Portage

As students in Portage la Prairie prepare to return to the classroom, the Portage la Prairie School Division is emphasizing crucial safety tips for riders and motorists.

Adam Thompson, Supervisor of Transportation for the division, outlines key practices to ensure everyone's safety on and around school buses this new school year.

For new students, the primary focus is on timeliness and composure at the bus stop.

Being ready and avoiding a last-minute rush is critical for maintaining schedules and preventing accidents.

The streets of Elie will come alive next weekend as the community hosts its sixth annual downtown car show. Head organizer Vince Gillis says the event takes place September 13 on Main Street, right across from the hotel, and promises a mix of classic vehicles, live music, and a lively atmosphere. 

“This year it’s called the Stunt Doubles. They're from Winnipeg. They're country and classic rock,” notes Gillis. 

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday human smuggling across the border with Canada is getting worse — and that traffickers are looking north following the Trump administration's crackdown at the border with Mexico.

"The northern border, it always has been, but it's gotten much worse, much more prevalent because … it's a multibillion-dollar business, the smuggling of drugs, guns and humans," Bondi said during a news conference in Tampa, Fla.

Messages of condolences and support poured in for a Manitoba First Nation after a mass stabbing on Thursday, including from a First Nation in Saskatchewan that experienced one of its own exactly three years earlier.

Police say eight people were found severely injured in two homes on Hollow Water First Nation, northeast of Winnipeg.

An 18-year-old woman died while the suspect, her 26-year-old brother, died after the stolen vehicle he was driving collided with a vehicle driven by a police officer responding to the attack.

Edwin Winfield Ross
September 22, 1945 – September 2, 2025

Edwin Ross, 79, of Portage la Prairie, passed away at home in the early morning of September 2nd, 2025.

He is lovingly remembered by his wife, Gloria; his children, Chad and Sheryl and his grandson Rayne (Nicole). He also leaves behind his sister Iris Grasby (Grenville) and brother Jim Ross (Lois); and sisters-in-law Marilyn McCasin and Bev Reese, as well as an extended family of cousins, nieces, nephews, and many friends.

A brother and sister are dead and several others, including a Mountie, injured after a mass stabbing Thursday on a Manitoba First Nation.

Police say the woman, 18, was among those stabbed by her brother, 26-year-old Tyrone Simard, in the early morning attack on the Hollow Water First Nation northeast of Winnipeg.

The start of the school year in Portage la Prairie is facing a bumpy transition as surface rehabilitation on Provincial Road 240 creates significant congestion for parents dropping off children at nearby Crescentview School and École Arthur Meighen.

The construction, which began just before fall classes began, has sparked frustration online over its timing, though some parents on the ground are choosing to focus on the eventual improvements.

Lori Mackedenski begins a new role this fall at La Verendrye School, teaching clothing textiles for Grade 7 and 8 students. As part of the division’s industrial arts program, students rotate through four sections: sewing, metalworks, foods and nutrition, and graphics.

The Conservative Party is calling for an end to the Temporary Foreign Workers program; in its place, they are calling for a single program for the agriculture sector.

Leader Pierre Poilievre quoting the latest employment stats from July, points out we now have 14.6  per cent unemployment rate and 1.6 million Canadians unemployed.

He says the principle behind ending the program is very simple. "Canadian jobs for Canadian Workers"

Jefferies Brothers Vegetable Farm has been operating for more than 50 years, and today the farm is thriving under second-generation leadership. Owner Roland Jefferies says the past few months have brought plenty of challenges, but also plenty to celebrate.