Fire Fighters Burn Fund gets boost from annual bike auction
The Portage la Prairie Fire Fighters Burn Fund will be the beneficiary of this weekend’s bike auction at the Portage fire hall. The bike auction May 4 will be the 38th annual and will start at 10 a.m. rain or shine with Stephen Moffit handling the auctioneering duty. Bikes will be available for viewing at…
Rest-A-Bit presents Saturday evening coffee house fundraiser concert
When Rest-A-Bit — the Prairie Vineyard Christian Fellowship group looking to establish a homeless shelter in Portage la Prairie — was honoured by being selected to receive $10,000 at the 150 Women Who Care event on Feb. 28, the homeless on the street here could still feel the nasty bone-jarring chill subside. When Portage la…
PRRA General Manager David Sattler resigns
After eight years at the head of the Portage Regional Recreation Authority (PRRA), General Manager David Sattler is moving on. In an April 30 press release, the PRRA board acknowledged its acceptance of Sattler’s resignation and announced its intention to immediately begin the search for his successor. In the press release, the board states Sattler’s…
Sharpe Sisters fundraiser another sign of Spring
Another sure sign Spring is here is when local songbirds the Sharpe Sisters stage their Annual Spring Concert. Right around the corner on May 2, the intimate fundraiser is staged at the Presbyterian Church at 17 Royal Rd. S. Doors open at 6 p.m. while the concert starts at 7 p.m. and goes until 9…
Maple Leaf Construction awarded $8.2 million causeway contract
April 26 2019 Award of Crescent Lake CausewayTenderdraft Portage la Prairie City Council voted unanimously during a special council meeting April 26 to award the now $8,186,749 contract to build the new causeway to Maple Leaf Construction. Company Chosen And Amount Being Spent Attached is the recommendation document with the prices and the points of…
Whoop & Hollar festival lineup to be released tonight at Open Mic
The Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival will release its summer festival lineup tonight during its final Open Mic & Jam Night of the season. Dubbed the “Lineup Release Party”, the fun gets underway at the Royal Canadian Legion at 7 p.m. René Jobin of local band Proper Operation and local radio personality will MC as…
Local festival “whoops and hollars” over tourism marketing award win
Years of hard work, planning and yet more hard work is making the Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival “the little festival that could”, something great here, but a little recognition now and then will deservedly help propel the festival onto the next plateau. Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival organizers, partners and volunteers were recognized April…
Portage la Prairie April 23, 2019 city council meeting
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Education and Training Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced today the Manitoba government will spend $57.5 million in 59 infrastructure renewal projects across the province including structural roof repairs at Yellowquill School in Portage la Prairie. Capital funding for 2019-20 will provide structural repairs, roof replacements, new mechanical systems and accessibility projects for kindergarten to Grade 12…
A British Columbia truck driver involved in an Aug. 2017 collision that claimed the lives of two Manitoba youth was ultimately fined $3,000 and given a one-year driving prohibition. Gurjant Singh, 24, pleaded guilty in Portage la Prairie Provincial Court to a lesser Highway Traffic Act offence of careless driving causing death charge arising from…