Fatal Crash Near Highway 23
Winnipeg media outlets are reporting that a teenage girl is dead after a two vehicle crash this past weekend.
On Sunday at approximately 2:30 pm, RCMP from Morris and Emerson were notified of a two veichle crash involving a car and a semi truck near Provincial Road 336 at Highway 23.
While arriving on scene, police found a 14-year-old girl and 48-year-old woman, both from Morris inside the car.
The girl was pronounced dead on scene, and the 48-year-old woman was transportted to hospital in critical condition.
RCMP say the driver of the semi truck suffered minor injuries.
The cause of the crash is currently under investigation and police believe alcohol was not a factor.
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Rollover in Southwestern Manitoba
Two men from Ireland have died in a rollover in southwestern Manitoba.
RCMP say officers responded to reports of an overturned vehicle on a provincial road west of Melita on Saturday morning.
Two men -- both unresponsive -- were found inside, and the vehicle was then turned over onto its wheels.
Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the rollover to contact them.
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Fort McMurray Thanks Canada Over Thanksgiving
The Alberta municipality that includes Fort McMurray has released a Thanksgiving video thanking Canadians for helping the city after it was ravaged by fire in May.
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has posted a video on its Facebook page expressing gratitude for the support Canadians provided when a massive wildfire forced more than 80-thousand to flee Fort Mac for weeks.
The video notes all of the donations, supplies, volunteer hours, handmade gifts and kind words that came in during the crisis.
The Canadian Red Cross said in August that 299-million dollars had been raised to help with recovery efforts.
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Tensions Rise At The Second US Presidential Debate
The second of three U-S presidential debates was a bitter one, filled with tension and insults.
In St. Louis last night, Republican nominee Donald Trump repeatedly called Democratic rival Hillary Clinton a "liar," labelled her the "devil'' -- and promised she would be in jail over her email scandal if he were president.
Clinton said Trump's vulgar comments about women reveal "exactly who he is,'' and added Trump has also disparaged immigrants, blacks, Latinos, the disabled, POWs and Muslims during his campaign.
Trump again dismissed his remarks about women as "locker-room talk."
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Winnipeg Says Goodbye To Hudson and Humphrey
Today is the last day to say goodbye to two of Manitoba's most beloved polar bears.
The last zookeeper presentation with Hudson and Humphrey at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo is this afternoon.
The siblings are moving back this week to Toronto, which is where they were born.
While in Winnipeg, the polar bears learned how to cohabitate with bears from the wild.
