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2/4/2012
A special weather statement is in effect for Southern Manitoba, including Winnipeg..
A saturated mild air mass and light winds are producing locally reduced visibilities in fog over portions of southern Manitoba. Fog at times could result in visibilities down to Zero..
Jim Slipec of Environment Canada told CJOB the conditions worsen as you travel farther East from the Red River valley region but it's a little patchier than early Friday morning..
He expects some improvement later Saturday morning..
It will be on the mild side in the Winnipeg area Saturday with a forecast high of 1 degree..
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2/4/2012
Winnipeg Police are looking for a male youth after a suspected car-jacking late Friday afternoon outside the Saint Vital Shopping centre..
Police say just before 5pm a lone male, about 15 years old, forced the driver of a vehicle out of the car with what appeared to be a hand gun..
The suspect was described as having a thin build, and about 5 feet nine inches tall. He was wearing a white ski jacket and a dark toque.. There were no injuries..
Police describe the car stolen as a white VW Rabbit with Manitoba License ERK 959..
And, Police are looking for a man after a Gas Bar was held up Friday night just before 9:30 in the 35 hundred block of Portage avenue..The suspect was described as a white male, between 30 and 50 years old, weighing 185 lbs, five feet seven inches tall and wearing a black toque and dark clothing..
Police say the culprit threatened a station employee with a tire iron and escaped with some cash..There were no injuries..
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2/4/2012
Damage was estimated at 80-thousand dollars following a fire Friday night at 7 Saul Miller drive..
Fire crews responded to the home around 8:30 pm.
The fire had started in a kitchen and was deemed accidental.
There were no injuries..
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2/3/2012
Power was out for less than an hour Friday night for about 72 hundred Manitoba Hydro customers in West Kildonan and parts of East Kildonan..
Hydro spokesperson Anita Mitchell says the cause was a pole top fire around 7:30pm..
She says this problem is typical in high humid conditions when moisture can get into hairline cracks of insulators and cause sparks and arcing resulting in the fire and the subsequent outage..
She says crews were able to restore power just after 8 pm..
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2/3/2012
13 people have been arrested and over 1 million dollars in drugs seized after a major operation was executed Friday by the Manitoba Organized Crime Task Force. The operation - called Project Deplete was conducted by Winnipeg Police, Brandon Police and RCMP. The 13 people are from Manitoba and Alberta. All have been charged with possession proceeds of crime and drug trafficking. Drugs seized included cocaine, MDMA and ecstasy. All arrested will appear in court on Monday.
(Photos courtesy of the Winnipeg Police Service)
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