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An exciting program is underway at MacGregor Collegiate Institute (MCI) for students interested in the culinary arts and practical skills. Penny Osborne, who leads the program, is part of a larger food and nutrition curriculum offered at the school.

MacGregor Wild captain Justin Minoletti updated Portageonline on progress in the 2024 senior hockey season and the impact of league changes. Despite facing some challenges, including a two-game losing streak, Minoletti remains optimistic about the Wild's future prospects.

The team started the season strong with a win over Carberry but struggled in their next few games, including a tough loss against Boissevain.

Wednesday, November 13th

MJHL
Portage 5 Wpg Blues 2
Selkirk 3 Waywayseecappo 1
Dauphin 3 Swan Valley 1

Varsity Volleyball
Girls
Portage Collegiate 3 Shaftsbury 0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-22)
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Zone 4 High School Hockey League
Carman 9 Garden Valley 2

As the Winnipeg Blue Bombers prepare for the Grey Cup game this Sunday, running back Brady Oliveira, a Winnipeg native, is reminding his teammates to keep their focus amidst the distractions.

Speaking to reporters at a press conference earlier this week, Oliveira emphasized the importance of maintaining their usual routine to stay ready for the championship showdown against the Toronto Argonauts.

President-elect Donald Trump's promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts are predicting.

The threat of the tariff is causing a lot of concern north of the border, where the Canadian Chamber of Commerce said such a tariff could take a $30-billion bite out of the Canadian economy.

A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."

The Federal Court lawsuit filed this month in Vancouver says Indigenous children across the country were forcibly removed from their homes and taken "to live with strangers — sometimes hundreds of kilometres from their families and Indigenous communities."

A 46-year-old man from Portage la Prairie was arrested without incident on November 10 after RCMP responded to an assault call in the 200 block of Victoria Avenue.

Police were informed prior to arrival that the suspect might be armed and had four outstanding warrants. When officers arrived at the scene, the man was arrested, and police seized a firearm and ammunition from his residence.

The suspect faces multiple charges, including:

A driver in Amaranth is walking with a much lighter wallet after an incident at the RCMP detachment.

An RCMP officer in Amaranth heard a vehicle revving just after 2 a.m. on November 8 while inside the detachment. Upon investigation, the officer found a vehicle on the grass of the detachment property and initiated a traffic stop.

Another game, another addition to the win streak for the Portage Terriers, as they have now gone on the MJHL's longest win streak this season. This time, the Dogs triumphed 5-2 over the visiting Winnipeg Blues. The win also propelled the Dogs to first place in the MJHL standings.

Both teams got some strange bounces in the first period, which got great reactions from the crowd.

With seconds left in the Terriers' first powerplay, Adler Johnston tried to send a pass to the front of the net, but with a bounce off of one of the Blues' sticks, ended up in the net.

Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu.

The agency said in a statement Wednesday that testing at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg confirms the teen did contract the H5N1 avian flu, the same strain related to viruses found in B.C. flocks in an ongoing outbreak at poultry farms.