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The RCMP is looking for leads regarding two attempted break-ins earlier this month. 

On September 4, Portage la Prairie RCMP received a report of an attempted break and enter into a shed in the 1000 block of Crescent Road sometime overnight. 

The suspect was not able to gain entry but caused damage in trying to gain entry. 

On September 6, just before 4:00 p.m., Portage la Prairie RCMP received a call that a residence in the 400 block of 6th Avenue NE was broken into sometime after 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, September 15th

MJHL Exhibition
Virden 4 Portage 3 (S0)

A bloop single to right field in the bottom of the fourth inning drove in the game’s only run as the Kane County Cougars (6-0) defeated the Winnipeg Goldeyes 1-0 in game two of the Miles Wolff Cup Final at Northwestern Medicine Field Sunday afternoon.
 
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Fuel Good Day is taking place tomorrow, Tuesday, September 17, and once again, it will support local not-for-profit organizations. Shannon Vaughan, Marketing and Communications Manager for Homestead Co-op, outlines this year's recipients.

Portage la Prairie's MLA is raising concerns about immigrant abuse. Jeff Bereza reached out to Local Immigration Partnership Program Coordinator Mitch Tilk to offer his support after reading recent stories on PortageOnline about the issue.

Tilk shared his perspective.

Darren Dalrymple of Dalrymple Enterprises, a local farm, has shared the positives about this year's harvest despite facing some initial weather-related challenges. He oversees the family-run business alongside his sons, and addressed the concerns they had earlier in the year.

"It started last winter when there wasn't much snow, we had new dugouts at the pastures and we were concerned that they wouldn't be filled enough and have enough water for the summer. But that all changed in late spring with some snowfall, and good rains."

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will gather with his caucus on Parliament Hill today as he prepares to make another push to topple the Liberal government as early as next week.

The one-day caucus meeting ahead of the return of Parliament Monday will begin with a public address by Poilievre, who has maintained his party's commanding lead in the polls throughout the summer.

They are the last of the major parties to have a fall strategy session after the Liberals, NDP and Bloc Québécois all met last week.

On Monday Parliamentarians will return to the familiar stone walls of West Block in Ottawa to find the political landscape has shifted significantly.

When they last gathered in the capital the Liberals knew their prospects were poor after languishing in the polls for more than a year, but they were secure in the knowledge the New Democrats would prevent them from toppling before they table the next budget, at least.

But the summer saw several seismic shifts that mean the government will now operate as a true minority that could fall to an election at any time.

Passengers with plans to fly on Canada's largest airline can breathe a sigh of relief after Air Canada said Sunday it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing more than 5,200 of its pilots. 

The news of a preliminary deal with the Air Line Pilots Association came shortly after midnight on Sunday when the airline issued a press release just days ahead of a potential work stoppage for Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge. 

The tentative deal averts a strike or lockout that could have begun on Wednesday, with flight cancellations expected before then.

Cornelius Randolph’s single with none out in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Kane County Cougars (5-0) a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Goldeyes in game one of the Miles Wolff Cup Final at Northwestern Medicine Field Saturday evening.
 
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The Kane County left fielder hit an 0-2 pitch from Ben Onyshko (L, 0-1) up the middle to bring home right fielder Armond Upshaw from second base and end the ballgame.