By Canadian Press

Manitoba RCMP say 2 teenage girls died after being found in the cold on First Nation

Mar 2, 2023 | 3:01 PM

ST. THERESA POINT, Man. — RCMP say two teenage girls died in the cold outside a home on a remote First Nation in Manitoba. 

Mounties were called after the 14-year-old girls were found Wednesday in St. Theresa Point First Nation, a fly-in community about 610 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.  

The girls were brought to the local nursing station but they both died.

Mounties say it is believed the teens were outside for a period of time.

The temperature was around -23 C overnight in the community.

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RCMP say autopsies will be conducted. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 2, 2023. 

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