Runners participate in the 100-metre dash at the La Verendrye School track meet Thursday. (KEVIN HIRSCHFIELD/THE GRAPHIC/QMI AGENCY)

LVS holds track meet

La Verendrye School held their track meet at the Yellowquill School track on Thursday. Check out some photos from the event.

The Portage District Hospital Foundation is celebrating the completion of an $85,000 project in the chemotherapy unit at the hospital. Pictured are foundation executive director Erin Miller-Simpson, left, artist and cancer survivor Bernice Einarson (who donated the painting seen here), hospital client services manager Pam Schimmel-Werbiski and foundation board member Irvine Ferris. Missing from photo is cancer care physician Dr. David Kinnear. (CLARISE KLASSEN/PORTAGE DAILY GRAPHIC/QMI AGENCY)

Chemo unit expands

The Portage District General Hospital and its foundation are celebrating the updated and expanded chemotherapy department.

Action from the PCI Trojans/Sagkeeng Wolves lacrosse game on May 10. The Trojans won 9-0. (Kevin Hirschfield/THE GRAPHIC)

PCI melts down in fourth

With a three-game win streak intact, the PCI Trojans lacrosse team was rolling for three quarters in their game against River East Wednesday.

Sam Turner crosses home plate during a PCI Saints doubleheader Wednesday afternoon. The Saints defeated Sanford 5-2 and W.C. Miller 6-2 to finish the regular season at 5-1. (Kevin Hirschfield/THE GRAPHIC/QMI AGENCY)

Saints out in semis

After just dropping one game all season, the PCI Saints fastpitch team dropped two games at Wednesday's Zone 4 tournament in Altona.

Courtney Nichol of the Portage Blaze tracks the ball during a 5-1 win over the Heat at Republic of Manitobah Park on Monday night. (Dan Falloon/Portage Daily Graphic)

Blaze shut out again

The Portage Blaze put up another goose egg on the scoreboard Tuesday night, but this time they weren’t lucky enough to pick up a point.

A red zinnia makes a perfect landing pad for this monarch butterfly that loves to pause for refreshment and bask in sunshine. (TED MESEYTON/SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Popular coneflowers

Right off the top, a couple event dates to pass along. Also, it’s easy to fall in love with cone flowers such as echinacea and zinnia.

It's all about perspective

My day started off pretty poorly. I struggled to get out of bed, and after hitting snooze three times, I swung my feet onto the floor.

Cleveland hero gets burgers for life

The man made famous for putting down his Big Mac to help free three women held captive for about a decade in a Cleveland house will never have to buy a hamburger in his hometown again.

Student council president Shelby Page was "thrown" from the vehicle she and her friends were in during a mock drunk driving collision staged at Portage Collegiate Institute. She was later pronounced "dead" by emergency workers. (CLARISE KLASSEN/PORTAGE DAILY GRAPHIC/QMI AGENCY)

Mock collision 'kills' one

Portage Collegiate's Grade 11 and 12 students got an up-close view of what happens when someone drinks and drives Thursday.

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