Provincial News

NORWAY HOUSE, Man. — A police officer fatally shot an armed teenager on a First Nation north of Lake Winnipeg, RCMP said Friday.

WINNIPEG — Mike O’Shea stood in front of reporters Friday and kept his cool while answering questions about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 41-24 Grey Cup loss to the Toronto Argonauts last weekend.

FERGUS FALLS — A jury deliberated for less than 90 minutes Friday before convicting two men on human smuggling charges in a case where a family from India froze to death in Manitoba while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border.

STONEWALL, MAN. — RCMP northwest of Winnipeg are investigating a suspicious death. They say officers were called Thursday morning to a report of human remains in a home in the Regional Municipality of Rockwood.

CALGARY — Another onslaught of snow is headed for much of Alberta and western Saskatchewan.

SASKATOON, Sask. — Canada opened the second window of the FIBA men’s AmeriCup 2025 qualifiers with an 88-71 win over the Dominican Republic on Thursday at Sasktel Centre. Mfiondu Kabengele scored a team-high 17 points, along with two blocks.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Jackson Unger earned a 32-save shutout, Rilen Kovacevic scored twice and the Moose Jaw Warriors downed the Saskatoon Blades 4-0 on Thursday in Western Hockey League action.

FERGUS FALLS — A prosecutor urged a jury Thursday to find two accused human smugglers guilty, saying the men cared more about money than people's safety and their actions led to the deaths of a family of four in a prairie blizzard.

REGINA — A Regina chiropractor accused of sexually assaulting seven women in his care testified in his own defence Thursday, telling a jury he would get consent before touching them.

WINNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg say they haven't been able to confirm reports earlier this week of a knife-wielding man at the University of Manitoba.