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The body of a missing snowmobiler from Grunthal has been located, nearly three months after he was last seen in the Whiteshell.
On February 21st, at approximately 11:25 pm, Lac du Bonnet RCMP received a report of an overdue snowmobiler. 50-year-old Dan Lemay from Grunthal left Pinewood Lodge on a snowmobile trip around 4 pm to retrieve a broken snowmobile that was left at Rennie. He had called a friend at approximately 7:15 pm, to advise that he was unsure of his location, but believed he was close to Nutimik Lake. He again contacted this individual at 9:15 pm saying he thought he was near Pinewood Lodge. That was the last contact with Lemay.
WINNIPEG The remains of a snowmobiler who went missing nearly three months ago have been found on Eleanor Lake. Manitoba RCMP received a call about the remains on Monday around 10 a.m., and the water transport unit went to Eleanor Lake to help. Mounties confirmed the identity of the remains as Dan LeMay, a missing snowmobiler from Grunthal, Man. LeMay, 50, went missing in February 2021. According to police, LeMay left the Pinewood Lodge on Feb. 21 on a snowmobile trip to get a broken snowmobile in Rennie, Man. A few hours after he left, he called a family member to say he was unsure of his location, but thought he was close to Nutimik Lake. Then, a few hours after that, he contacted the family member again to say he thought he was near Pinewood Lodge. That is the last contact he had with the family member.
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Publishing date: May 18, 2021 • 2 days ago • 1 minute read • An undated photo of 50-year-old Dan Lemay of Grunthal, Man., a snowmobiler who was last heard from on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, when he went out to retrieve a broken snowmobile in Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba. The search was called off late Tuesday afternoon, when RCMP found snowmobile tracks leading to a hole in the ice on Eleanor Lake. Photo by Jason Dyck /Facebook
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The body of Dan Lemay, from Grunthal, was recovered by Lac du Bonnet RCMP from Eleanor Lake on Monday morning.
At about 10 a.m. Monday, RCMP received a report that human remains had been located at the lake
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Water bombers scoop up water from the Red River near Selkirk on Sunday to fight a wildfire near Breezy Point.
A wildfire that broke out Saturday afternoon near Breezy Point was still burning Monday.
A wildfire that broke out Saturday afternoon near Breezy Point was still burning Monday.
The fire started on the east side of the Red River on Crown land, adjacent to the Rural Municipality of St. Clements, according to St. Clements chief administrative officer Deepak Joshi.
The fire continued to burn into the weekend. Manitoba Conservation and the Office of the Fire Commissioner were called in to battle the blaze some 50 kilometres north of Winnipeg, along with firefighters from the East Selkirk Fire Hall.
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