Marney Blunt

2 days ago | globalnews.ca | Marney Blunt

An 89-year-old Winnipeg golfer is proving that age is no reason to slow down. Hank Plouffe, who will be turning 90 in July, hits up Bel Acres Golf & Country Club, just north of Winnipeg, five days a week, from Monday to Friday. "It's the enjoyment of the friendship of the people that you play with," Plouffe said. "It's a game; there's fun to it."And it was friendship that drew Plouffe, who averages about 70 games a season, to the game of golf 57 years ago.

4 days ago | globalnews.ca | Marney Blunt

Winnipeg emergency crews are on-scene of a major blaze in Transcona Monday afternoon. A spokesperson for the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) told Global News that a major wildland fire is threatening structures in the 600 block of Gunn Road and surrounding area. WFPS crews are evacuating some commercial buildings and urging residents to avoid the area. The city says residents are not being asked to evacuate their homes at this time.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Marney Blunt

A Winnipeg woman says the province needs to take a closer look at policies surrounding addictions treatment in Manitoba. Cheryl Chorneyko’s family member, who Global News is not identifying due to privacy concerns, has been struggling with a severe alcohol addiction for years. Chorneyko says she wants to speak out, before it’s too late. “The system can do better. Number one, I just don’t want my loved one dead,” Chorneyko told to Global News.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Marney Blunt

A judge is now preparing the final report for the inquest into the 2021 death of Lee Earnshaw, which wrapped up in Winnipeg on Thursday. Earnshaw, a father of four and a commercial fisherman from B.C., died in June 2021 at the age of 42, after a struggle with an opioid addiction. His family says on at least five occasions, Earnshaw tried to access treatment at rapid access to addiction medicine, or RAAM, clinics, but was turned away.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Marney Blunt

There are few who have witnessed the past century, but a seniors centre in south Winnipeg is celebrating eight people who have done just that. The Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre held a celebration on Tuesday for the Manitobans marking the milestone. The group ranges in age from 100 to 104 years of age. “We have had centenarian parties in the past where we have honoured two or three people, maybe five people, but I think eight is a rather unusual number.