Portage la Prairie RCMP investigate numerous rural property theft complaints

Portage la Prairie RCMP investigate numerous rural property theft complaints

 Media Release RCMP - April 7, 2025

On April 6, 2025, within several hours, Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to a number of reports of property and off-road vehicle thefts in the North Norfolk RM between the hours of approximately 3:30 am – 8:30 am.

Manitoba farmer describes terrifying armed robbery on family farm

A scary incident unfolded in the area over the weekend. Mark Klippenstein, a Manitoba farmer, shared the distressing experience his cousin had after six armed individuals stormed their family farm early Sunday morning. Six robbers, armed with weapons, were captured on camera as they approached the farm, took keys from a truck in the driveway, and moved toward the shop area, all while holding what appeared to be guns to the door of the house.

Province helps local companies expand into new markets

Funds Will Help Manitoba Businesses Diversify Exports, Respond to Trump Tariffs: Moses

Media Release - April 7, 2025

The Manitoba government is supporting an additional 37 Manitoba companies through Export Support Programming funding to help them expand the export of their products and services into new and more diversified markets, Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation Minister Jamie Moses announced today.

Province boosting electric vehicle charging infrastructure across Manitoba

New Funding for 51 EV Charging Stations: Moyes

Media Release - April 7, 2025

The Manitoba government is supporting the installation of 51 new electric vehicle charging stations across the province, boosting the network of EV infrastructure and driving the shift to greener transportation, Environment and Climate Change Minister Mike Moyes announced today.

Scam of the Week looks at 'malvertising'

Scam of the Week

Fake Ads, Real Fraud

This week, cybercriminals are targeting digital marketing professionals by purchasing fake Google ads, also known as malvertising. This scam begins when you search Google for the login page for Semrush, a popular online digital marketing platform. The search results include what appears to be a sponsored Semrush ad. The ad is one of the top search results, and if you click it, you are taken to what seems to be the Semrush login page.

Bee City Brandon: Cultivating native prairie gardens for fuzzy friends

If you're lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the wild orange tiger lily, or the yellow of the prairie lady's slipper, growing in the ditches across the province then you've seen a very special part of Manitoba; our wildflowers!  From the pinks of the Prairie Smoke to the soft purples of the Prairie Crocus our province has a list of beautiful wildflowers each exotic in their own way.

From blueprints to house keys: Habitat for Humanity's Summer of Community Building

As one Habitat home is officially complete with the owners receiving the keys to their new home during the key ceremony, so the next building project begins!

This summer there are three Habitat for Humanity projects in the works in the Westman Region: Killarney, Neepawa and Portage where committee members are actively seeking families and finalizing their build plans and blueprints.

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