A dramatic police pursuit involving a stolen pickup truck ended in explosions and a house fire in Winnipeg’s West End Friday evening.

Firefighters responded to two separate structure fires Friday evening, one in a St. James-area apartment and another in a West End home.

Winnipeg’s annual spring cleanup begins Sunday, April 13, with crews set to sweep the entire city over the next six weeks.

A 28-year-old man from Cypress River has died following a single-vehicle crash in Glenboro, Manitoba early Thursday morning.