A man who was found unresponsive in Elmwood on Monday and later declared dead has been identified as a 47-year-old from Winnipeg, police say.

The man was found around 2:30 a.m. after police received a report of an injured man in Elmwood. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Man found unresponsive near Elmwood home pronounced dead at hospital

A man is dead after Winnipeg police found him unresponsive in West Elmwood early morning Monday.

A July 11, 2019, file photo shows the downtown Winnipeg Police Service headquarters.

Winnipeg Police Headquarters Stock Shots

Winnipeg police say the man was found unresponsive near a residence in Elmwood early Monday.

He has been identified as 47-year-old William Markowski of Winnipeg, a news release said Tuesday.

Police are investigating Markowski's death as a homicide.

Anyone with information that may help investigators is asked to call 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).

After searching for 70 years, Pimicikamak family finds graves of relatives taken to residential school

A woman went on a quest to find out where her aunts were buried to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish.

Betsy Oniske combs through her aunts' records. It's taken years of research for her to find where they were buried after being forced to attend residential schools in the 1930s. 

Betsy Oniske

Betsy Oniske says she and her family spent 70 years looking for the burial sites of her three aunts who were taken away to residential school in the 1930s. 

Manitobans on disability now get $25 more a month, but as costs soar, some priced out of basic needs

More than 25,000 Manitobans have started to see their monthly disability income assistance cheques go up by $25, but some say that amount is negligible in the face of the high cost of living.

A man with greying hair and a greying beard in a blue sweatshirt looks at a can of tuna in a grocery store aisle.

Todd Donohue looks at a can of tuna in a Winnipeg grocery store. The community advocate who receives employment and income assistance through the Manitoba government says the additional $25 he's receiving each month doesn't do enough to bring people on disability out of severe poverty.

Todd Donohue

Officers swarmed, assaulted by intoxicated youth as hundreds party in East St. Paul: Manitoba RCMP

RCMP say their officers faced a barrage of abuse Saturday when they arrived at a party attended by hundreds of youth in East St. Paul, a community just outside of Winnipeg.

A blurry photo taken at night shows several people on top of a police cruiser while other people surround the vehicle, some taking photos.

Videos of the party circulated widely on social media. Some showed people jumping on a police vehicle on Saturday evening.

East St. Paul partygoers jump on RCMP vehicle

Videos of the party circulated widely on social media, some of which showed party-goers jumping on top of a police vehicle on Saturday evening.

Winnipeg police found the man after they received a report about an injured man.

Winnipeg police identify homicide victim found unresponsive in Elmwood

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