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Clean-up continues from Thursday's stormy weather and while many of the main routes and highways have been cleared, that is not the situation for many country roads in the rural area.

With that in mind, the Portage la Praire School Division is not running buses Friday. This cancellation includes all buses and shuttles in town.

The division notes that all schools in Portage and Oakville are open.

Pine Creek Division schools will all be closed today.

A 43-year-old man is facing charges after police recovered a stolen ATV last Thursday.

At 10:45 a.m. on January 4, Portage la Prairie RCMP received a report of a stolen ATV equipped with an Apple Airtag tracking device, which showed it to be located in Portage.

Manitoba First Nations Police Service officers are looking for three suspects in an assault from the end of December.

Police received a phone call about a man who had been assaulted in the 100 block of Townsite Bay, in Sandy Bay First Nation, on December 28.

Upon arrival, officers met with an adult man said that three adult suspects attended to his residence and demanded money. The suspects entered his residence and began assaulting him. 

During the incident, one suspect pulled a knife and attempted to stab the victim, who received a laceration to his hand.

On January 2, at about 1:55 am, Portage la Prairie RCMP were informed that gunshots were fired from a residence on 2nd Street in the community. Police attended immediately and the man who answered the door tried to flee back into the house while reaching into his jacket. He continued to resist arrest despite numerous commands by police. An officer deployed a conducted energy weapon, and the man was taken into custody.

After having been arrested, police found a modified firearm on him, behind a tactical vest he was wearing beneath his jacket.