Portage

Over the weekend, southern Manitoba saw several storms bringing widespread hail, though rainfall amounts remained light and scattered.

“We had storms for Friday into early Saturday, quite a few hail reports across southern Manitoba actually,” notes Environment Canada meteorologist Jason Knight.

He highlights the size of the hail: “Looks like to be tennis ball sized hail near Mulvihill in the Interlake; Neepawa, some golf ball sized hail.”

Rainfall totals, however, stayed modest with most sites seeing just 1 to 5mm.

Dozens of motorcyclists rode from Winnipeg to the NTL Indigenous Residential School Museum on this past Saturday for the fifth annual Every Child Matters ride, an event organizers say honours the children who died in residential schools and the survivors who continue to seek justice and recognition.

A recent poll suggests most Portage la Prairie residents want Crescent Lake to remain clean and visually appealing, but not at the cost of its ecosystem or a spike in taxes.

The online poll asked: “What would you do if you were in charge of the future of Crescent Lake?”

As of June 30, the majority of respondents, 57.29%, say the city should keep the lake “as sightly as possible,” while keeping expenses and aquatic life in mind.

Portage Golf Club is celebrating an unforgettable moment after Ian Post scored an incredible hole-in-one on the Par 3 #10 during the COPP Golf Tournament last Thursday.

“One swing, one bounce, one perfect shot!” the club notes in a recent social media post, capturing the excitement felt by players and fans alike.

A reported vehicle-versus-cyclist incident near Austin prompted a swift response from local firefighters but it turned out to be something else entirely.

Firefighter already on scene

According to an update from the Austin Fire Department, the call came in at 12:17 p.m. on Saturday, June 29. Crews were dispatched to the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Provincial Road 352.

Karen Lynn Conrod (nee Angus)

February 5, 1951 – June 26, 2025

It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Karen Lynn Conrod on June 26, 2025, in Portage la Prairie at the age of 74.

A fast-moving grass fire south of the Trans-Canada Highway near Road 72W kept fire crews from Austin and Carberry busy from Saturday afternoon into the early hours of Sunday morning.

According to a social media post by the Austin Fire Department, the call came in around 3 p.m. on Saturday. Smoke was already visible while crews were en route to the scene.

Firefighters arrived to find an open pasture surrounded by brush burning out of control.

SUNDAY, JUNE 29TH

Manitoba Junior Baseball League
Pembina Valley 6 St. Boniface 1
Pembina Valley 13 St. Boniface 0

American Association Baseball
Winnipeg Goldeyes 9 Milwaukee Milkmen 3

MLB
Toronto 5 Boston 3

Canada is rescinding its digital services tax and will resume trade negotiations with the United States, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said in a statement issued late Sunday night.

The announcement came following a phone call between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump, and just hours before the first payment under the tax was going to come due for major tech companies like Amazon and Google. 

On Friday Trump announced on his social media platform Truth Social he was terminating all trade discussions with Canada because of the tax.

Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government plans to take a "fresh" look at its online harms legislation over the summer but it's not clear yet exactly what the bill will look like when it is reintroduced.

It would be the Liberals' third attempt to pass legislation to address harmful behaviour online.

Fraser told The Canadian Press in an interview that the government hasn't decided whether to rewrite or simply reintroduce the Online Harms Act, which was introduced in 2024 but did not pass.