Manitoba Mudrun Registration Open
Registration for the 2016 Manitoba Mudrun opens at noon today!
This year’s event takes place August 6 at the Countryfest site.
Tickets are $60, and you can register at www.manitobamudrun.com
Refugee Goal Reached
With two days to spare, the Trudeau government says it has met its goal of accepting 25,000 refugees from Syria by the end of this month.
The 25,000th was among a group of refugees who were aboard a plane that landed last night in Montreal.
In the coming days, they will be re-settled in eight provinces.
The three refugee families coming to Dauphin have all arrived.
Winnipeg Fatal Crash
Police in Winnipeg say one of the two vehicles in a crash that killed a man yesterday was stolen.
Investigators say a Honda Civic was stolen by an unknown female and that it later crashed into a Buick Regal.
Two drivers -- a 71-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman -- were taken to hospital in critical condition. The man has since died.
Police say they are still investigating.
MB Polar Bear Incidents
Manitoba government documents show encounters between humans and polar bears on the shore of Hudson Bay reached record levels last year.
They show there were 351 encounters in Churchill in 2015 -- an increase of one-third over 2013.
Experts say global warming is partly to blame.
They say shrinking sea ice is making it harder for polar bears to hunt seals, so the hungry bears are spending more time on land without food.
