Portage

Today is Election Day nationwide throughout the country, as Canadians go to the polls to vote for which party they wish to have lead the country for the next four years.

Here in Portage-Lisgar, the Candidates for MP in the 2025 Canadian Federal Election are:

After a short, intense and heated election campaign of just 35 days, Canadians go to the polls today to elect a new federal government.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh spent weeks pitching their cases to voters.

Carney, the former central banker and political neophyte, presented himself as a safe pair of hands for a country threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump, while Poilievre focused on addressing crime and the high cost of living and Singh pushed to protect social programs he argued are under threat.

Charges have been laid against a man who's accused of racing a vehicle through a crowded street at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver, killing 11 in an attack the interim police chief called the "darkest day" in the city's history.

Vancouver Police said in a statement Sunday that Kai-Ji Adam Lo faces eight counts of second-degree murder and further charges are anticipated.

Const. Tania Visintin said some victims remained unidentified.

Walter Kuzyk, a lifelong fiddler from Portage la Prairie, joins the Manitoba Fiddle Hall of Fame in Carman Sunday, April 27. The induction, organized by the local musicians’ association, recognizes his decades of dedication to preserving traditional fiddle music.

A family tradition and reluctant recognition

Kuzyk, now in his late 70s, jokes that the honour “wasn’t my idea.”

“They’ve been after me for two or three years now,” he says.

His musical journey began at age eight, inspired by family.

The Winnipeg Jets’ series lead has slipped away after a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night. With back-to-back defeats in St. Louis, the first-round matchup is now tied at two games apiece.

The Jets had entered Missouri with a commanding 2-0 series lead, but head home looking for answers after two tough outings — and two early exits for their star goaltender.

Early momentum fades

Charges have been laid against a man after the attack on a Vancouver Filipino festival on Saturday night that killed 11 people. 

British Columbia's Court Services Online says Adam Kai-Ji Lo faces eight counts of murder.

Vancouver Police have said those who were killed range in age from 5 to 65 and the death toll could rise as dozens more were hurt when an SUV raced down a street where the Lapu Lapu Day festival was just wrapping up. 

Grants are a huge part of helping organizations and schools in the area keep programs running. Fort la Reine School was just announced as the recipient of a grant involving a member of the Portage Terriers.

Principal Matt Harkness outlines who the grant came from and how much they will be receiving.

Former prime minister Jean Chrétien predicted the Liberals will win a majority government on Monday, as party leaders blitzed key ridings in Ontario and British Columbia hoping to swing last minute votes their way.

At a rally for Ottawa Centre Liberal incumbent Yasir Naqvi, Chrétien said he expects "to celebrate the majority government of the Liberal party" after polls close Monday night.

"Monday is going to be a Liberal sunshine," he said, drawing cheers.

Vancouver is waking to the tragic aftermath of a deadly ramming attack on a Filipino community street festival that killed at least nine people, with survivors describing horrifying scenes of victims strewn on the ground.

Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai says a 30-year-old Vancouver man has been arrested for Saturday night's attack in which an SUV plowed through a crowded South Vancouver street at high speed.

Garth Asham, Deputy Reeve and Councillor for Ward 1 in the RM of Portage la Prairie, is urging residents and visitors to exercise extreme caution with fire-related activities in the St. Ambroise area. Recent preventable blazes have raised concerns about risks to the region’s critical hunting and fishing economy.

Economic stakes and fire risks

“We’ve had a couple of fires up in the St. Ambroise area lately that we feel could be avoided,” Asham says.

While the origins remain unclear, he stresses human error may be a factor.