Portage

The Burt Block Parties are back for a 5th year!

Four big nights, August 14th to the 17th, and there is something for everyone.

Thurs. Aug. 14 - Dean Brody, Owen Riegling, Haily Benedict, and Brandi Vezina.

Fri. Aug. 15 - Marianas Trench, Down with Webster, Fefe Dobson, and guests.

Sat. Aug. 16 - The Glorious Sons, Everclear, JJ Wilde and guests.

Sun. Aug. 17 - Kim Mitchell, Chilliwack, Harlequin, and guests.

The Portage Terriers’ season has come to an end as they fell 3-2 to the Dauphin Kings on Monday night. Dauphin takes the best of seven Turnbull Cup semi final 4-2 and will now move on to play the Northern Manitoba Blizzard in the final.

MONDAY, APRIL 14TH

MJHL
Playoffs: Semi-Finals - Best of 7
Game 6
Dauphin 3 Portage 2 (Overtime)
Kings wins series 4-2

IIHF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Round Robin
Canada 7 Czechia 1 

MLB
Atlanta 8 Toronto 4

Manitoba Pork celebrated its 60th anniversary during its annual meeting and industry banquet Thursday in Winnipeg. Producers, processors and various stakeholders gathered at the Fairmont for the day full of meetings which was capped by an evening gala. There are currently 188 registered producers in the province, representing 608 farms and 22,000 full-time equivalent jobs. 

With only two weeks remaining before election day, voters in Selkirk Interlake Eastman will have six candidates to choose from in the upcoming federal election.

Monday, April 7th was the close of nominations for candidates in the April 28 election.

Elections Canada has now updated its list of confirmed candidates for each constituency.

The six candidates for Selkirk Interlake Eastman are:

Central Plains youth hockey teams made a major statement over the weekend at the Brandon Source for Sports AAA Hockey Challenge, with both the Chiefs and the Capitals returning home with hardware and high praise from their coaches.

The Central Plains Chiefs 2016 squad, led by co-head coach Ryan Ozunko, claimed the championship title in the 2016 Gold Division, finishing the weekend with an impressive 4-1 record.

"The boys came out very good, winning the championship game on Sunday against the Brandon Stealth Wolves."

Portage la Prairie MLA Jeff Bereza presented the King's Medal last week to Angela Roulette, executive director of the Women of Mother Earth Network. It's a support group that focuses on women's wellness and raising awareness for related issues. 

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.

Poilievre was campaigning in Montreal on Monday, where he announced he would pass a law to allow judges to impose consecutive life sentences in cases of multiple murders. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2022 that imposing consecutive life sentences violates an offender's Charter rights.

Some of the bills now before the Manitoba legislature will have to wait until the fall to be passed into law.

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives have exercised their right under legislature rules to hold back five bills for further debate beyond the summer break.

One bill would forbid liquor licences in urban convenience stores and gas stations — a move the Tories say will affect small businesses and customer choice in the few locations where such licences have been issued.