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Portage short on basketball refs  Share Comments 
Posted 13 hours ago
Portage la Prairie and the surrounding area is in dire need of more basketball officials for the upcoming season as the ones that are currently overseeing games in the region are overworked, says Central referee assignor Don Boddy. [more]
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Awful injury mars United season finale  Share Comments 
Posted 12 hours ago
The Portage United needed a win and a pile of goals Thursday to help out their cause for promotion within the Manitoba Major Soccer Leauge. Unfortunately, they didn't have a full 90 minutes in which to get them. [more]
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Trojans show well at preseason tourney  Share 
Posted 13 hours ago
The Portage Collegiate Institute Trojans football team posted a 1-1-1 record on Thursday in a preseason mini-tournament held in Brandon. The Trojans knocked off the Dauphin Clippers 20-7 in their first game of the day, but came out on the wrong end of an 8-0 game agaisnt the Tier 1 Sisler Spartans. [more]
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Province wants to decrease household use of phosphorus  Share Comments Photos 
Updated 3 hours ago
The Province of Manitoba wants to decrease household use of phosphorus products, beginning with dish detergent. As of July 1, new legislation bans the sales of dish detergent with phosphorus levels more than 0.5 per cent per weight. [more]
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Labour Day a time to raise awareness of workers' rights  Share Comments 
Posted 2 hours ago
Labour Day may be a day of rest, but the campaign for workers' rights never stops, said one local man. "There's still work to for the workers of Manitoba and Canada," said Daren Van Den Bussche, president of the Portage la Prairie Labour Council. [more]
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United wrap up 2010 season  Share Comments 
Posted 37 minutes ago
The Portage United needed a win and a pile of goals Thursday to help out their cause for promotion within the Manitoba Major Soccer Leauge. Unfortunately, they didn't have a full 90 minutes in which to get them. [more]
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Saints soccer player say 'this is the year'  Share Comments 
Posted 38 minutes ago
The Portage Collegiate Institute Saints girls soccer team has been back on the pitch preparing for the upcoming season as it sets to begin its quest for a zone title that has been so elusive the past few seasons. [more]
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Trojans in action in Brandon  Share Comments 
Posted 39 minutes ago
(STAFF) — The Portage Collegiate Institute Trojans football team posted a 1-1-1 record on Thursday in a preseason mini-tournament held in Brandon. [more]
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Central Plains in need of basketball officials  Share Comments 
Posted 43 minutes ago
Portage la Prairie and the surrounding area is in dire need of more basketball officials for the upcoming season as the ones that are currently overseeing games in the region are overworked, says Central referee assignor Don Boddy. [more]
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Children's Wish fundraiser supports Portage boy  Share Comments 
Updated 3 hours ago
Children's Wish Foundation will be holding an auction fundraiser this month to help grant the wish of a Portage la Prairie boy. Funds raised from the auction to be held at Boston Pizza in Portage will help to purchase a new computer for the youth. [more]
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Copper wire thefts increasing  Share Comments 
Updated 3 hours ago
Dan Sawatzky's MacGregor-area farm is the latest to be victimized by a series of thefts that appear to be sweeping across South Central Manitoba. [more]
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    Lauri Klyne, Manitoba Metis Federation...The Manitoba Metis Federation Portage Local has finally got our cell phone up and running. It seems that the mailbox was full, the phone was no longer functioning and when we inquired, we were told that some one had thrown it away! When we checked
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  • Dance program startup
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