Marsha McLeod

3 weeks ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Marsha McLeod

A soot-covered, seven-pound black bear cub, who captured the hearts of Manitobans after being rescued from the wildfire northeast of Lac du Bonnet, has died. The tiny bear suffered smoke inhalation and severe burns to her paws, before she was brought to Black Bear Rescue Manitoba in Stonewall on Thursday evening. She was thought to have been alone for two days in the fire zone, separated from her mother, until a Manitoba Hydro sub-contractor found her alongside Wendigo Road.

3 weeks ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Marsha McLeod

The 3 a.m. phone call jolted Kaylan Rae awake. Kaylan normally wouldn’t have had his phone’s ringer on, but that night, May 24, 2023, he was on call at the water treatment plant. So when the phone rang, he was expecting to hear the voice of a co-worker. Instead, there was a man who identified himself as an RCMP officer. He was asking if Conor Rae was Kaylan’s son. With that confirmation, the officer said the 18-year-old had died — but that he couldn’t say how.

1 month ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Marsha McLeod

By: Marsha McLeod Posted: 11:14 PM CDT Monday, Apr. 28, 2025 Liberal incumbent Terry Duguid claimed a decisive victory in Winnipeg South, as voters kept true to the riding’s reputation as a reliable bellwether with the Liberals again to form government.

2 months ago | winnipegfreepress.com | Marsha McLeod

The family of a Grade 12 student fatally shot by RCMP in Portage la Prairie two years ago is suing two officers, saying their actions were “callous and showed a flagrant disregard” for the teenager’s safety — and his life. Conor Rae, 18, was killed in the early morning hours of May 24, 2023, at an apartment he’d recently moved into on Hazel Bay. Police had been called about a domestic disturbance at the home.

2 months ago | brandonsun.com | Marsha McLeod

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba regulatory body has rejected the efforts of a former Winnipeg doctor convicted of multiple sexual assaults against his patients to regain his license to practise medicine. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba denied Amir Mazhari Ravesh’s application for reinstatement, saying they were not satisfied that conditions proposed by Ravesh — to restrict his ability to practise — would adequately protect the public.