Portage

Two lives were lost in a vehicle collision Tuesday near Stonewall.

Around 5:25 p.m., Stonewall RCMP received a report of a SUV travelling northbound in the southbound lane of Highway 7 at Stony Mountain and it appeared a collision had occurred. A Stonewall RCMP officer was on scene in under five minutes and found the SUV had collided with a pickup truck on Highway 7, about half a kilometer north of Road 73 North.

The SUV was on fire and the driver and lone occupant was deceased. They have not yet been identified.

Citizens of Portage la Prairie can look forward to smoother commutes. City Council greenlighted their Roadway Infrastructure Investment Strategy at last night’s council meeting, aiming to improve the city’s roadways between 2025 and 2027.

The Portage Terriers are back in action after a tough game that was a lot closer than the score suggested in Winkler.

The Dogs were downed 6-2 by Winkler, following back-to-back shutouts against the Winnipeg Freeze and Swan Valley Stampeders.

Portage will look to even up their record again today when they take on the Niverville Nighthawks for the first time this season at Stride Place. 

Niverville currently boasts a record of 5-4-0-0 but have lost their last two games, a 1-0 loss to Northern Manitoba and a 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Steinbach Pistons.

Representatives of a British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was shot dead last year, as well as the Sikh independence group he was involved in, say their communities won't feel safe until India's consulates in Vancouver and Toronto are shut down.

That's after the Canadian government expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, and the RCMP announced on Monday it had evidence of their alleged involvement in crimes including homicide and extortion targeting the so-called Khalistan independence movement.

Canada's emergency preparedness minister says the passengers of an Air India flight that landed in Iqaluit due to a bomb threat remain stuck there, and he has approved a request for the military to help them.

Harjit Sajjan posted on X late Tuesday that the airline "hasn't found a solution" after the plane landed in Nunavut's capital with 211 passengers on board earlier in the day and that they are "stranded."

Tuesday, October 15th

MWHSHL
College Belliveau 2 Portage Collegiate 1 (OT)

MJHL
Winkler 9 Selkirk 0
Dauphin 5 Waywayseecappo 4

MMJHL
Raiders 6 Pembina Valley 1

Changes are coming north of Carberry at the scene of a deadly intersection that claimed the lives of 17 Manitobans in 2023.

Carberry Mayor Ray Muirhead says steps have been taken to improve the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 5.

It's no secret: Portage la Prairie loves its vegetables, and local farmer Mark Peters has helped get some in the hands of the community, free of charge.

Peters says he always loves to put on the giveaway, as it's something the community has always looked forward to. He's also grateful for Jeffries Bros. Vegetable Growers and Elm River Colony, who provided carrots, cauliflower, and beets.

On October 13, at 10:30 p.m., Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP received a report of a missing 35-year-old male from the Ebb & Flow First Nation.

Joseph Sean Flett, 35, last made contact via social media earlier in the day.

Flett is described as being 6’1”, 160 lbs with long black hair and brown eyes.

His family is concerned with his wellbeing.

September was a record month for CN when it comes to grain movement in Western Canada.

CN's Vice President of Grain David Przednowek is pleased with the numbers considering they are still working out some of the kinks from the Grain Workers Strike at the Port of Vancouver.