Portage la Prairie News

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.

Twelve hours of worry, followed by the frenzied rush of fear knowing your child is alone and cold throughout the night, all suddenly over with the warm relief that everything is going to be fine.

A three-year-old boy that went missing from Sydney last night was located near the Trans-Canada Highway this morning.

Assiniboine Community College said yesterday it would be looking at communities interested in hosting a rural rotating practical nursing site, after this year's provincial budget expanded the program to a third site "We're giving communities the opportunity to work together with local partners, including regional health authorities, to submit ... (more)

An aerial photo showns the Assiniboine River and 18th Street in the Brandon flood zone in Manitoba.