Ran Out Of Money In Portage la Prairie Famed super-hero, Captain Canuck, has recently made the news with a new comic book release in time for Canada Day and a movie in development. It’s creator, Richard Comely is a proud former Portage la...
A Voice, A Hope, A Friend To The Prostituted Prostitution. The word itself stirs up strong emotions and opinions. And perhaps it should, the exchange of sex for money is a powder keg issue that has been around a very long time. The Canadian...
Armed With A Diddly Bow and Hubcap Guitar, Wreckin’ So Battles Hillbilly Blues Despite being too shy to play in front of an audience until just three years ago, Portage’s Brent Alarie and his band Wreckin’ SO are taking the music scene by storm, armed with a diddly bow and hubcap...
Life Of Portage la Prairian in Europe Portage la Prairians travel and live in all corners of the earth and The Hoop and Holler tracked down one of our happy wonderers, Angie Pembroke(Patsack), to report on some of her story. This former Arthur...
Yanara Peters: A Farmer’s Wife With a Passion for Farming, Photography and Faith by Jim Uttley Those outside of Portage la Prairie may not be aware that not only is there an island in our city, but also Portage is an “island” in a sea of farmland. Thousands of hectares of...
North End Corner Sees It All Over The Years Mike Stiegler serving one of his friends. In the age of big box stores, franchises, and on-line shopping, Portage’s north-end hangs on to a throw-back retail experience, the corner...
Terrier Super-Fan! In 1942 when the Portage Terriers were born, an eight year-old boy named Ron Goodz was in the stands where he’s been for some 70 years since. As a child Goodz had part of his foot cut off and was warned...
Soup for You! Today, November 1, 2011 the “O Canada” version of Chicken Soup for the Soul is released in book stores with a big Portage la Prairie connection. Portage la Prairie published author, Terrie Todd with the...
