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Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, June 12, 2025.
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Manitoba will face higher wildfire risk as hot weather looms, officials say; This photo provided by the Manitoba government shows wildfires near Sherridon, Man\., on Tuesday, May 27\. As of Wednesday, 21 active wildfires are burning in Manitoba, including nine that are out of control, the province says\.

Manitoba will face higher wildfire risk as hot weather looms, officials say

June 12 , 2025 at 11:45:00 a.m. CST • :

Manitoba's Natural Resources Minister Ian Bushie says recent rains have left some "cautiously optimistic" that out-of-control wildfires will be snuffed out soon, but warns the height of this year's wildfire season may still be yet to come.
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'I wish you had killed me,' woman tells attacker in court after being abandoned in Winnipeg dumpster; When given the chance to speak during his sentencing hearing on Thursday, Joey Audy stood from where he listened in the prisoner's box and said he was sorry for his actions in an attack where a woman was held hostage for hours before being left to die in a dumpster\.

'I wish you had killed me,' woman tells attacker in court after being abandoned in Winnipeg dumpster

June 12 , 2025 at 06:03:10 p.m. CST • :

A woman who was brutally beaten, forced into a duffel bag and abandoned in a dumpster on a freezing night in Winnipeg says she still lives with reminders of that attack — from how she can't stand the sound of duct tape, to the scar on her lower lip from being kicked in the face.
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Wildfire-impacted businesses can apply for tax payment deferral in Manitoba; Smoke billows into the sky in Flin Flon, Man\., on May 28, 2025\. Wildfire-impacted businesses in Manitoba will be able to apply for relief on provincially administered tax payments starting this week, the government said in a news release Thursday\.

Wildfire-impacted businesses can apply for tax payment deferral in Manitoba

June 12 , 2025 at 03:54:01 p.m. CST • :

Businesses in Manitoba affected by wildfires will be allowed to request the waiving of penalties resulting from not being able to pay their taxes.
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Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings to reunite for 1st Guess Who performance in 23 years; Randy Bachman, left, and Burton Cummings, right, performing live as Bachman Cummings in 2023\.

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings to reunite for 1st Guess Who performance in 23 years

June 12 , 2025 at 02:36:46 p.m. CST • :

The musicians haven't performed together as the Guess Who in decades.
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See a Winnipeg artist make detailed portraits with duct tape; Man wearing a green shirt stands in from of a duck taped design of singer Eminem

See a Winnipeg artist make detailed portraits with duct tape

June 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Duct tape is often used to make quick repairs, but one Winnipegger has gotten stuck on another use. Levi Sobering creates intricate portraits with layers of coloured duct tape.
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Police put dent in Manitoba cocaine, gun trafficking ring; Insp\. Josh Ewatski, left, and RCMP Supt\. Jeff Admundson look over the seized guns on display at a news conference in Winnipeg on Thursday\.  

June 12 , 2025 at 11:54:36 a.m. CST • :

Police put dent in Manitoba cocaine, gun trafficking ring

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Bike lane proponents decry 'overreach' after committee votes not to hear them until July; Officers place evidence markers around a damaged bicycle on the boulevard of Wellington Crescent in Winnipeg on June 6, 2024, when 61-year-old Ron Jenner was killed on his way to work\. The 19-year-old driver at the wheel of the speeding vehicle that killed Jenner pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and was sentenced to three years in jail\.  

June 12 , 2025 at 03:16:48 p.m. CST • :

Bike lane proponents decry 'overreach' after committee votes not to hear them until July

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1 passenger survives after Air India flight bound for London crashes with 242 aboard; Firefighters work at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday\. The plane was carrying more than 240 passengers and crew\.  

June 12 , 2025 at 03:10:25 a.m. CST • :

1 passenger survives after Air India flight bound for London crashes with 242 aboard

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Jets goaltender Hellebuyck cements spectacular campaign with Hart, Vezina awards; Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player, the league announced Thursday\. Hellebuyck also won his third Vezina Trophy as the league's top netminder\.  

June 12 , 2025 at 10:07:16 a.m. CST • :

Jets goaltender Hellebuyck cements spectacular campaign with Hart, Vezina awards

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No charges for Manitoba officer accused of using derogatory language, punching person's face: IIU; Manitoba's police watchdog, the Independent Investigation Unit, has wrapped up its investigation into an arrest involving a Brandon police officer accused of using derogatory language and punching a person in the face\.  

June 12 , 2025 at 01:39:03 p.m. CST • :

No charges for Manitoba officer accused of using derogatory language, punching person's face: IIU

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June 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Winnipeg principal 'dumbfounded' after 4-metre teepee stolen from elementary school's lawn

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June 12 , 2025 at 07:27:59 a.m. CST • :

7 hospitalized after eating salami recalled due to possible salmonella

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June 11 , 2025 at 03:27:52 p.m. CST • :

Marking 75 years since the flood of 1950 in Winnipeg

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June 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Riley Laychuk's Manitoba forecast for Thursday, June 12, 2025

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June 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Manitoba's stricter drunk driving law likely to result in about 4 lifetime suspensions a year on average

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