Manitoba hotel owners charged with trafficking employees who were underpaid, threatened with deportation: RCMP | A year after house explosion, some Transcona residents still waiting to return | City report proposes protected bike lane, lower speed limit pilot on Wellington Crescent
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Friday, June 27, 2025.
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Manitoba hotel owners charged with trafficking employees who were underpaid, threatened with deportation: RCMP; Manitoba RCMP Sgt\. Cathy Farrell says the investigation into the alleged trafficking case started in February, when Mounties got a call about a disturbance at a hotel in the rural municipality of Portage la Prairie\.

Manitoba hotel owners charged with trafficking employees who were underpaid, threatened with deportation: RCMP

June 26 , 2025 at 03:51:10 p.m. CST • :

A couple who own a hotel in the rural municipality of Portage la Prairie have been charged with human trafficking following a months-long police investigation, where four employees from India reported being underpaid, forced to work 15-hour days and threatened with deportation.
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A year after house explosion, some Transcona residents still waiting to return; Winnipeggers who were displaced by an explosion in Transcona attended a meet-and-greet organized by MLA Shannon Corbett on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the blast on Camrose Bay\.

A year after house explosion, some Transcona residents still waiting to return

June 26 , 2025 at 07:25:27 p.m. CST • :

Winnipeggers who were displaced by a house explosion in the city's Transcona neighbourhood are still waiting on new homes and answers a full year since the blast.
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City report proposes protected bike lane, lower speed limit pilot on Wellington Crescent; Family, friends and cyclists rest flowers at the 'ghost bike' that was installed on Wellington Crescent last June to pay tribute to Rob Jenner, who died in a hit-and-run while he was cycling to work\.

City report proposes protected bike lane, lower speed limit pilot on Wellington Crescent

June 26 , 2025 at 06:17:39 p.m. CST • :

Winnipeg could pilot additional protections for active transportation users along a section of a city street where a cyclist was killed last year.
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Winnipeg lawyer charged with multiple counts of professional misconduct; The Law Society of Manitoba announced in a decision last week that Winnipeg lawyer Paul Sydney Vyamucharo-Shawa has been found guilty on more than a dozen charges of breaching his professional code of conduct after three different citations were filed against him\.

Winnipeg lawyer charged with multiple counts of professional misconduct

June 26 , 2025 at 02:11:49 p.m. CST • :

A Winnipeg lawyer has been found guilty on more than a dozen charges of breaching his professional code of conduct after three different citations were filed against him, and he will now wait to learn what punishment he will face.
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Zach Collaros does it all for unbeaten Blue Bombers in win over Edmonton Elks; Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros threw for three touchdowns in the first half of Thursday night's game against the Edmonton Elks\.

Zach Collaros does it all for unbeaten Blue Bombers in win over Edmonton Elks

June 26 , 2025 at 10:04:07 p.m. CST • :

Quarterback Zach Collaros threw for three touchdowns in the first half and rushed for another in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach, as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat the Edmonton Elks 36-23 Thursday night at Princess Auto Stadium.
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Police launch impaired driving investigation after truck hits teenage cyclist in South Osborne; Winnipeg police and cadets taped off Morley Avenue and Osborne Street Thursday morning, near a bicycle with a dented front tire\.  

June 26 , 2025 at 09:01:01 a.m. CST • :

Police launch impaired driving investigation after truck hits teenage cyclist in South Osborne

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Manitoba's high school athletes of the year named; Eight male and female student stand holding award plaques and trophy's  

June 26 , 2025 at 11:27:16 a.m. CST • :

Manitoba's high school athletes of the year named

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2 charged in unrelated homicides hours apart on northern Manitoba First Nation; The first of two attacks in Mosakahiken Cree Nation happened Tuesday night on Portage Road and left a 40-year-old dead\. The other, on Traders Road, left a 19-year-old man dead just after midnight on Wednesday\.  

June 26 , 2025 at 12:28:50 p.m. CST • :

2 charged in unrelated homicides hours apart on northern Manitoba First Nation

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Silver alert called off after missing man, 33, found safe; Winnipeg police issue silver alerts when vulnerable adults go missing\.  

June 26 , 2025 at 07:12:06 a.m. CST • :

Silver alert called off after missing man, 33, found safe

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Manitoba lifting provincial travel, burn bans as recent rains continue to dampen wildfires; A helicopter crew works on a wildfire as another flies by during a helicopter tour near the northern Manitoba town of Flin Flon on June 12\. There were 18 active wildfires across Manitoba as of Wednesday, the province said in its most recent fire bulletin\.  

June 26 , 2025 at 10:24:59 a.m. CST • :

Manitoba lifting provincial travel, burn bans as recent rains continue to dampen wildfires

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June 26 , 2025 at 03:52:10 p.m. CST • :

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June 26 , 2025 at 04:35:48 p.m. CST • :

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June 26 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. CST • :

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June 26 , 2025 at 01:46:47 p.m. CST • :

Inmate who escaped Stony Mountain Institution back in custody

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