Despite a forecast that called for parts of southern Manitoba to receive rain, snow and gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour, Boudreau said yesterday that she planned to stick it out through Monday at her campsite at Bird's Hill Provincial Park near Winnipeg.
She says her tent almost blew over numerous times.
Even before the weekend started, one in 10 campers who made reservations in Manitoba cancelled them due to the weather warnings.
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Organizers Begin 2015 Red Dragging Effort
A pipe ceremony has been held in Winnipeg to mark the beginning of the second year of dredging the Red River for missing women.
During the ceremony, organizers prayed for the safety of the draggers and those still missing.
Drag the Red began last fall after Tina Fontaine's body was pulled from the Red River.
Members say if the weather permits, they plan on being on the water tomorrow.
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Amtrak Operations Resume In US Northeast
Philadelphia's mayor was on the platform this morning to see the first train of the day leave for New York City.
Amtrak trains began rolling on the busy Northeast Corridor for the first time since's Tuesday's crash that killed eight people.
Company officials are vowing to have safer trains and tracks while investigators are working to determine the cause of the derailment.
About 150 people gathered for a service at the site last evening to honour the crash victims.
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Biker Meeting Turns To Anarchy
Security was tight in Waco, Texas overnight after a biker gang shootout Sunday that left nine dead and 18 wounded.
At least five motorcycle gangs were meeting at a restaurant yesterday to discuss turf and recruitment when the gun- and knife-violence broke out.
Police say they're amazed no innocent bystanders were hit.
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Khadr Civil Lawsuit "Lacks Merit"
Omar Khadr's lawyer says a $134-million civil lawsuit that's been filed in the US against his client lacks legal merit.
Nate Whitling says the US convictions the suit relies upon are likely to be overturned on appeal.
The suit was filed in Utah by the widow of an American special forces soldier and another soldier who was partially blinded by a hand grenade in Afghanistan in 2002 -- a grenade they claim Khadr tossed.
After almost 13 years in custody, the Toronto-born Khadr was freed on bail in Edmonton this month while he appeals his war-crime convictions.
