Manitoba Prosecution Services (MPS) advises that after careful consideration no charges have been authorized against the driver of a passenger bus involved in a collision with a semi-truck at an intersection on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry on June 15, 2023. Prior to the collision at the intersection of Trans-Canada Highway and Provincial Trunk Highway 5, the driver of the bus stopped before he crossed the westbound lanes at posted stop sign, then proceeded through the median and crossed the eastbound lanes into the path of an oncoming semi-truck. Seventeen people died and the driver of the bus suffered a traumatic brain injury. Following an extensive police investigation, MPS has concluded the available evidence does not meet its charge assessment standard. Further details about the decision are available in the BG-Manitoba_Prosecuton_Services_Clear_Statement-JUS.

On the evening of 2024-06-25, police responded to a business in the 900 block of Victoria Avenue after receiving a report that a male had entered the store while in possession club that was altered with nails and barbed wire.  The individual was taken into custody without incident and determined to have stolen a set of watches and sunglasses.  A 48-year-old male was lodged at BPS and will appear in court 2024-06-26 for the charge of Robbery.

On 2024-05-15, police received a report from a high school student that they were previously assaulted while in a school bathroom. Investigation determined that a 16-year-old male youth grabbed a 15-year-old male victim by the throat and instructed him to turn over his property, whereby the victim turned over a set of headphones. Suspect and the victim are known to each other and no injuries were sustained to the victim. On 2024-06-24, the suspect youth and guardian attended to BPS whereby the accused was released with conditions to appear in court 2024-09-10 for the charge of Robbery.

On the evening of 2024-06-15, police responded to the 200 block of Mcdiarmid Drive as a 51-year-old male victim reported that he was confronted by another male that was known to him.  During the incident, the victim received two puncture wounds to the side of his neck due to being struck with a needle.  Pre-cautionary medical treatment was received by the victim, and on 2024-06-23, the accused was located by police at his residence.  The 45-year-old male suspect has been released with conditions to appear in court 2024-06-25 for the charge of Assault with a Weapon.

CHEM 13 NEWS EXAM sponsored by the University of Waterloo, is designed for Grade 12 high school students who are in their senior level Chemistry course. This year, on May 9th, Vincent Massey High School Students competed amongst 1834 of the top high school students in the United States, Canada, and other prominent international schools in the Annual University of Waterloo Chemistry Exam competition. Vincent Massey is proud to recognize David Afolami who scored in the top 8% in North America and the top 13% in the world. As well as Danyal Mehdi who scored in the top 10% in North America and top 16% in the world. David and Danyal received a certificate of distinction and a limited-edition plaque featuring an element from the Timeline of Elements poster for their outstanding achievements. In addition, Lauren Gustafson and John Sui were awarded Certificate of Distinction for securing top 20% of exam takers in Canada. Many of the students obtained an overall score higher than world average.     CANADIAN CHEMISTRY CONTEST sponsored by the Chemical Institute of Canada, fosters an appreciation of Chemistry as a Career for talented young people and promotes national excellence in Chemistry at the High School level. Vincent Massey students participated in the annual contest on April 23rd and we are proud to recognize David Afolami and Lauren Gustafson who secured 10th and 11th rank respectively in the “Prairies Region’’.