Portage la Prairie News

Ita s a parenta s worst nightmare. For the family of a 16-year-old Portage la Prairie girl in a coma, ita s a reality.

BRANDON Correctional Centre will expand by 80 beds, provincial officials said Wednesday.

A 40-year-old man has been arrested in Portage la Prairie in the murder investigation of a young woman who hasn't been seen since leaving a southern Manitoba bar last fall.

Ita s been a rough 18 months for Charlene Warda s family. July 1 would have been Warda s 48th birthday.

On Sunday, at around 8 p.m., Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to a call of a man lying on the shoulder of the highway on Road 34 North, south of Austin.

Portage la Prairie athlete Leith Saunders successfully tested for her 3rd Degree Black Belt on June 30 to become the first Canadian woman to reach this level in Jishin-Do Jiu-Jitsu. Shihan Chris Bissett stopped in Portage on a tour of Western Canada to evaluate Saunders' skills.

Portage la Prairie Emergency Services attended to the scene of an accident on Sunday involving a motorcycle and a semi trailer.

Staff photo by Angela Brown ...Matthew MacDonald, from Bagot, left, joins Keren Menashe, from Nelson, B.C., and originally from Toronto, Ont., on Friday evening at an event at Republic of Manitobah Park in Portage la Prairie.

By Evelyn Alderson.. MacGregor Correspondent... The busy month of June is over, school is out, and graduation is over.

BY BERYL HENDERS ... Austin Correspondent... The Austin community barbecue was held June 19, in front of the new community hall.

By Donna Gamache ... North Norfolk-MacGregor Library... The Summer Reading Club at the North-Norfolk-MacGregor Library is set to begin on July 14 and run for six weeks during the summer on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Portage Friendship Centre is having a yard sale on Saturday July 4th at Eagle's Fire Youth Centre they are raising money and taking donations towards the school supply drive.

Submitted by Lori Blight... Enjoy the beauty of six private gardens that have been made accessible to you on the Artful Garden Tour, on July 18 from 9:30a.m.-2:30 p.m. Lush perennials, colourful annuals, unique garden artifacts and gentle flowing streams are just a few of the sights you will experience on the garden tour.

Stephanie Rosset, 1, hands Caley Adamsky, 10, a wand to blow bubbles at the Canada Day celebrations at Island Park on Wednesday Not too hot and not too cold, Canada Day 2009 turned out just right.

A 16-year-old Portage la Prairie girl is in a coma in a Winnipeg hospital following a brutal attack early Sunday morning.

A vigil will be held at Hillside Cemetery for Charlene Ward on Wednesday July 1. Ward was a Portage la Prairie woman who was found murdered at her home on Fifth Street east on November 1, 2007.

Portage la Prairie have arrested two suspects in a case involving stolen property.

Sunday's 31st annual Manitoba Marathon was a perfect way to spend Father's Day for some Portagers, and a gruelling test of endurance for some other local runners.

Staff photo by Jessica Hassard...Employees at Simplot Canada Ltd's Portage la Prairie potato processing plant wait outside while an ammonia leak is addressed Thursday afternoon.

Now that high school is just about over, many students may want to make a little cash over the summer until the next school year begins in the fall.