RCMP are investigating an armed robbery at a business in Souris on Monday and are looking for residents in the area who may have video footage of the suspect.

Souris RCMP were sent to a report of an armed robbery at a business on First Street South at about 8:45 p.m.

Officers arrived at the scene within minutes, and an employee told police that an unknown man with a handgun demanded cash and cigarettes from behind the counter, RCMP said in a news release on Wednesday.

The employee, who was not physically injured, handed over the items and the man ran away, the release said.

LONDON — President Donald Trump ’s threat to bring a billion-dollar lawsuit against the BBC has cast a shadow over the British broadcaster’s future, but it could also be a bluff with little legal merit.

The president’s lawyer sent the threat to the BBC over the way a documentary edited his Jan. 6, 2021, speech before a mob of his followers stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Trump’s history of suing news media companies — sometimes winning multimillion-dollar settlements — is part of a long-running grievance against the industry he describes as “fake news” that has often focused a critical eye on his actions.

But Trump faces fundamental challenges to getting a case to court, never mind taking it to trial. He would also have to deal with the harsh glare of publicity around his provocative pep talk the day Congress was voting to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election that Trump falsely alleged was stolen from him.

WINNIPEG — The recent suicides of two on-duty Manitoba RCMP officers have renewed calls to address burnout and revamp the force’s policing model.

The union representing RCMP members confirmed one officer died by suicide in September and a second suicide death occurred last month.

Both Mounties were on duty when they died.

“Suicide and related rates in RCMP are just so incredibly high,” said Bobby Baker, the prairie director for the National Police Federation.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government will spend more than $176.5 million over the next five years through a new incentive program to build rental housing.

“This is how we’re going to make Manitoba more affordable — more affordable for you, more affordable for your kids and grandkids, more affordable for people in all walks of life,” Premier Wab Kinew said Thursday as he announced the rental housing construction incentive at a new seniors residence in the Sage Creek suburb.

The province is offering refundable tax credits of $8,500 per new rental unit, with an additional $5,000 available for affordable units, to private and non-profit developers to build new rental units, including affordable housing.

“When we look at what’s going on in other parts of the country, we can’t let what happened in Vancouver — the housing prices and the rents — happen here in Manitoba,” Kinew said.

Brandon Wheat King Chase Surkan had an assist in Canada Red’s 6-5 shootout loss to the United States at the U17 world challenge hockey tournament on Tuesday in Truro, N.S.

Surkan also missed during the eight-round shootout, which resulted in the U.S. (0-2-0-0) tying Canada Red (1-0-0-1) at the top of Group B with four points.

The teams have today off, with quarterfinals taking place on Thursday.

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