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Portage la Prairie NewsPeek-A-Boo
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Portage la Prairie NewsCollective agreement provides increase for teachers
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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.
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Portage la Prairie NewsTwo buildings destroyed by fire in Austin
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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.
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Portage la Prairie NewsRCMP seize contraband cigarettes
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Portage la Prairie RCMP are reporting a seizure of contraband cigarettes from a Quebec vehicle, traveling in the Portage area. On Feb. 5 at about 1 p.m.
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Portage la Prairie NewsRCMP warn of thin ice
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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.
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Portage la Prairie NewsRespect Life Week honoured
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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.
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Portage la Prairie SportsSaints bounce back at tourney
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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.
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Portage la Prairie SportsTrojans gearing up for Sunday
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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.
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Portage la Prairie SportsStewart wins bonspiel
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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.
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Portage la Prairie NewsWoman robbed while her vehicle was stuck in snow
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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.
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