Portage la Prairie News

Submitted photo -- Portage la Prairie RCMP are asking the public's assistance to locate 15-year-old Caitlin Rose Mousseau, who has not been seen since Dec.

The entertainment for the celebration of the Olympic Torch Relay in Portage la Prairie has been set.

Staff photo by Rob Swystun -- Jennifer Mills plays and sings Jolly Old St. Nicholas at the Music for Young Children's Second Annual Christmas Recital at the Portage Evangelical Church in Portage la Prairie Sunday.

Portage la Prairie's place as a softball mecca in the province was further solidified at the end of last month with a number of current and former area residents honoured for their efforts on the diamond and in the dugout.

Reading The Daily Graphic on Dec. 8, on page 4, Mr. Harper was taking heat from the editorial cartoon on climate briefing.

Staff photo by Rob Swystun -- Bob Curl, a board member with Canadian Mental Health Association's Parkland branch, left, and Don Buhler of Management Services Inc.

Portage la Prairie residents will soon be able to pack their gym bags extra full in February in anticipation of the grand opening of the new PCU Centre.

If you were out driving around this weekend, you may have come across one of our Manitoba Public Insurance Checkstops that we had set up in various locations around Portage la Prairie.

On the list of upcoming inquests posted at the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario is one that has been locked in freeze-frame for almost 18 months.

Environment Canada has issued a snow fall warning for Portage la Prairie and area.

Drinking and driving while also having no licence and open liquor in his vehicle proved to be a triple threat for a Long Plain First Nation man.

Locally and nationally, job creation and economic action have been at the forefront of people's minds and the media.

Staff photo by Angela Brown...Lions Prairie Manor is pictured in the southeast end of Portage la Prairie on Monday.

As of Friday, Portage la Prairie sure started letting its lights shine. An annual holiday tradition, Portage's 11th consecutive Manitoba Hydro Power Smart Island of Lights started up on Friday night to begin the popular tradition once again.

Santa Claus is coming to Portage la Prairie, but a few days earlier than Dec. 25. Santa will make his traditional appearance at the parade that bears his name.

There are many different holiday traditions observed by Winnipeggers, but for Bill Marsh, the holiday season means one thing -- helping others get home from their parties safely.

The Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie didn't sponsor any resolutions at the Association of Manitoba Municipalities' 11th annual convention, but it was the inspiration for one.

Thursday's Portage la Prairie School board meeting featured a visit from members of the current Portage Collegiate Institute student council.

By Eric MacKenzie, The Daily Graphic Don Sissons and Cory Smith found out first-hand that the terrain in Costa Rica isn't quite the same as it is at home in Portage la Prairie.

A former restaurant will soon be the home of a new government office building in downtown Portage la Prairie.