Portage

The Portage Terriers are back in action after a tough game that was a lot closer than the score suggested in Winkler.

The Dogs were downed 6-2 by Winkler, following back-to-back shutouts against the Winnipeg Freeze and Swan Valley Stampeders.

Portage will look to even up their record again today when they take on the Niverville Nighthawks for the first time this season at Stride Place. 

Niverville currently boasts a record of 5-4-0-0 but have lost their last two games, a 1-0 loss to Northern Manitoba and a 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Steinbach Pistons.

Representatives of a British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was shot dead last year, as well as the Sikh independence group he was involved in, say their communities won't feel safe until India's consulates in Vancouver and Toronto are shut down.

That's after the Canadian government expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, and the RCMP announced on Monday it had evidence of their alleged involvement in crimes including homicide and extortion targeting the so-called Khalistan independence movement.

Canada's emergency preparedness minister says the passengers of an Air India flight that landed in Iqaluit due to a bomb threat remain stuck there, and he has approved a request for the military to help them.

Harjit Sajjan posted on X late Tuesday that the airline "hasn't found a solution" after the plane landed in Nunavut's capital with 211 passengers on board earlier in the day and that they are "stranded."

Tuesday, October 15th

MWHSHL
College Belliveau 2 Portage Collegiate 1 (OT)

MJHL
Winkler 9 Selkirk 0
Dauphin 5 Waywayseecappo 4

MMJHL
Raiders 6 Pembina Valley 1

Changes are coming north of Carberry at the scene of a deadly intersection that claimed the lives of 17 Manitobans in 2023.

Carberry Mayor Ray Muirhead says steps have been taken to improve the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 5.

It's no secret: Portage la Prairie loves its vegetables, and local farmer Mark Peters has helped get some in the hands of the community, free of charge.

Peters says he always loves to put on the giveaway, as it's something the community has always looked forward to. He's also grateful for Jeffries Bros. Vegetable Growers and Elm River Colony, who provided carrots, cauliflower, and beets.

On October 13, at 10:30 p.m., Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP received a report of a missing 35-year-old male from the Ebb & Flow First Nation.

Joseph Sean Flett, 35, last made contact via social media earlier in the day.

Flett is described as being 6’1”, 160 lbs with long black hair and brown eyes.

His family is concerned with his wellbeing.

September was a record month for CN when it comes to grain movement in Western Canada.

CN's Vice President of Grain David Przednowek is pleased with the numbers considering they are still working out some of the kinks from the Grain Workers Strike at the Port of Vancouver.

The chances of a half-percentage point interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada became more likely Tuesday after Statistics Canada reported annual inflation fell to 1.6 per cent in September.

Economist Tu Nguyen of accounting and consultancy firm RSM Canada said she had expected the inflation rate to remain close to the central bank's two per cent target, where it was in August, for a few more months.

"This is one of the instances where I'm happy to be wrong," she said.

The Portage Collegiate Institute (PCI) Saints hockey team is gearing up for an exciting season, kicking off today as they travel to Winnipeg to face the Beliveau Barracudas with high hopes and a strong veteran presence. Head Coach, Joanne Clark-Gillespie, expressed enthusiasm about the upcoming season after a productive preseason. 

"We've been on the ice for a month and participated in our division alignment tournament, where we declared our intention to play in Division Three this year."