Portage Daily Graphic

Terriers dump Blades

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:40:00 GMT

The Portage Terriers scored five unanswered goals to top the Beausejour Blades 6-2 Tuesday at Centennial Arena. The Terriers trailed 2-1 past the game's midway [...]

Art and sole: patrons pitch shoes at Bush

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:26:00 GMT

ASHLAND, Ore. — Art was laced up with political statement as a gallery opened an exhibit with a paint-splattered fundraiser that featured a ‘‘shoe throw’’ [...]

‘Nutcracker’ recession-proof

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:26:00 GMT

NEW YORK — Economic downturn? You’d hardly have felt it from the crowds packing every day into Lincoln Center for New York City Ballet’s ‘‘Nutcracker.’’ [...]

Travolta’s son died of seizure

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:25:00 GMT

FREEPORT, Bahamas — Jett Travolta’s body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a seizure, an undertaker [...]

Farce finale draws 1.5M viewers

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:25:00 GMT

TORONTO — Roughly 1.5 million Canadians spent New Year’s Eve watching the final flight of the long-running ‘‘Royal Canadian Air Farce,’’ according to numbers released [...]

Hockey ads feature ’Peg

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:24:00 GMT

WINNIPEG — If you thought some of the sights looked familiar in a commercial that aired during the NHL’s outdoor Winter Classic on New Year’s [...]

Tax sugary drinks?

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:23:00 GMT

EDMONTON — An Alberta emergency room physician says taxing fatty foods and sugary drinks makes sense. But Dr. Louis Francescutti says most Albertans are not [...]

Scholars must denounce Gaza attacks to keep jobs: CUPE

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:22:00 GMT

TORONTO — A proposed resolution by a major Ontario union to ban Israeli academics at the province’s universities has sparked a bitter debate between leaders [...]

Israeli troops keep marching

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:20:00 GMT

GAZA CITY, Gaza — Israeli shells slammed into Gaza and ground forces edged closer to major population centres Tuesday, taking more civilian lives after Israel [...]

Few is not all

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:19:00 GMT

Support for the multiplex is present in the rural municipalityAs a resident of the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie I have been watching the [...]

Easy to avoid vigilantes’ wrath (what do you think?)

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:18:00 GMT

I was sad to read over the holidays that some young man got the snot beaten out of him just because he was allegedly breaking [...]

Frugality will rule this year

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:17:00 GMT

Usually, at the beginning of a new year, those who dabble in such things worry about the fate of nations and prospects for world peace. [...]

More DUI charges: RCMP

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:16:00 GMT

WINNIPEG — RCMP across Manitoba stopped more vehicles and charged more people with impaired driving offences during its holiday checkstop campaign compared with the same [...]

Many complaints, few stick

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:15:00 GMT

WINNIPEG — Just one of the 208 cases disposed of in 2007 by Manitoba’s police watchdog resulted in formal discipline for an officer. The [...]

Flaherty gets earful from all sides

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:02:00 GMT

OTTAWA — Three weeks before Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tables his recession-fighting budget, the government faces a sprawling list of contradictory demands from economists and [...]

Investors bolted ravaged markets in December

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:01:00 GMT

TORONTO — Investors cashed out of equity markets en masse in December as stock values crumbled, but at least one fund analyst warns they risk [...]

Economic meltdown heightening tensions

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

MONTREAL — As the economic meltdown deepens, some debt counsellors are reporting a rise in the number of clients threatening divorce, while mental health experts [...]

Truck check

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:59:00 GMT

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All in a day's work

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:59:00 GMT

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Women not too emotional when it comes to money

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:57:00 GMT

For decades, centuries, eons, really, the common belief has been that women are more emotional beings than men. Well, according to The Boston Consulting Group, [...]

Board, not bored

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:56:00 GMT

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North Norfolk man threatens people, cops with gun

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:14:00 GMT

On Dec. 31, around 10 p.m., Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to a firearm complaint at a By Daily Graphic Staff On Dec. 31, around [...]

PCI Saints picking up their pace

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:45:00 GMT

The Portage Collegiate Institute Saints varsity girls basketball team took a step closer to forging its offensive identity Monday. The Saints fell 57-46 to the [...]

Another hot goaltender stymies Female Caps

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:44:00 GMT

A third period charge wasn't enough for the Central Plains Female Capitals to pull out a win against the Eastman Selects on Sunday. The Capitals [...]

PCI hockey Saints now 11-1-1

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:42:00 GMT

The Fort Richmond Collegiate Centurions were the latest victim of the Portage Collegiate Institute Saints girls hockey team, which picked up its 11th straight win [...]

Warning- this story contains horrible news and may induce shivers

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:49:00 GMT

Old Man Winter just can’t keep a good Portager down, it seems. Although the city, along with the rest of the Prairies, has been experiencing [...]

Fund started for victims of fire

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:48:00 GMT

Between the Portage la Prairie Scotiabank and the Portage Evangelical Church, community members have places to drop off donations to help victims of a fire [...]

Perfect weather to enjoy a handmade quilt

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:45:00 GMT

There is something exceptionally comforting about a warm blanket, yet, when that same blanket has a rod stuck through it and is hung on the [...]

High def TV uses Portage as testing ground

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:42:00 GMT

High definition television not high def enough? No worries. Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. is releasing a brand new HDTV system, and Portage la Prairie will [...]