Portage

UPDATE:

The province has announced that the bridge near St. Francois Xavier is now re-opened.

Original Story:

The Manitoba government has issued a warning that both eastbound lanes of Highway 1 are closed going over the Assiniboine River Bridge near St. Francois Xavier.

The closure is due to an accident.

The bridge was also closed yesterday due to a collision.

A detour has been set up taking motorists to Highway 427.

Wednesday, November 6th

Zone 4 High School Hockey League
Morris 2 Carman 1 (OT)

Western All-Star Showcase
@ Warman, Saskatchewan SJHL 2 MJHL 0

Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League
Wpg Wild 4 Interlake 3 (SO)
Parkland 4 Southwest 3

The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal’s Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sold over a decade ago when maintenance costs got too high. 

After years of rising rents, a forced move and general instability, its members are happy to have somewhere to meet. But president Darlene Harrison says one question keeps coming back: “When are we going to have our own home again?”

Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of the Sts'ailes First Nation.

They believed the water contained medicine, said Sts'ailes Grand Chief William Charlie.

“Our people have been using it for tens of thousands of years," he said of the springs he called Qwólts, meaning boiling medicine water.

In the Portage Terriers history, only a select few have ever been drafted by an NHL franchise. 

Jason Kasdorf is a success story for the franchise, backstopping the team to an MJHL title in 2011, leading the Terriers to the 2011 RBC Cup, and becoming the sixth ever pick by the Winnipeg Jets 2.0, 157th overall.

Kasdorf says his days in Portage under the tutelage of former Terrier Goalie Coach Jimmy Tkachyk were largely about technical learning.

With November marking the halfway point of her term, Portage la Prairie Mayor Sharilyn Knox reflects on the strides made by city council over the past two years.

Knox, along with the current city council, was sworn in on Nov. 2, 2022. She says the first two years have seen significant progress thanks to a strong, focused strategic direction.

Is the job not done yet?

There's somewhat of a smaller detail about the Saskatchewan Avenue project recently completed that residents have been questioning. Councillor Terrie Porter's portfolio covers that effort, and she says the city's been asked about the avenue completion after having noticed the lack of curbing along some parts of the Avenue.

The Chief Executive Officer for Cereals Canada says a significant funding announcement will enable them to continue supporting markets around the world.

Dean Dias says they have received $7.3 million in funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. He notes this substantial investment includes $6.6 million over three years from the AgriMarketing Program and $674,000 over five years from the AgriScience Program. 

The federal government is ordering the dissolution of TikTok's Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media platform, but stopped short of ordering people to stay off the app.

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced the government's "wind up" demand Wednesday, saying it is meant to address "risks" related to ByteDance Ltd.’s establishment of TikTok Technology Canada Inc.

A call to RCMP allowed officers to take an impaired driver off the highway last week.

At around 7:30 p.m. on October 28, Portage la Prairie RCMP received a call of a possible impaired driver that just pulled over on Angle Road and the bypass around Portage la Prairie. 

Police attended and located a 48-year-old woman from Winnipeg asleep at the wheel of the suspect vehicle. 

Police could see an open container of alcohol sitting next to the driver.