Portage

The Portage Terriers have added another fresh face as the team continues winning after an early season struggle.

The Terriers acquired Forward William McKay (2006) on October 18 from the La Ronge Ice Wolves in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). The Dogs will send a player development fee their way as compensation.

CPKC had another strong week of grain delivery during Week 10 of the 2024-25 crop year, moving nearly 623,500 tonnes of Canadian grain and grain products October 6th through 12th.

After her party won a majority government in the New Brunswick election on Monday, Liberal Leader Susan Holt thanked all the women who came before her.

Flanked by her three young daughters on stage in Fredericton, Holt, the first female premier-designate in New Brunswick history, delivered a bilingual victory speech that paid tribute to female trailblazers in provincial politics.

The 47-year-old former business advocate and public servant led the Liberals to victory after a 33-day campaign, thwarting Blaine Higgs’s bid to secure a third term as Tory premier.

Liberal MP Sean Casey is the first to publicly confirm that he has signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign, arguing it would be in the best interests of the country to let someone else take the reins. 

As an internal revolt brews, few Liberal MPs who are not in the cabinet are publicly defending the prime minister. The upcoming caucus meeting on Wednesday appears to present the most serious challenge to Trudeau's leadership to date.

Monday, October 21st

High School Varsity Basketball
Girls
St. James 3 Portage Collegiate 1 (25-16, 25-16, 11-25, 25-14)

MWHSHL
Portage Collegiate 4 St. John's-Ravenscourt 1

Zone 4 High School Hockey League
Morden 4 Miller 0

Farmers in Manitoba are being called upon to aid critical research aimed at improving wheat production amid changing climate conditions. 

The University of Manitoba's "Mani Wheat Project," led by Dr. Cristina Rosell’s food science group, is gathering wheat samples from farmers to study the effects of pre-harvest sprouting, a significant issue caused by excessive rain and humidity before harvest.

Every year, near the start of the autumn season, hockey players leave home and trek to their new homes for the winter months. Parker Scherr, the Captain of the Portage Terriers, has made the trip from Edmonton to Portage la Prairie for the third time and has been joined in the city by his parents for several visits.

Portage la Prairie is expected to experience a change in weather patterns for the remainder of the work week.

Christy Climenhaga, an Environment and Climate Change Canada scientist notes that Portage was well above seasonal temperatures on Monday. However, this warm spell will not last.

"Moving through the rest of the week, we expect a big pattern change, so temperatures are closer to that seasonal value. You know, 9, 10 or 11 degrees for daily highs for the next few days. It will feel a little more like fall."

Jack Eugene Solomon passed away at the age of 91 years on October 11, 2024, at Riverview Health Centre, Winnipeg.

He is lovingly remembered by his wife of 67 years, Joan (nee Fitzsimmons); and his devoted daughter, Sally. He is also survived by sisters Sonia (Mike) Lewadniuk and Shirley (Garnet) Love, and many nieces and nephews.

A small amount of cocaine was taken off the streets, thanks to a traffic stop in Dauphin.

On October 18, at about 4:00 p.m., officers with the Dauphin RCMP Detachment conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle located on Main Street in Dauphin. 

An officer approached the vehicle and spoke with the driver, identified as a 34-year-old man from Ebb and Flow First Nation.