Portage la Prairie News

The Portage Community Revitilization Corporation will be holding an information session Nov.

Angela Brown / Central Plains Herald-Leader.... Mary Balezs, originally from Ireland, is pictured at her home just outside of Portage la Prairie on Nov.

October marks Women's History Month in Canada as a time to recognize women's achievements in society, at all levels.

People in the Central Plains area will soon be able to get their H1N1 flu vaccinations, but some are not sure if they actually want it.

Staff photo by Laura Shantora Nelles...The Stanley Cup was on hand at the Portage la Prairie branch of Scotia Bank on Saskatchewan Avenue Sunday afternoon as part of the Scotia Bank celebration of hockey.

Portage la Prairie RCMP seized some contraband cigarettes on Monday. At about 1:30 a.m., a Portage RCMP member was patrolling the Trans-Canada Highway near Angle Road in Portage when a 1996 Ford Windstar van from British Columbia was observed traveling westbound.

A recent house fire at Long Plain First Nation continues to raise questions of possible arson involvement at the reserve southwest of Portage la Prairie.

As the Portage la Prairie community continues to look for answers concerning its missing and murdered women, the provincial government says it is stepping up its efforts to help bring more forces together to try to solve these cases.

By Evelyn Alderson MacGregor correspondent It's good to see Carl Bergquist back to his home again, after spending several weeks in Winnipeg and Gladstone hospitals.

By Beryl Henders Austin correspondent Fred and Loreen Amann attended the fall convocation exercises at the University of Manitoba on Oct.

By Jeannie Harris Lions Prairie Manor I think "quiet" would be an apt description of October here at the Lions Prairie Manor, as the busy-ness of summer gently ebbed its way into the peacefulness of the cooler weather.

Cheryl Barker Sunny Side of the Street A presentation on the services offered by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, plus a display of helpful aids, will be held at the Herman Prior 55-plus Centre on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., and everyone is welcome to attend.

By Richard, David and Kelsey Smith Submitted article More than 100 friends, neighbours and relatives attended on the evening of Oct.

Rather than wrap up a boring sweater or scarf as a gift this Christmas, why not give an original expression of beauty instead? On Nov.

Two teens who plotted to corral students in a Winnipeg school auditorium and randomly open fire apologized Thursday for proposing the rampage.

The Olympic Flame that will be heading to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be stoked by Portage la Prairie's passion along the way.

Manitoba Hydro's Bipole III project may be coming to the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie.

Staff photo by Rob Swystun -- Photographer Tine Butler of the aptly named Tine Butler Photography holds the Pink for the Cure calendar she created to help raise funds for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Shayne Dahl/Submitted photo....Luis Luna, immigration resource co-ordinator at the Portage Learning and Literacy Centre, originally hails from Guatemala.

There was some major construction done over the summer on the Simplot Road, said Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie Reeve Toby Trimble.