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CTV News
19-07-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Victoria Beach residents frustrated over tax increases
Winnipeg Watch Residents of Victoria Beach are not happy with a 50 per cent property tax increase coming to their homes.
CTV News
23-06-2025
- CTV News
Mounties search for tips in Victoria Beach killings
An area in Victoria Beach, Man., is blocked off by police tape as officers investigate a double homicide on June 20, 2025. (Harrison Shin/CTV News Winnipeg) Mounties have yet to confirm the identity of a suspect in the deadly shootings that left two people dead in Victoria Beach, Man. late last week. In an update released Monday afternoon, the RCMP said investigators are still looking for information related to a white truck seen fleeing the area south on Highway 59. The bodies of a 29-year-old Winnipeg man and a 41-year-old Victoria Beach woman were found at a property on Hampton Road around 2 a.m. on Friday. Victoria Beach A map shows the location of Victoria Beach, Man. (CTV News Winnipeg) Police reiterated Monday that investigators continue to believe this was a targeted shooting and the risk to the community remains low. Since the shooting, the RCMP said investigators have spoken to the property owner and have canvassed the area for witnesses, surveillance camera footage, or any other evidence that could be of help. Anyone with information is asked to call RCMP at (204) 367-8728 or make an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers online or by calling 1-800-222-8477.
CBC
23-06-2025
- CBC
Manitoba RCMP continue search for answers, vehicle of interest after double homicide
Police say they've interviewed the property owner after an allegedly targeted double homicide left a corner of cottage country on Lake Winnipeg shaken last week, but they still want to speak with more people, including the driver of a vehicle seen speeding nearby. Manitoba RCMP received reports of gunshots on Hampton Road in the Sandy Bay cottage area of the rural municipality of Victoria Beach, about 100 kilometres north of Winnipeg, around 2 a.m. Friday. A Winnipeg man, 29, and a Victoria Beach woman, 41, were found dead by officers. Police are still trying to identify a person of interest in a white truck, who they say drove south down Highway 59 at high speed shortly after the shooting. online.
CBC
20-06-2025
- CBC
Killer at large after double homicide in Lake Winnipeg cottage country: RCMP
Social Sharing Two people are dead and the killer is on the run after a double homicide in Manitoba cottage country, RCMP say. Police received reports of gunshots on Hampton Road in the Sandy Bay cottage area of the rural municipality of Victoria Beach, about 100 kilometres north of Winnipeg, around 2 a.m. on Friday, they said. Officers found a Winnipeg man, 29, and a Victoria Beach woman, 41, dead. Police believe the killer took off from the scene in a white truck and travelled down Highway 59 before officers arrived. The shooting doesn't appear to be random, RCMP said. They also said they know the incident will worry people in the small community on the southeast shore of Lake Winnipeg. "We want to reassure residents, as well as cottagers who may be heading up to that area this weekend, that these murders appear to be targeted, and at this time, we believe risk to public safety is low," RCMP Sgt. Evan Willcock with Manitoba RCMP major crime services said in a news release Friday morning. RCMP are expected to hold a news conference at 1:15 p.m. CT.
CBC
20-06-2025
- CBC
Killer at large after Victoria Beach double homicide: Manitoba RCMP
Two people are dead and the killer is on the run after a double homicide in Manitoba cottage country, RCMP say. Police received reports of gunshots on Hampton Road in Victoria Beach, about 100 kilometres north of Winnipeg, around 2 a.m. on Friday, they said. Officers found a dead Winnipeg man, 29, and Victoria Beach woman, 41. Police believe the killer took off from the scene in a white truck and travelled down Highway 59 before officers arrived. The shooting doesn't appear to be random, RCMP said. Police know the incident will worry people in the small community on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg. "We want to reassure residents, as well as cottagers who may be heading up to that area this weekend, that these murders appear to be targeted, and at this time, we believe risk to public safety is low," RCMP Sgt. Evan Willcock with Manitoba RCMP major crime services said in a news release Friday morning.
