Winnipeg police investigating after body found in Red River Thanksgiving weekend

Winnipeg police are investigating after a body was found in the Red River on Thanksgiving Monday.

Officers were called to the area of Churchill Drive and Hay Street around 8 a.m. for the report of a body that had been discovered.

Police say the identity and age of the deceased person is unknown at this time.

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Members of the homicide unit and the forensic identification section are investigating.

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