2 dead of exposure in separate Manitoba incidents

Two people died of exposure in separate incidents in Manitoba Saturday, RCMP say.

Selkirk RCMP received a call about an unresponsive man on a trail in Selkirk Park at about 11:40 a.m. in the small city about 35 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

RCMP and paramedics found a 52-year-old Selkirk man dead at the scene.

Later that day, Gillam RCMP got a report of an unresponsive woman in an open area off Butnau Road, near the baseball diamonds, in Gillam.

A 48-year-old Fox Lake Cree Nation woman was found dead at the scene.

Gillam is just over 1,000 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

RCMP don’t suspect there was a criminal element to either of the deaths but are awaiting autopsy results.