Portage

A family-focused event hosted by the St. François Xavier Community Club is set to return Saturday, June 21, with highlights that include a helicopter flyby and landing, a variety of emergency and farm vehicles for children to explore, and a barbecue hosted by the local reeve. 

A key concern in the RM of Cartier centres on pedestrian safety along a busy stretch of road in the Lido Plage area, where there are currently no sidewalks. 

Reeve Christa Vann Mitchell outlines that the municipality is looking to build a path to connect the community to the Grand Trunk Trail, improving safety for residents walking toward Headingley along the highway. 

Hometown hero, Jonathan Toews, is coming home. 

Toews, the former captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, hasn't been on the ice since the 2022-23 season as he dealt with Chronic Immune Response Syndrome. His final game with the Blackhawks was on April 14, 2023, and he hasn't played since. 

Late last year, Toews went on a healing journey in India where he underwent a detox, in hopes of getting his syndrome under control. 

THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH

NBA
Championship Finals - Best of 7
Game 6
Indiana 108 Oklahoma City 91
Series tied 3-3

American Association Baseball
Winnipeg Goldeyes 8 Sioux Falls Canaries 7

MLB
Arizona 9 Toronto 5

FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH

A perfect day on the greens translated into a record-breaking fundraiser for local youth programs as the Youth for Christ (YFC) Golf Tournament teed off last weekend at the Delahunt Golf and Country Club in Treherne, Manitoba.

Nine teams participated in the event, enjoying beautiful weather and fellowship while raising crucial support for YFC's ministries in Portage la Prairie, Carberry, and McGregor.

After a transformative year leading the Oakville Early Learning Centre from its opening in June 2024 to a thriving childcare centre, Executive Director Cindy Curry is stepping down, handing the reins to Assistant Director Emily Hillier.

Curry, who helped establish the centre's foundation, is leaving to take on a new role as a full-time instructor at University College of the North in The Pas, Manitoba.

Two teens from northern Manitoba communities were arrested on mischief charges earlier last week.

Just after 5 p.m. on Monday, June 9, 2025, officers with the Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to reports of mischief along the walking path near 20th Street NW, where fresh spray‑paint markings had appeared on nearby property.

Guided by descriptions from witnesses, police located two youths a short distance from the scene, each in possession of spray‑paint cans. Neither resisted when officers moved in.

Donna Gabriel, representative for the WFNB Portage group, says the forced removal of members from Waterhen First Nation took place on May 19, 1996. She says that RCMP officers, alongside members of the emergency response team, stormed the reserve enforcing a court injunction that named only three individuals. Despite this, she says more than 150 people, including elders, disabled residents, children, and families, were forcibly removed from their homes.

"We were removed wrongfully. This should have never happened," notes Gabriel.

Police and parks officials say one person was killed and three were injured in a rockfall at a remote hiking trail in Banff National Park.

They say the search continues to confirm no other hikers are missing following the early afternoon tragedy at Bow Glacier Falls, north of Lake Louise.

One person had been found dead and the extent of the injuries to the other three is unknown.

Two of the three injured were taken to a Calgary hospital by STARS air ambulance and the third went to hospital by ground ambulance.