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Two buildings destroyed by fire in Austin  Share Comments  
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Firefighters from the Austin, MacGregor, Gladstone and Carberry fire departments, as well as some Hutterite colonies helped put out the blaze in Austin on Sunday. Dave Thiessen, deputy fire chief of the Westbourne/Gladstone fire department, said the fire was extinguished at roughly 5:30 p. [more]
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RCMP warn of thin ice  Share Comments 
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Portage la Prairie RCMP have issued a warning about the condition of the ice on Crescent Lake. On Saturday, Mounties received information that a man walking his dog fell through the ice on Crescent Lake. [more]
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Family oriented group home faces opposition  Share Comments 
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A group home that will only be used for a single-family faced opposition at a public hearing Monday. [more]
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Woman robbed while her vehicle was stuck in snow   Share Comments 
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Portage la Prairie are reporting a case of robbery on Sunday night. At about 11 p.m., Portage RCMP received a complaint from a woman that she had just been robbed on Royal Road and Lorne Avenue in Portage. [more]
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Collective agreement provides increase for teachers  Share Comments 
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The new collective agreement, signed Dec. 18, 2009, includes increases to teachers' wages retroactive to 2006, as well as improved working conditions, ie. time off compensation for extra-curricular work, and contributions towards professional development funds for division teachers. [more]
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Respect Life Week honoured  Share Comments 
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Respect Life Week, from Feb. 7-14, was honoured with a brunch at Centennial Hall in Portage la Prairie on Sunday as a way to increase discussion and promote values that encourage people to cherish all life, from the beginning to the end. [more]
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City reveals new budget  Share Comments 
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Property taxes are set to go up in Portage la Prairie by 7.5 per cent. City of Portage la Prairie council introduced the increase along with its Discretionary, Capital and New/Additional Services 2010 Budget at its regular meeting Monday. [more]
■ Sports / Portage la Prairie Sports
Saints bounce back at tourney  Share Comments 
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A narrow semifinal loss didn't take any shine out of the Portage Collegiate Institute Saints varsity girls' basketball team's performance at the Westwood Warriors Tournament over the weekend. [more]
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Trojans gearing up for Sunday  Share Comments 
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A loss to the Carman Cougars on the road Friday means the Portage Collegiate Institute Trojans boys' hockey team will get their postseason underway with a survivor game on Feb. 14. [more]
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Stewart wins bonspiel  Share Comments 
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Laurie Stewart's Portage la Prairie rink was perfect over the weekend en route to an A-event win in the Sportsman's Bonspiel at the Portage Curling Club. [more]
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  • Quilt workshop held
    Jan. 30 found two of the Quilting Queens from the Portage la Prairie Friendship Centre on our way to Plumas to participate in a Quilt workshop called “Whack ’n’ Stack.” It sounded like fun, and we did not know what we were going to be doing until we got there. We spent the first hour at the Kickass
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  • Glesby Centre now has Facebook page
    I think the scales have tipped. I’m neither a philosopher, nor a sage, but I enjoy history and I’m even more intrigued about the future. I read Popular Science magazine, even though I barely passed my science courses through high school. I enjoy getting to know new people, but take comfort in a few
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  • Skaiti for Haiti
    By Evelyn Alderson, MacGregor Correspondent..​.Here we are into February, and hope the ground hog does the right thing and the weather warms up for an early spring. Best wishes go out to George Lloyd who celebrated, his 90th birthday recently at the Lions Prairie Manor in Portage la
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  • Snowed-in thanks to blizzard in Saskatchewan
    By Bernice Evenson, Plumas Correspondent..​.If you missed the Plumas news last week, that’s because there wasn’t any. I was storm stayed in Saskatchewan. On Jan. 22, Mr. and Mrs. Jim McGregor, Mr. and Mrs. Wally Walker, Iris Fischer, Margaret Buschau and myself were picked up by bus
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  • Oakville Poker Derby coming
    Submitted Article. Don Wilkinson, president of Oakville and Area Lions Club reports that plans are well underway to run its Third Annual Snowmobile Poker Derby on Feb. 14 starting at the Oakville Community Hall on Highway 331. “We hope to have the first contestants on the trail by 10 a.m.
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