WINNIPEG—A pregnant woman who walked across the United States border into Manitoba was rescued after she became trapped in a snowbank and went into labour. Emerson-Franklin Reeve Dave Carlson said the woman called 911 on Saturday morning after she walked from Minnesota across the border near Emerson. The woman was following railway tracks, but ended up going off the path and wandered into deep snow along the rail bed. A pregnant woman who walked across the United States border into Manitoba was rescued after she became trapped in a snowbank and went into labour. The number of people crossing into Manitoba has fallen sharply in the past two years.

Source: thestar March 19, 2019 17:54 UTC