Kevin Rollason
4 minute read
Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2026
The propellers of a barge at the centre of a legal battle between a Manitoba First Nation and a federal Crown corporation have been stolen.
The MV Poplar River, which Poplar River First Nation argued in the Court of King’s Bench it relies on to drive its fishing-based economy, had its twin propellers stolen on March 3 at 12:30 a.m.
RCMP Cpl. Melanie Roussel said officers from its Gimli detachment found the gate at the Hnausa Harbour, in the Rural Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton, was “rammed open” when they arrived to check on a commercial alarm going off. The overhead door to the warehouse was also open, she said.
Roussel said officers found two propellers, worth about $60,000 in total, had been taken from a boat stored there.
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