Portage Daily Graphic

Manitoba experiencing Siberian weather, literally

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:15:00 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 [...]

Saints edge Terriers in close battle

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:49:00 GMT

If Sunday’s game between the Portage Terriers and Winnipeg Saints was in fact an MJHL Championship preview, it’s going to be a dandy of a [...]

Two and out for Hyde at MCT finals

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:48:00 GMT

Ryan Hyde’s Portage la Prairie rink made an early exit from the Manitoba Curling Tour Championships over the weekend despite taking early leads in two [...]

Capitals earn weekend split at home

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:46:00 GMT

The Central Plains Capitals split their first two games of the new year, losing Friday at Centennial Arena, but rebounding with a win at home [...]

Junior Caps downed by Warriors

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:45:00 GMT

The Central Plains Junior Capitals were short on the bench and short on the scoreboard Sunday, as they lost 7-3 to the Winnipeg Warriors on [...]

Quilts on parade

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:43:00 GMT

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

Oakville man dies in snowmobile accident

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:43:00 GMT

An Oakville man died Friday night while out on his snowmobile in south-central Manitoba. The 25-year-old Central Plains resident lost control of his machine and [...]

MTS will have higher high definition television

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:39:00 GMT

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

Travolta ‘heartbroken’ over son’s death

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:49:00 GMT

FREEPORT, Bahamas — John Travolta’s 16-year-old son was ‘‘spectacularly supervised’’ before he was found collapsed at the family’s vacation home on Grand Bahama, a lawyer [...]

All about Marley

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:49:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and their little dog have not lost their box-office bite. The family tale ‘‘Marley & Me,’’ starring Aniston [...]

‘Being Erica’ all about being human

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:48:00 GMT

Time-travel stories can be hokey. Fun, but hokey. Thus, the challenge for the new CBC “dramedy” series Being Erica, which debuts tonight, is to walk [...]

New Year plagued by violence in Calgary

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:42:00 GMT

CALGARY — The first few days of the New Year have been plagued by violence in Calgary. On Sunday evening, a man was rushed to [...]

Stem-cell research takes step forward, study

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:41:00 GMT

TORONTO — One of the big worries about one day using stem cells to grow new organs and other tissues for curing disease is that [...]

Bogus banknotes on rise

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:41:00 GMT

OTTAWA — As if the Bank of Canada doesn’t have enough to worry about, a new report says there’s been a surge of counterfeit banknotes [...]

Almost 15 per cent of people with dementia under 65

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:40:00 GMT

TORONTO — Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are typically seen as afflicting the elderly, but new data suggest an increasing number of baby boomers [...]

Winnipeg-born woman believes cold-weather roots will help

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:39:00 GMT

WINNIPEG — None of Debbie Dias’ three teammates have visited the Arctic before, but Dias thinks she’ll have a leg up on their upcoming race [...]

Wiring school buses

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:38:00 GMT

EDMONTON — Surveillance cameras are gradually making their way onto school buses with education and transport officials defending the equipment as a good deterrent to [...]

Richardson withdraws Cabinet bid

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:37:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama’s commerce secretary. He’s doing that amid a grand jury [...]

Hundreds in Kandahar city protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:36:00 GMT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Hundreds of people shouted ‘‘Death to America’’ and ‘‘Death to Israel’’ as the embers of an Israeli flag smouldered on the streets [...]

Thousands attend avalanche memorial

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:36:00 GMT

SPARWOOD, B.C. — ‘‘Here’s to the boys.’’ Two-thousand mourners shouted out that phrase in unison Sunday in a vocal tribute to eight snowmobilers who were [...]

How the gov’t stole Christmas

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:35:00 GMT

Christmas is now behind us, along with another seasonal wave of feel-good stories featuring voluntary charity. We’ve all read the stories: One community raised money [...]

Not-so-swift on the parodic uptake

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:34:00 GMT

In his 1729 “A Modest Proposal,” master satirist Jonathan Swift (no relation to Jon Stewart who is likely still alive and will return to late [...]

No choice but to strike Hamas

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:33:00 GMT

What’s unfortunate about the world-wide condemnation of Israel for invading Gaza is that there was so little condemnation of Hamas during its years of firing [...]

New roads not enough

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:32:00 GMT

Governments on all sides of the political spectrum, and in all corners of the Earth, have come to the realization our economies require stimulation. Washington, [...]

Young aboriginals want yeast ban to curtail ‘super juice’ problem

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:31:00 GMT

WINNIPEG — Trouble is fermenting in Manitoba between young aboriginal leaders and human rights advocates over a call to prohibit the sale of homebrew ingredients [...]

Run on groceries in remote Man. town

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:31:00 GMT

CHURCHILL — Fear over a possible disruption of rail service to a remote northern Manitoba town has led to panicked hoarding of groceries, despite assurances [...]

Hundreds gather to remember hockey player

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:30:00 GMT

PORT PERRY, Ont. — Young people in hockey jerseys are among the hundreds of mourners remembering an Ontario hockey player who died after hitting his [...]

Canada’s economy not sporting a rosy glow in 2009

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:29:00 GMT

OTTAWA — It’s not a pretty picture for Canada’s economy going into a new year. As bad as it’s been over the past few months, [...]

Flaherty meets with banks over credit conditions

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:28:00 GMT

TORONTO — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is meeting again with Canada’s big banks this morning to continue discussions over the condition of Canada’s credit markets. [...]

Record cold wind chills recorded in Sask.

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:27:00 GMT

A fierce blast of snow and cold was making its way east into Manitoba on Sunday after triggering record low wind chills of -50 C [...]

New Year's arrival

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:23:00 GMT

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Braving the elements

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:14:00 GMT

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Blasting Old Man Winter right back

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:13:00 GMT

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All bent outta' shape

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:12:00 GMT

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North Norfolk Man threatens people, cops with gun

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:06:00 GMT

On Dec. 31, around 10 p.m., Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to a firearm complaint at a residence located approximately 12 km south of MacGregor. [...]

Fire fund to help affected families

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:45:00 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 [...]

Fighting ban not the answer to player's death: locals

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:11:00 GMT

The death of an Ontario senior men's hockey player after hitting his head on the ice at the end of a fight is a tragedy, [...]

High-profile Portagers differ on resolution theme

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:10:00 GMT

For some, it's the chance to start the year with goals to accomplish and personal mountains to overcome. For others, it's a quaint concept, but [...]

Fire and ice a tough mix for blaze battlers

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:08:00 GMT

Fighting fires at any time is a difficult task, but trying to do it while also fending off the frozen grip of winter makes it [...]

Saints sneak past Terriers

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:32:00 GMT

The Winnipeg Saints had the last two goals of the night to beat the Portage Terriers 6-5 in a wild affair at Centennial Arena. The [...]