CJOB Local News

89-year-old woman hit in the head, robbed

An 89-year-old woman is in stable condition after she was attacked and robbed. Winnipeg Police say the woman was hit in the head while at her home in the 300 block of Flora Avenue just before 4:30 this afternoon. A family member found her a short time later...

Arrests made in Leaf Rapids homicide

Two men are in custody related to the death of a man in Leaf Rapids. 39-year-old Garfield Baker died in a hospital in Thompson Saturday after being seriously assaulted. A 22-year-old man and a 37-year-old man were also injured. They are in hospital in stabl...

Long line ups at the Canada/U.S. border

The Canada Border Services Agency is recommending travellers use the Emerson port for crossing. The Tolstoi port on Highway 59 is reporting wait times of well over an hour as people try to come back home from the holiday long weekend. Tolstoi closes at 10 P...

Police hunt for suspects following robbery

Police are looking for two suspects after a gas bar was robbed in the 700 block of Keewatin Street. It happened shortly after 7:30 Sunday evening. The 17 year-old employee was told to hand over cash and cigarettes. Officers are now looking for two men...

Officer recovering after youth uses corrosive fluid as weapon

Two teen boys are facing several charges after allegedly breaking into a restaurant in the 400 block of Portage Avenue. Security officers spotted the break in in progress just before 9:00 Sunday morning. The suspects damaged the inside of the restaurant...

Garage Fire Investigated on Manitoba Avenue

Ten to 15 thousand dollars - that's the estimated cost of the damage done to a garage in the north end after it caught fire early Monday morning. It happened in the 600 block of Manitoba Avenue just after five o'clock Monday morning. Police say some hydro w...

Gas station robbed on Keewatin

Winnipeg Police are looking for two suspects involved in an armed robbery. Police say a gas station was robbed in the 700 block of Keewatin just after seven Sunday evening. Two men, one armed with a machete, entered the station and were able to make off wit...

Pursuit ends in an arrest

One man is in custody following a police pursuit Sunday evening. Police say it started at around 9 PM in the downtown area and last about 20 minutes as the suspect kept being lost in traffic. Police eventually caught the suspect in front of the Yale Hotel. ...

Solar Eclipse - Don't Look Up!

If you have a good view of the western sky on Sunday night, you'll see a partial solar eclipse. But don't look at it without the proper eyewear... Scott Young of the Manitoba Planetarium says eclipse glasses are available at the planetarium. The eclipse wi...

Sunday Night Cruisin' Rolls Out

You'll see more shiny chrome and eye-popping paint driving the streets of Winnipeg tonight (sun) than you have in months: