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Members of Parliament will hold an emergency debate in the House of Commons Monday evening on a string of recent deaths of First Nations people during interactions with Canadian police forces.

Six First Nations people have died in the last two weeks at the hands of police officers, which NDP MP Lori Idlout characterizes as a "disturbing pattern."

She wrote a letter to House Speaker Greg Fergus calling for the emergency debate, lambasting what she called a lack of media coverage of the deaths and inaction by the government to pass legislation on First Nations policing.

Winnipeg Goldeyes General Manager Andrew Collier has been named American Association Executive of the Year, the league announced Monday.
 
The 2024 season marks Collier’s 23rd as the club’s General Manager. He previously won the award in 2014 in the American Association and 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2009 in the Northern League.

Mother nature has recently blessed Portage la Prairie with above-seasonal days, and that trend looks to continue this week.

Christy Climenhaga, a Scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), says it will be an interesting and unsettled week across much of the province, especially parts of southern Manitoba.

Canadian farmers can take advantage of a program that can give them a leg up this harvest season through the Canadian Grain Commission's (CGC) annual Harvest Sample Program.

Through that farmers get an unofficial grading from the CGC which they can use to help market their commodities.

Program Manager of Analytical Services Kerri Pleskach talks about the program and how it helps out Canadian producers.

A Manitoba New Democrat has been removed from the government caucus and is firing back at Premier Wab Kinew.

The NDP has removed Mark Wasyliw — a lawyer — from caucus, saying his business partner is a defence lawyer for convicted sex offender Peter Nygard.

Caucus chair Mike Moyes says Wasyliw has failed to demonstrate good judgment and does not align with caucus principles of respect and trust.

Wasyliw says he thinks he has been turfed because he spoke his mind within caucus.

Twelve firefighters responded to a vehicle fire east of MacGregor in the early hours of Saturday.

Crews were dispatched to a fire on Highway 1 at 2:48 a.m. on September 14. The blaze involving a semi-dolly was extinguished and cleaned up quickly. Firefighters were back in service at 4:45 a.m.

MacGregor Fire Chief Chris Leckie tells PortageOnline it was a mechanical failure on the dollies pulling the second semi-trailer when it malfunctioned and caused the brakes and tires to catch fire.

The Portage Terriers continue to trim their roster for the upcoming season, as they announced the trade of forward Nathan Lenoski to the Dauphin Kings this morning.

Lenoski joined the Terriers before last season, coming over in a trade with the Winnipeg Freeze for defenceman Darien Schaan, and third-round draft pick and future considerations. 

Lenoski would put up 25 points in 43 games, while missing some time to injury, and played in all five playoff games.

At this time of year when people might be finishing up their landscaping, Manitoba Hydro is reminding people to be careful around gas lines and meters as well as overhead trees.

Peter Chura is Media Relations Officer and says hydro equipment around your home is something to look out for.

A new resource for farmers and researchers has been launched with the Root Rot Network covering advances in combatting diseases for crops in the prairies.

That includes both resources and research papers featured on rootrot.ca.

Sherrilyn Phelps, Director of Research and Development for the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, talks about the partnership behind the website.

The Canadian National Women's Hockey Camp ran from September 9-15 with several invites from the Province of Manitoba. Defenceman Jocelyne Larocque and Goaltender Raygan Kirk are in attendance from Ste. Anne, Ashton Bell from Deloraine joins them, along with goaltenders Kristen Campbell from Brandon, and Elm Creek's Corinne Schroeder.

Schroeder spoke to PortageOnline about the opportunity to attend the national camp, her second consecutive invite.