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BREAKING NEWS
Police arrest man wanted in fatal highway collision
By Mark T. Buss
A man wanted in connection with in a fatal two-vehicle collision this past summer that killed three people, including a former Springfield resident, has been arrested.
On Feb. 14, Matthew Govereau, 37, was taken into custody by Winnipeg Police
Service officers and remanded for court.
Police claim Govereau was the driver of a vehicle involved in a head-on collision that killed three people on July 1, 2025 on Hwy 10 near Road 224 North, near Bowsman.
Swan River RCMP say following the crash, two vehicles were observed in the east ditch, one of them overturned. EMS and the local fire department tended to the occupants involved.
The investigation revealed Govereau was travelling south on Hwy 10, veered over the centre line and collided with a vehicle, which was believed to be pulled over at the side of the road and facing north.
Olivia Michalczuk, 31, and Brendan Berg, 42, were in the parked vehicle. They were both transported to hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.
A Springfield Collegiate grad in 2011, Michalczuk was a community planner for the City of Winnipeg as well as a writer, podcaster and champion on the Winnipeg arts scene. Berg, her partner, was the bass player for acclaimed Winnipeg-based indie pop band Royal Canoe, which has toured nationally and internationally.
Govereau and his 29-year-old male passenger from Swan River were both transported to hospital with critical injuries. Police say the passenger was later pronounced deceased while the driver was upgraded to stable and released.
RCMP Sgt. Paul Manaigre stated Govereau was not taken into custody at the beginning of the investigation, therefore no court documents were in effect.
Efforts to find him since then had been unsuccessful.
Following approval from Manitoba Prosecution Service, 18 charges were sworn against Govereau on Jan. 20 relating to the collision as well as the weapons and drugs recovered from the vehicle following the collision. The charges include impaired driving causing death, dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death, careless driving and possession of drugs for purposes of trafficking. There were also counts of weapon possession contrary to order and individual charges of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possessing a prohibited weapon, possession of property obtained by crime and possession of a controlled substance.
The charges against Govereau have not been proven in court and he is presumed innocent.
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