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CTV News
15-05-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Overland flood watch issued in southwestern Manitoba as rain hits the province
While southeastern Manitoba is being ravaged by wildfires, an overland flood watch has been issued for the southwestern part of the province. The Hydrologic Forecast Centre issued an overland flood watch Wednesday for areas south of the Trans-Canada Highway between the Virden-Brandon corridor and west of PTH 10, which includes Souris, Melita and Boissevain. The centre said 80 millimetres of rain could fall by May 16, while other parts of the province could get anywhere from 20 to 70 mm. 'Heavy rainfall over a short period may create high surface runoff which could lead to overland flooding, regardless of current soil moisture condition,' the province said in a news release. Manitobans are being told to stay off waterways and to stay away from flooded areas. Along with the flood watch, the forecast centre said high winds are expected along the south basin of Lake Manitoba, as well as the west side of Gimli and the east side of Victoria Beach on Lake Winnipeg. 'North wind gusting up to 80 kilometres per hour and the resulting wave action could raise water levels by as much as five feet or more.'
CBC
15-05-2025
- CBC
2nd body recovered after malfunction stranded Sandy Bay First Nation boaters on Lake Manitoba
A Sandy Bay First Nation man who was missing for almost a week after his boat got into trouble on Lake Manitoba has been found dead. Manitoba RCMP said two men, age 22 and 41, launched a boat from behind the water plant in the First Nation, which is about 130 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, on May 8. Their boat suffered a malfunction but because of high winds, the local fire department could not launch its own boat to assist, RCMP previously said. Authorities found the body of the 22-year-old man on May 9, after it washed up on the shore. The body of the 41-year-old man was recovered from the lake on Wednesday, RCMP said in a news release Thursday. The boaters were last seen roughly 200 metres from shore southeast of Halls Beach, roughly 10 kilometres away from the water plant, on May 8. Neither was wearing a life-jacket at the time. Central Plains RCMP said they are still investigating.
CBC
09-05-2025
- CBC
1 boater dead, another missing after malfunction stranded them on Lake Manitoba
A Sandy Bay First Nation man is dead and another man is missing after their boat suffered a malfunction and got stranded on Lake Manitoba Thursday. The two men, ages 41 and 22, had launched a boat earlier that day from behind the water plant in the First Nation, which is about 130 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. Their boat suffered a malfunction but because of the high winds, the local fire department could not launch its own boat to assist, RCMP said on a news release Friday. The Sandy Bay Fire Department contacted RCMP for help around 8 p.m. Thursday. RCMP said the boaters were last seen roughly 200 metres from the shore southeast of Halls Beach, roughly 10 kilometres away from the water plant. Neither was wearing a life-jacket. At around 9 a.m. Friday, the body of the 22-year-old man was found on the shoreline, police said. Underwater recovery teams from Manitoba and Saskatchewan RCMP continue searching Lake Manitoba for the 41-year-old, with help from the Manitoba First Nation Police Service and the Sandy Bay Fire Department.
CTV News
08-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Province to give wildfire update as another Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency
A map showing where Lake Manitoba First Nation is located in Manitoba. (CTV News Winnipeg)
