Portage

Brad Sanderson and Tyler Klassen of Portage la Prairie have spent decades restoring and maintaining vintage cars. Sanderson, president of the Vintage Cruisers car club for the past 10 years, has been working on classic vehicles for 35 to 40 years. Before retiring from corrections in 2019, he worked in several body shops, including Dan and Pete’s Auto Body in Portage and others in Brandon. 

Two Grade 10 students from Portage Collegiate Institute have wrapped up their term as youth councillors for the City of Portage la Prairie, gaining hands-on experience in local government and community engagement.

Francois Barnachea and Yuvan Ramachandran officially concluded their roles at Monday night’s council meeting on Aug. 11. The pair began their term in the fall and spent several months attending meetings, supporting local initiatives, and helping organize events for their peers.

Who killed Gold Toe Jake?

That was the big question on everyone’s mind at the Fort la Reine Museum this summer, where visitors stepped into the shoes of amateur sleuths for a murder mystery experience that blended local history, interactive puzzles, and a dash of prairie folklore.

The Murder of Gold Toe Jake wrapped up its final performance on Thursday, capping off a successful run of shows that had guests solving clues in a historical whodunit like no other.

Portage la Prairie council received its latest quarterly bylaw enforcement report Monday during the regular council meeting, and the numbers tell a busy story.

Kyle Adamski, owner of Sirius Protection & Security Services, presented the update, describing the second quarter as “one of our busiest quarters to date.”

The father of a First Nations woman who died at the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer told a special court hearing his family was left to "grieve in pieces" for three years before she was identified.

The family and community of Ashlee Shingoose presented victim impact statements Friday during the hearing in Manitoba's Court of King's Bench.

It came one year after Jeremy Skibicki was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life for killing Shingoose and three other First Nations women.

Passengers around the world are feeling the effects after the union representing more than 10,000 flight attendants with Air Canada announced its members were walking off the job after it was unable to reach an eleventh hour deal with the airline.

The strike officially began just before 1 a.m. ET on Saturday.

Keelin Pringnitz and her family, from Ottawa, were returning from a European vacation, but were left stranded after flights were cancelled.

A meeting between Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers has been delayed until next week due to the availability of federal mediators, the company says.

The two sides, which were set to meet Friday, will now meet on Aug. 20.

It's been two weeks since members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers rejected the employers' latest offers in a majority vote.

After more than a year and a half of negotiations, the two sides met with federal mediators earlier this week before agreeing to meet with each other.

Portage MLA Jeff Bereza says Manitoba canola farmers are entering a difficult harvest season as new Chinese tariffs tighten global markets.

Bereza, with nearly 30 years of experience in agriculture, highlights the impact on both farm incomes and the broader provincial economy.

“Knowing the impact and the amount of money, the amount of economic spin-offs, the amount of people that are employed in Manitoba and across Western Canada and Canada because of the canola business."

What began as preparations for a mock rescue at Delta Beach turned into a real-life test of the RCMP’s navigation capabilities. Rick Henderson, who manages the Sheila and Rick Henderson Marina, says the original idea was to arrange a drill with the fire department so responders could practise navigating the newly dredged channel and reaching open water quickly. The exercise would ensure crews were familiar with the route before an actual emergency arose, given the long distances from other launch points such as Sportsman’s Corner or Saint Ambroise.

The Portage Padres are celebrating another Santa Clara Baseball League (SCBL) championship after edging the Plumas Pirates 7–6 in a dramatic Game 5 Friday night at Rotary Republic Park in Portage.

The Padres clinched their second straight league title, once again topping the Pirates in a hard-fought final series.