Portage

The Portage Terriers have seen excellent production from their squad in the early days of the 2024/25 season, with players appearing in the top five of multiple major stats.

The Dogs have established themselves as a team to watch this season with a record of 16-7, good for second place in both the MGEU East Division and the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) standings. The only team the Terriers are looking up at is the Steinbach Pistons.

Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.

A jury deliberated for about an hour Friday before convicting two men on human smuggling charges in a case where a family from India froze to death in Manitoba while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border.

Steve Shand of Florida and Harshkumar Patel, an Indian national arrested in Chicago, were each found guilty on all four counts they faced related to bringing unauthorized people into the U.S., transporting them and profiting from it.

Jason Benoit will join us with his brand new single "I Wanna Hear That Song".  We’ll also have a special appearance from American recording artist John Morgan, who will debut his single, "Friends Like That"  featuring Jason Aldean. Plus, we’ll look back at this week in 2018 with a #1 hit from Tebey.

The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) convention is taking place this coming Monday, November 25, with an election for its new president scheduled for the 27th.

Election Details

Executive Director Denys Volkov says eligible delegates will be able to vote for President and two Vice Presidents. You can find the list of names on their dedicated election page at www.amm.mb.ca/2024-executive-committee-elections/.

Mary Lamirande (nee Lavallee)

1934 - 2024

Mary passed away peacefully November 17, 2024, with loved ones by her side.

Born December 30, 1934 to Frank and Margaret Lavallee, Mary was the oldest of their 6 children. Mary was a supportive and loving big sister to all of her siblings, even after meeting and marrying her beloved Emile.

A prosecutor urged a jury Thursday to find two accused human smugglers guilty, saying the men cared more about money than people's safety and their actions led to the deaths of a family of four in a prairie blizzard.

"They knew they were risking people's lives," Michael McBride said in his closing arguments after three days of testimony in U.S. district court.

"To them, all of those people were nothing but dollar signs."

A senior official says the Canadian government is not aware of any evidence linking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to alleged criminal activity perpetrated by Indian agents on Canadian soil.

Meta is refusing to publicly disclose information that could determine whether it is subject to the Online News Act despite blocking news from its platforms.

Thursday, November 21st

MHSAA
Provincial High School Volleyball Championships
AAAA Junior Varsity Girls @ Wpg
Round Robin
Westwood over Northlands Parkway 25-21, 25-11
Shaftesbury over Northlands Parkway 25-26, 25-19
Steinbach Regional over Northlands Parkway 25-15, 20-25, 15-12
AAA Junior Varsity Boys @ Neepawa
Power Pool
Garden Valley over Westgate 25-17, 23-25, 15-10