pikangikum First Nation, one of the members of the corporation, was withdrawing its support for the project.
The committee's referral process allows up to three years for the submission of additional information.
