Portage la Prairie News

"The scoop" isn't part of mainstream Canadian history. But in First Nations, the term is so well-known it needs no explanation.

RCMP said today that the two people who died in a collision near Portage la Prairie Wednesday were a 21-year-old woman from Erickson who was driving, and a 20-year-old woman from Winnipeg who was a passenger.

Two people were killed in a crash involving car and a semi trailer hauling hogs at the intersection of Highways 1 and 16 Wednesday afternoon.

The Portage la Prairie trio performs at the Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park on Friday, July 12, as part of the Red River Co-op Summer Entertainment Series.

Vince Li is escorted by sheriff officers on his way to a court appearance in Portage la Prairie, Man., in August 2008.

Member of Parliament James Bezan is not happy with a proposal to give increased priveleges to Selkirk Mental Health Centre resident Vince Li.

But instead of carrying a torch, some 300 runners will traverse a good chunk of southern Manitoba with a football.

After 144 days, 2,336 orbits of the Earth, and hundreds upon hundreds of posts to Twitter, Facebook and Youtube, Commander Chris Hadfield has returned from the International Space Station a household name - arguably space travel's first since the Apollo Moon landings.

Treating psychiatrist Dr. Steven Kremer told a Criminal Code Review Board hearing Monday he has no concerns Li would try to escape during the outings.

A man found not criminally responsible for the beheading of a fellow bus passenger in Manitoba may soon be allowed to go to the beach and to Winnipeg.

PORTAGE la PRAIRIE, Man. - People new to the nuances often assume that singulation and uniform spacing go hand in hand.

Dan Roy was thinking about his saskatoon berry farm as he rode his horse up the slope last week to look over the water rushing down the Portage Diversion.

Pregnant women in the Portage la Prairie area are being forced to travel to Winnipeg to deliver their babies because the Portage Hospital obstetrics ward is closed.

Facing likely defeat in their bid to reroute the Bipole III transmission line, affected landowners are now organizing to fight for a fairer deal from Manitoba Hydro.

Manitoba farmers who say they are still suffering the effects of record flooding in 2011 took to the legislature Tuesday to demand more money.

After a 13-hour disappearance, a three-year-old boy was found playing in a ditch in chilly temperatures five kilometres from his home in Sidney, Manitoba.

I agree with the farmers' protest at the Portage la Prairie flood water diversion.

The Fort Frances Vipers captured the Manitoba U16 Tier 2 provincial championship in Portage La Prairie yesterday, defeating the Grant Park Pirates of Winnipeg in three sets.

Below, she tucks the fortunate toddler into his car seat. The news bulletin prompted Cory Wilson to glance out the passenger window of his brother's truck Saturday morning as they drove west on the Trans-Canada Highway.

The transient is also an alleged firebug for whom the police have been watching.