Portage

For many local children, summer wouldn’t be summer without the Portage Regional Recreation Authority’s (PRRA) Day Camp. For Maegan Inman, it’s been a seasonal job and a summer home.

This year marks Inman’s seventh and final season with the day camp program, a place where she’s grown up herself, from a young volunteer to camp coordinator. As she prepares to say goodbye, she’s leaving more than just a job behind, but a family as well.

One year to the day a wind-whipped fire forced thousands to flee in the dark of night along one smoke-choked road, the mayor of Jasper acknowledged it was a day of remembrance that some would much rather forget.

Company works with Farming Smarter Association as it searches for options other than the century-old Russet Burbank variety.

Russet Burbank has been the go to potato variety for Canadian farmers and consumers.

This year, McCain Foods in Chin, Alta., has entered a corporate partnership with the Farming Smarter Association to explore the viability of other varieties in its food processing plant for farmers to consider.

Farming Smarter is using one of its commercial plots to do a research trial growing four varieties using six treatments.

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan has written to the federal government asking for emergency use of strychnine to control gophers
 

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan wants strychnine reinstated under emergency use provisions.

The organization has asked the federal agriculture and health ministers to “urgently” consider the request.

APAS said there is a significant uncontrolled increase in the population of Richardson’s ground squirrels costing about $9 million a year.

Firm behind plan to build Saskatchewan fertilizer plant had to recently deal with former CEO’s financial problems

 It is full steam ahead at Genesis Fertilizers despite a tumultuous June, say proponents of the proposed Saskatchewan mega-project.

“It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when we get this project off the ground,” said Terry Drabiuk, vice-president of business development with Genesis.

The project is a proposed $2.89 billion, farmer-owned nitrogen fertilizer plant to be built in Belle Plaine, Sask.

The Manitoba Stampede & Exhibition brought thousands to Morris for three full days of western action, local flavours, and family fun, with activities starting early and running well into the night. This year’s event featured a stacked schedule of crowd favourites, from stock dog trials and rodeo events to circus shows, mounted shooters, and live music. 

A truckload of free potatoes drew dozens of residents to the parking lot at Canad Inns on Monday, as community partners worked together to make sure good food doesn’t go to waste.

Jeanna Emms, an employment training consultant with the Portage Friendship Centre, says it all came together in just a few days.

“Well, we got a call from Second Harvest on Wednesday and they asked if we would be able to take some potatoes for free for a giveaway,” says Emms. “I reached out to PCRC, one of our partnering agencies."

Portage la Prairie has received long-awaited federal permission to proceed with mechanical weed removal from Crescent Lake, after being unable to use chemical herbicides since 2023.

Portage Mayor Sharilyn Knox says the city submitted an application to Fisheries and Oceans Canada earlier this year to use a weed harvester, and just received word it’s been approved.

“We just received notice late yesterday that we have that permission,” Knox says.

She notes the city will now work with a private company to finalize scheduling and logistics.

Residents along 7th Avenue NW in Portage la Prairie are experiencing a temporary water service disruption today, July 22, due to a water main repair.

The affected area runs from Maplewood Crescent to 8th Street NW.

According to the City of Portage la Prairie, crews are working to complete the repair and restore service by the end of the day.

There is also a temporary road closure effective immediately: 8th Street NW from 6th Avenue NW to 7th Avenue NW, as well as 7th Avenue NW from 7th Street NW to 9th Street NW.

Portage la Prairie RCMP are investigating a serious stabbing that occurred at a residence in Langruth, late on July 20.

Officers responded shortly after 11 p.m. after receiving a report of a stabbing on Broadway Avenue. Upon arrival, they found a 36-year-old male from Sandy Bay First Nation with life-threatening injuries.

The victim was attended to by Emergency Medical Services and airlifted by STARS to a hospital, where he remains in stable condition.