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Members of the RM of Rosser volunteer fire department help guide STAR-7 in for a landing.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

New ‘heliport’ site begins operations at Portage la Prairie

This is the first site approved by Transport Canada outside Winnipeg. Ste. Anne’s Hospital is also awaiting approval of a newly constructed site

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Every minute matters when a life is in danger, and with a new ‘heliport’ becoming operational this month at the Portage la Prairie District General Hospital, critical time will be saved during emergency response efforts. Why it matters: Cutting down transport times of critically ill or injured patients can save a life. The hospital’s newly
Roquette hopes pea acreage will increase in Manitoba, but the financial incentive will need to be there for farmers in order to dedicate the acres. Photo: File/Lisa Guenther
Pulses

Construction resumes at Portage pea plant

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CNS Canada – More than a year after the ground breaking ceremony was held for Roquette’s pea-processing plant at Portage la Prairie, Man., construction resumed on it at the end of October. According to a company spokesperson construction was halted last spring “to adjust and fine tune the project.” ”We took the opportunity to include
STARS donation
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Manitoba farm family issues challenge to support STARS

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Portage la Prairie farm donating the profits from a 40-acre soybean crop 
to support the air ambulance service

A Manitoba farm family is donating proceeds from a crop to support the STARS air ambulance program and issuing a challenge to other farms to do the same. They’ve planted 40 acres of soybeans and will donate the net profits to STARS, said Jill Verwey of Verwey Farms in the Portage la Prairie area. STARS
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Simplot to supersize Portage la Prairie fry plant

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U.S. agrifood giant J.R. Simplot plans to bulk up its potato processing footprint in southern Manitoba with a $460 million plant expansion. The company and the provincial government on Wednesday announced construction will begin this spring on a 280,000-square foot expansion at its 180,000-square foot french fry processing plant at Portage la Prairie. The expansion,
Dakota Tipi First Nation took part in the Roquette groundbreaking near Portage la Prairie Sept. 28. Chief David Pashe (r) passes the pipe to Premier Brian Pallister.
Local news, Pulses

Roquette breaks ground on Portage pea-processing plant

A ceremony held last week marked the formal start of the construction phase

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Manitoba farmers don’t grow many field peas anymore, but that could change when the world’s biggest pea-processing plant, being built here by French-based Roquette, starts operating in April 2019. Pascal Leroy, Roquette’s vice-president for pea and new protein business line, and Premier Brian Pallister, broke ground Sept. 28 for the $400-million facility, in what had
The group (nine of the ten women) was drawn together to make the quilts.
Country Crossroads

Project brings communities together

The group planned to make a quilt for each of two refugee families now in Portage la Prairie

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Arabic music played in the background as a group of 10 leaned over sewing machines and cutting-and-piecing tables in the upper room of the MacGregor United Church. Outside it was a lovely spring day, but inside seven women and three teenaged girls were hard at work on a quilting project that had brought together several
There’s no shortage of concern over spring flooding as the winter winds to an end.
Local news, Weather

Western Manitoba prepares as province releases its first flood outlook

The Southwest Flood Strategy Committee is among the regional groups preparing 
for possible flood conditions in western Manitoba

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The Southwest Flood Strategy Committee came together for the first time in almost two years Mar. 1, and it’s turning rapt eyes to the spring flood forecast. The group was formed after the 2011 flood — which evacuated 7,100 people from their homes, damaged significant municipal infrastructure and left three million acres of farmland unseeded
Officials from Roquette and the Manitoba government announced plans for the company’s new pea processing plant on Jan. 18 at the provincial Legislative Building. (Shannon VanRaes photo)
Crops

Roquette counts on expanding Canadian pea output

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Winnipeg | Reuters — France’s Roquette, which is building the world’s largest pea protein plant in Manitoba, is counting on the province’s farmers to boost their production to supply the $400 million factory, the company said Friday. Roquette raised eyebrows this week when it said it would build the plant in Portage la Prairie, Man.,
Kristen Podolsky speaks to producers in Morden.
Crops

Late planting of early soybeans explored

Growing season for soybeans could continue to shrink

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Early-maturing soybean varieties have been a great benefit to Manitoba producers and now researchers are trying to determine if they can also be planted later in the season. “I would have to say this is very exploratory work… we’re actually testing practices that aren’t the norm right now,” said Kristen Podolsky, a production specialist with

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