Two Manitobans charged in two-day manhunt in northwestern Ontario [Video]

A two-day manhunt in northwestern Ontario has ended in more than 20 charges against a Manitoba man and woman.

The Dryden Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) launched the search just before 11 a.m. Thursday, after officers saw a man get out of a car and steal a licence plate from another vehicle. Police said they tried to pull the car over, but the driver sped off.

Shortly after 6 a.m. Friday, police received a report of a suspicious vehicle on Airport Road in Dryden, Ont. When officers tried to initiate another traffic stop, they said the driver took off at a high speed, “intentionally striking a marked police cruiser,” damaging it in the process. No officers were injured.

The suspects in the second traffic stop matched the descriptions of those involved in Thursday’s incident.

Two hours later, a report came in about a man and a woman failing to pay their …