The Portage la Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce has an open invite to help it celebrate a successful 2018 and help us look ahead to 2019 as it holds its AGM next week. Deadline for tickets is Feb. 15, for the chamber’s Annual General Meeting scheduled for Feb. 21. The chamber will give a…
The annual Louis Riel Day celebration will again prove to be fun for the whole family. The Manitoba Metis Federation Portage Local and the Portage Regional Recreation Authority have teamed together again to make sure the 7th Annual Louis Riel Day celebration on Feb. 18 will be a family attraction. Stride Place will be a…
Now in its formative stage, the Portage and Rural MS Support group will be having a community meeting on Feb. 13, to bring together family, friends and those stricken by Multiple Sclerosis. “This will be an opportunity to discuss ways to help those affected by MS and their families and to begin building a local…
Crescent Lake will host a celebration this weekend with two of Canada’s favourite pastimes: hockey and curling. The Rotary Pond Hockey Championships and a milk jug curling bonspiel with the Portage Curling Club will provide a lot of outdoor fun Feb. 15-17 for both participants and spectators on the Crescent Lake skating surface. The annual…
The following is a summary of police activity in the Central Plains Area (Portage la Prairie, Treherne, Amaranth and the surrounding Rural Municipalities). The reporting dates are between 2019-02-04 and 2019-02-10. During this time period, police responded to 296 calls for service Traffic violations 145 Traffic Offences (Highway Traffic Act) 10 Vehicle Collisions 2…
Musicians representing a collection of decades of professional performing experiences covering old-time, country and classic rock will take the Army Navy & Air Force Veterans club stage on Feb. 15. Mark Morisseau, Terry Human, multi-instrumentalist Bob Fleury and drummer Vince Uryniuk will be the house band taking the stage at 8 p.m., but many other…
Open letter to Portage la Prairie mayor Dear Mayor Ferris, I see, from the Agenda of February 26th council meeting, that a person will be appointed to the library board in place of one who resigned. I do not question the qualifications of the appointee as I have no idea of them. I have…