Nicole Barrasse, a Dunmore native and 2008 Keystone College graduate, has been selected as the 2009 Student Diplomat by NAFSA: Association of International Educators and the Abroad View Foundation. Barrasse traveled to India after graduating from Keystone as part of the college's Study Abroad Program. She documented the trip and submitted a video of her experiences to be considered for the 2009 ...

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.[...]

( Office of Naval Research ) The Office of Naval Research reached an agreement to establish an ONR Global liaison office in Prague, Czech Republic, on Feb. 26.

EVANSVILLE Evansville is asking residents to take an online survey to gauge their opinions about changes made recently to part of Lincoln Avenue.The changes reduced Lincoln's number of lanes from four to three in the stretch of the street between Rotherwood and South Hebron avenues.To take the survey, go to www.evansvillempo.com/LincolnAveSurvey.The results of the ...

Sharing Our World, the city's planned cultural festival in the spring, needs volunteers to share their talents and recipes. Sharing Our World is an initiative of the Portage la Prairie Community Revitalization Corporation (PCRC) and will take place May 8 at the William Glesby Centre.[...]

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.[...]

The community of Macdonald will soon be busy sorting its cans and scrunching its cardboard. Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie confirmed on Feb. 9, Macdonald will be coming onboard as part of the Portage and District Recycling program contract.[...]

Characteristics of advanced dementia can include severe functional impairment, eating problems, malnutrition and recurrent infections. Dementia is a leading cause of death in the United States, and estimates project that 16 million individuals will have dementia by 2050.

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Feb 9, 2010 (CIDRAP News) A comprehensive review of the nation's tools for reducing the impact of a biological weapons attack or other public health emergencyprompted in part by last fall's delays in delivery of the pandemic H1N1 vaccineis due to get under way in the next few weeks with a pair of conferences.

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.[...]

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.[...]

In Poland, Lodzs property values rose at a slower pace than those in other major cities like Warsaw and Krakow.

A sense of inevitable doom welcomed the announcement of a 7.5 per cent property tax increase in Portage la Prairie introduced Monday. "Well, it was bound to happen," Robin Murray said while doing some shopping downtown.[...]

While Vancouver will be the scene for many athletes in the next couple of weeks as they compete for gold, a local man will be making his way to the West Coast to bring a little gold to the hearts of youth.[...]

The Scott Sisters, Jamie and Gladys Scott of Mississippi, were accused of an $11 robbery and given double life sentences. The sisters have always proclaimed their innocence. Now one of them has been hospitalized.

The Lake Washington School District Elementary Math Adoption Committee has narrowed the curricula to be considered for adoption to two possibilities, enVision Math (Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley) and Math Connects (McMillan-McGraw Hill). These two finalists were selected after a parent input process that included four public meetings and Web input.

By: Nicholas Trobiano The line up for the 2010 Bonnaroo Music & Art Festival was leaked online Tuesday and the final list is looking to be a mix of solid talent. Not unlike Woodstock, ...

The pace of training has accelerated in Arizona this week as the Seattle Sounders FC approaches its first competition of the preseason. The Sounders FC will wrap-up its nine-day camp at Grande Sports World in Casa Grande, Ariz., by facing the Vancouver Whitecaps FC at 10:30 a.m. PT on Thursday.

HALIFAX A state of emergency has been declared by Gov. Bev Perdue in order for North Carolina to qualify for federal assistance.

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.[...]

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.[...]

What the Heck Is String Divisi & Is It Contagious?

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.[...]

Two more Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market stores are slated to open in the Coachella Valley in coming weeks.

Patient satisfaction ratings have gone up for six of nine California health maintenance organizations rated by a state agency. In its annual HMO report card released Tuesday, California's Office of the Patient Advocate evaluated the state's nine largest HMOs on clinical quality and patient satisfaction. Top scores went to Kaiser Permanente Southern California, PacifiCare and Western Health ...

Katy Independent School District officials have posted a new release addressing rumors circulation in the community regarding attendance boundary modification concerns.