Portage

The Tiger Hills Hockey League will operate with 13 teams this upcoming season and a long-standing franchise in the area will not be one of them. The Gladstone Lakers confirmed they would take a one-year leave of absence at the league's fall meeting Monday night in Wawanesa. Two other league mainstays will do the same, the Pilot Mound Pilots and Wawanesa Jets.

Players who suited up for Gladstone in the past who still want to play will be free to join any team that would want them and geographically, MacGregor and Neepawa would logically be two good options.

Tuesday, September 17th

American Association
Kane County 5 Winnipeg 3
(Cougars win best of 5 Miles Wolff Cup final 3-0)

The Winnipeg Goldeyes’ season came to an end Tuesday night, as the Kane County Cougars (7-0) completed the series sweep, winning 5-3 and capturing the Miles Wolff Cup as champions of the American Association.

Four Provincial grower organizations have announced $13.4 million in funding for the newly launched Gate Capital Campaign.

Led by Cereals Canada, the $102 million Global Agriculture Technology Exchange project (otherwise known as Gate) will be built in downtown Winnipeg.

The new facility will provide office space for Cereals Canada as well as new state-of-the-art technical areas such as analytical labs, pilot processing and research facilities.

Canada's largest Arctic Char facility is being constructed in the RM of Rockwood, creating up to 104 jobs, with another 120 expected indirectly.

It’s a $145-million project, with the province contributing $10.75 million to Sapphire Springs, the company spearheading the initiative.

RM of Rockwood Reeve Wes Taplin notes that the project is still in its infancy, but when completed, Arctic char will be bred and raised at the facility located east of Gunton.

A ticket blitz resulted in many motorists heading to their destination with lighter wallets.

Manitoba RCMP shared stunning numbers regarding many motorists being caught speeding on the highway around Portage on Monday.

For a good part of the day, September 16, RCMP paid extra attention, and 44 vehicles were fined for speeds ranging from 118 to 139 km/h in the 100 zone on Trans-Canada near Portage la Prairie.

Ukrainian Nursery School Director Lori Carpenter says there is a significant shortage of Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) in Portage la Prairie. She’s uncertain why this is happening, but notes that daycare facilities have long waiting lists due to the lack of ECEs. She speculates on the potential causes.

Tornado's Restaurant & Lounge has been vandalized for the second time in just a matter of weeks. The restaurant's windows have been smashed again, just like what happened over August Long Weekend.

Owner, Jan Verwey, shared her frustration with the situation in a statement to PortageOnline.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Liberals have lots to ponder after losing a second stronghold in a byelection in Montreal.

"Obviously, it's never fun to come so close and not win a byelection," Trudeau said this morning in French, a few hours after Elections Canada confirmed the Bloc Quebecois had defeated the Liberals in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun.

With bird flu outbreaks popping up more and more in the United States, officials are asking Canadian producers to not bring their own cattle over in case of contamination.

That comes as multiple producers will be unable to attend cattle shows below the border due to the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

In a release from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), they advised against " all Canadian cattle travelling to and participating in agricultural exhibitions in the U.S. at this time."