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3 weeks ago | 
steinbachonline.com | Shannon Dueck
Steinbach RCMP say a teenager suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a motorcycle crash Saturday night.
Police were called to the single vehicle crash at 11:10 pm, along Highway 52 near the Highway 12 intersection. The 17-year-old male was taken to hospital. Again, police say he had non-life-threatening injuries.
According to Steinbach RCMP, earlier in the evening, the same motorcycle failed to stop for police, and charges are being contemplated.
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3 weeks ago | 
steinbachonline.com | Shannon Dueck
More areas of the Whiteshell reopened this morning.
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3 weeks ago | 
steinbachonline.com | Shannon Dueck
Manitoba remains in a provincewide state of emergency, due to rapidly spreading wildfires and extreme fire conditions.
The Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) reports the majority of Manitoba is under extreme fire danger today with small pockets of high fire danger. Human activity continues to significantly contribute to Manitoba's current wildfire situation.
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3 weeks ago | 
steinbachonline.com | Shannon Dueck
A woman from Winnipeg is dead following a possible drowning in Whiteshell Provincial Park.
On Saturday at 12:45 pm, Whitemouth RCMP were called to Sturgeon Falls near Nutimik Lake, along with Manitoba Conservation and EMS.
Police say a woman fell into the water after slipping on some rocks. The strong current then pulled her into the lake.
A Manitoba Conservation Service officer was able to locate the woman by boat within Nutimik Lake. She was immediately transported to hospital.
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3 weeks ago | 
steinbachonline.com | Shannon Dueck
The Senior Climatologist for Environment Canada says May was a remarkable month for weather.
David Phillips says it is quite possible that the 35.9 degrees that was recorded one day last month in Steinbach, will go down as the hottest day of the year. And believe it or not, that happened in the first half of the month, on May 13th.
May produced five days of at least 30 degrees in Steinbach. Phillips says on average, Steinbach sees fewer than one of those annually in May.
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3 weeks ago | 
steinbachonline.com | Shannon Dueck
Fires near Bird River and Ingolf, Ontario continue to burn out of control.
The Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) says the Bird River fire is approximately 188,441 hectares in size. Provincial Road (PR) 315 is closed at Hill Road in the Bird River area, with no travel beyond that point to Nopiming Provincial Park and onward up to PR 314 and Bissett. Mandatory evacuation is now in place for Bissett.
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4 weeks ago | 
steinbachonline.com | Shannon Dueck
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says there is a tonne of compassion being displayed as wildfires burn out of control in all regions of our province.
Kinew says a final evacuation occurred earlier today in Flin Flon. He notes the Mayor and Council decided that conditions there are so serious that even the last few workers need to leave the city. Kinew says healthcare workers left this morning, while the Mayor and Council and some final buses vacated shortly after.
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4 weeks ago | 
discoverwestman.com | Shannon Dueck
More restrictions came into effect today as wildfires continue to burn out of control in Manitoba.
Beginning at 8 am, Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) is implementing Level 3 fire and travel restrictions for the entire province within burn permit areas 1-22. That means all of northern Manitoba is under these restrictions, as well as everything east of Provincial Road 302 in southern Manitoba.
This means:
Hiking trails and water routes are closed.
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4 weeks ago | 
steinbachonline.com | Shannon Dueck
More restrictions come into effect today as wildfires continue to burn out of control in Manitoba.
Beginning at 8 am, Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) is implementing Level 3 fire and travel restrictions for the entire province within burn permit areas 1-22. That means all of northern Manitoba is under these restrictions, as well as everything east of Provincial Road 302 in southern Manitoba.
This means:
Hiking trails and water routes are closed.
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1 month ago | 
steinbachonline.com | Shannon Dueck
A woman, formerly from Steinbach, was among those who fled Flin Flon Wednesday, as wildfires burned out of control nearby.
The evacuation order came down Wednesday afternoon, and Helga Wiens who lives in the city of about 5,000 people, says by then she had already packed her bags.
Wiens says the pre-evacuation alert came down one day earlier, on Tuesday. Wiens, who works at a bank, says her boss happens to sit on Creighton City Council.
