Portage

Portage MCC (Mennonite Central Commitee) has undergone many changes over the years, and another change has taken place very recently, with the addition of another store between the main thrift store and their Furniture Plus location. General Manager Kevin Hamm outlines their newest store and what is going into it.

The family of a missing senior from the Rural Municipality of Piney continues to hold out hope that their loved one is alive, even though she has now been missing for more than one year. 

It's just like Need for Speed always said, if you want to race, take it to your local track. Someone found out the hard way when travelling nearly 60 kilometers an hour over the speed limit.

At 2:11 a.m. on October 21, Portage la Prairie RCMP observed a vehicle going 158 km/h in a 100 zone on Highway 1, eastbound, near Portage La Prairie.

When asked about his speed, the driver stated his passenger’s sister was pregnant.

The 21-year-old driver has been fined $809 for speeding and was given a serious offence notice.

The Canadian Football League (CFL) has revealed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' six nominees for the 2024 Most Outstanding Player Awards, as selected by the Football Reporters of Canada (FRC) and CFL head coaches.

Brady Oliveira leads nominations with dual honours

Winnipeg native and standout running back Brady Oliveira has once again been named the Blue Bombers' nominee for both Most Outstanding Player (MOP) and Most Outstanding Canadian (MOC).

A man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the deaths of his common-law partner and their two children is to serve a life sentence with no parole eligibility for 16 years. 

Court of King's Bench Justice Chris Martin agreed Thursday to a joint recommendation from Crown and defence lawyers at the sentencing hearing for Trevis McLeod in Winnipeg.

"It's horrible, just horrible," the judge told court, calling it "one of the worst cases I've dealt with in my career." 

"At the end of the day, nothing takes away the pain, nothing takes away the shock."

A new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says 83 per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults without one. 

It says seniors 65 years and older are more likely to have access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner than younger adults between 18 and 34. 

Access to primary care is highest in Ontario and lowest in Nunavut. 

A Steinbach business, that has roots in agriculture, has made the final ballot for the Best of America Small Business Awards.

Cameron Bergen is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of mode40. Bergen explains they work primarily with Fortune 1000 manufacturing organizations across Canada and the United States. 

"We take data, and we turn it into money," says Bergen, explaining that they help optimize processes through analyzing, optimizing, and disseminating information using software, artificial intelligence, and other tools. 

The bandages have come off, and we can finally see the results of the facelift Saskatchewan Avenue has received.

The Saskatchewan Avenue Revitalization project took three years to complete, costing a total of $25 million. The funding was provided by the Government of Canada, the Government of Manitoba, and the City of Portage la Prairie.

Local historian James Kostuchuk describes this as a long-awaited development for the city.

Home sweet home. In many cases, when a holiday comes to an end, people are longing for one or two more days away. But for Dan Joudrey, a recent experience in Cuba had him longing for the usual uncomfortable plane ride so he could finally get home.

Joudrey recently vacationed in Cuba with a family member and it did not turn out as planned. Thanks to economic conditions on the island and a prolonged power outage that lasted an entire week, the trip was anything but relaxing. In fact the lack of basic resources made it difficult to survive, let alone enjoy a vacation.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told his MPs Wednesday that he would reflect on what they had to say in a three-hour caucus meeting where some Liberals confronted him about his leadership.

Trudeau was smiling when he left the meeting on Wednesday afternoon, and as he walked briskly past a horde of reporters on Parliament Hill he said only that the Liberal party is "strong and united."