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Portage la Prairie RCMP have charged a Dauphin man with multiple weapons offences following a Saskatchewan Avenue incident.

Police say that on October 16, at 2:30 p.m., Portage la Prairie RCMP officers were called to a business in the 100 block of Saskatchewan Avenue West. The caller indicated to the RCMP that a man was sitting outside this business with what looked to be a gun in his possession.

Officers arrived and took the 42-year-old male suspect from Dauphin into custody without incident.

On Monday, October 23, at 10:10 a.m., officers from the Gimli RCMP detachment responded to a report of a truck and trailer having hit the ditch near a property located on Highway 329, in the RM of Bifrost-Riverton.

Police arrived and found two pickup trucks, one in the ditch and one on the property. As they approached the vehicles, two suspects were seen running away toward a residence, and a third having entered one of the trucks who drove away into the field at high speed.

Portage la Prairie RCMP are currently investigating a case of aggravated assault following a stabbing that took place last Saturday. 

Police say they responded to the stabbing on October 21, at 4:40 a.m., which occurred outside a residence on 19th Street NW,  

The victim, a 42-year-old man from Portage, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. 

The Pink Ladies Snow Ride for the Cure is a biannual event that aims to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer. The organizers are now gearing up for the eighth installment of the fundraiser and are looking to build on the $324,000 that has been raised so far.

While the event is still months away, the pink ladies have already started with registration for their Ride for a Cure on February 3. According to committee member Tammy Hammersley, the early bird registration date has passed but people can certainly still register and be a part of the full day of events. 

Portage la Prairie RCMP received a call that a vehicle had been burned on Highway 242 on October 15. 

According to police, the vehicle came back as stolen from a residence in the RM of Victoria on October 7. The vehicle was damaged beyond repair, and arson is suspected.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Portage la Prairie RCMP at 204-857-4445. 

A 34-year-old female Long Plain First Nation driver is looking at impaired driving charges following a single-vehicle crash in Portage la Prairie.

Police say they were first notified on October 15th when they received a call about a single-vehicle collision with two occupants on Royal Road South. When officers arrived, they had grounds to believe that the 34-year-old woman driver from Long Plain First Nation had consumed alcohol before getting behind the wheel.

The northwest block of apartments at the corner of Gigot and 19 Street NW was cordoned off by RCMP this afternoon. No word has yet been provided about the cause and incident. Traffic is not being rerouted, and police remain on the scene investigating at about 2:00 p.m.

No further information is available at this time.

A field blaze took place east of MacGregor on Friday. The Austin Fire Department is on the scene trying to put out the fire.

High winds were blowing, which compounded the problem. There is no word on injuries, cause of the fire or damages at this time.

PortageOnline will provide additional details if they become available.

RCMP made a search for a wanted Portage la Prairie man on 10th Street NW. Mateo Roulette, 25, was arrested on October 13, who attempted to evade police by climbing out a window.

A warrant of arrest was issued from Winnipeg for Being Unlawfully at Large and was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breaching his statutory release.

When Roulette was searched, 20 grams of methamphetamine, 65 grams of fentanyl, a large sum of cash and other drug paraphernalia were found and seized. Police also confiscated several air guns and ammunition from the room where the man was located.

Police officers in Selkirk are still scratching their heads when it comes to a robbery that took place in the community last Tuesday. 

The RCMP report shows that Selkirk RCMP received an alarm from a business located on Highway 9 in the RM of St. Andrews on October 10, at around 3:30 a.m.