WINNIPEG — Some residents of Steinbach were mopping up and assessing damage Friday after the southeastern Manitoba city was swamped by two months’ worth of rain in about four hours.

An animal rescue charity was hit by catastrophe again when basements and streets flooded almost a year to the day a deluge inundated buildings.

“Last year, they told us it was a one-in-1oo-year event, and here we are 11 months later with the same event,” said Graham Pollock, vice-president of Steinbach and Area Animal Rescue.

He said the organization moved almost two dozen cats and kittens to foster homes after nearly 2.1 metres of floodwater filled the shelter’s basement overnight Thursday.

Half a kilo of cocaine seized

A 23-year-old man was arrested after Brandon Police Service executed a search warrant that turned up roughly half a kilogram of cocaine.

Officers with the BPS crime suppression unit executed the search warrant at around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday as part of an ongoing drug investigation, police said in a news release Wednesday.

Police found around half a kilogram of cocaine and seized roughly $10,000 in cash during the search, BPS said.

Police speculate that a fire outside of Brandon Regional Health Centre’s emergency room on Sunday could have started from a cigarette butt.

Hospital security reported the fire, which was burning at the corner of the ramp outside of the emergency room entrance, at around 1 p.m.

The smoke and flames extended into the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system, Brandon Police Service said in a news release Monday.

Brandon Fire and Emergency Services responded and successfully contained the fire, police said.

LUCKY NUMBERS

FRIDAY

LOTTO MAX: 4, 16, 20, 30, 34, 46, 50 BONUS: 40

WESTERN: 4, 22, 25, 32, 39, 40, 47 BONUS: 33