More Deadly Attacks
There has been another deadly nightclub shooting in Florida -- this time, in Fort Myers.
Police say two people have been killed and as many as 17 others wounded in the attack early this morning at Club Blu.
There is word three people have been taken into custody and that there are two active crime scenes.
Meanwhile, Germany has been shaken by the fourth attack in a week, a possible suicide bombing near a music festival that injured 12 people.
And in Iraq, officials say a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint outside a Shiite town north of Baghdad today, killing at least 14 people and wounding 41.
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Planned Power Outage
Manitoba Hydro is turning off the power in some Parkland communities tomorrow to allow crews to perform maintenance safely.
The outage is scheduled to last for about 2 hours beginning at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon.
Affected communities include Shergrove, Eddystone, Cayer, Ebb & Flow First Nation, the Narrows, and surrounding rural areas.
Hydro says the work is part of ongoing system renewal and rehabilitation work.
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Second Annual Autism Awareness Weekend in Kelwood Just Over a Month Away
A Parkland group is organizing a weekend event to raise money to help kids with autism.
Runs Through The Park Group from the town of Riding Mountain is putting on its second Autism Awareness weekend, during which there will be kid activities, a motorcycle/poker derby, and live music.
RTTPG Co-founder, Frank Pockett says they are teaming up with Parents with Autistic Children Everywhere (PACE) out of Winnipeg.
"This group, PACE, they do activities pretty much every week or every second week, and a lot of the money is coming out of there own pockets... so that's where we come along, we're trying to help them out."
Pockett says this all started up last year when they helped out a local family.
If you would like to make a donation to the cause, you can contact Pockett at 967-2075. The event runs August 26-28.
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Plaque Going Up to Commemorate First World War Training Site
A Manitoba site where thousands of Canadian soldiers trained to fight in the First World War is being marked with an official plaque.
Camp Hughes near Carberry served as the training ground for more than 38-thousand soldiers, at one time becoming the second-largest city in the province.
The site was named Camp Hughes in 1916 in honour of Canada's then-Minister of Militia and Defence, Major-General Sam Hughes.
It's one of the few places in the world where trenches from the period remain.
