The History of Hangings in Portage la Prairie It’s not a widely known fact that the gaol(jail) in Portage la Prairie was the site of four executions between 1913 and 1926 and that two...
Top 10 Places to Smoke In Portage Top 10 Places to Smoke in Portage la Prairie 10. The back of downtown Tim's. Where the who’s who of Portage smoking elite hang and then walk...
The Last Moments of The Albion Hotel On Mothers Day, May 8th, 1983, every mother in town received the present they were hoping for. The end of the storied Albion Hotel. Built in 1883 by...
8 Reasons to Watch The Jets Over The Terriers Why you should watch the Jets on TV rather than go to a Terrier game. Some local hockey fans are choosing to stay home and watch their local NHL...
11 Types of Portage Friends 1. The “Odd” Friend. We all have at least a couple of friends that are off the beaten path. They don’t just walk to the beat of...
Portage la Prairie At Night The punchline would state that this town looks better in the dark. And while surveying our fair city by the light of day one may argue it would...
12 Types of Portage Neighbours By no means an exhaustive or definitive list, we do offer a generalized, stereo-typed collection of neighbour types we've seen in Portage la Prairie...
9 Recorded Sasquatch Sightings in Portage Nine recorded sighting of a Sasquatch have been recorded in Portage over the years. It just so happens we have images of ALL the sightings here on...
14 Reasons to Hold Your Christmas Gathering @ Walmart 14 Reasons to Hold Your Christmas Gathering @ Walmart Portage la Prairie people are practical and frugal so we have come up with some good reasons...
13 Nightmares of Christmas in Portage Portage can be a scary place. Christmas can be stressful and cause anxiety. Combine the two and you have a recipe for nightmares from your...
You Might Be From Portage If… Here is a fun video that features some of the lighter things about Portage la Prairie. If you are from Portage then you'll understand most of the...
Reindeer Boogie A Hoop and Holler Christmas card to brighten your spirits this Solstice season with a look at some of the Winter lights from around town. Then watch...
Christmastime in the City This past week marked the beginning of the Winter lights season with the commencement of the Island of Lights show and Winter lights parade. There's...
Wedding Ring Lost For 12 Years Returned By Stranger Ring returned after being lost for 12 years Twelve years ago, Teresa Stanley lost her wedding rings and despite searching frantically for three...
A Man & His Dog Barking Across Canada Being on the Trans-Canada Highway where the Yellowhead funnels under Manitoba's great lakes, Portage plays host to many characters traversing the...
Duck Walk VIDEO This morning while walking over by the Portage library I met Rick Deleau of the Cinema Centre. He was taking a picture of something on the Boulevard....
A Perfectly Preserved One Room Schoolhouse West of Portage la Prairie, and a little Northwest of Austin is Edrans. Not much of a town, more a of a district. It's there we met up with Robert...
Puppy-Dawg Saved For Christmas? Sightings from the Top: The Pound Puppy by Terrie Todd On my walk to work last Friday, I saw a young girl walking a dog over the Tupper...
Sunsets & Weather mEportage Vol. 3 by Debra Hourie Our latest edition of mEportage is courtesy of Debra Hourie who was kind enough to send us her photos and this little note. "Hey guys, These are...
Roden Rats Out City Hall Chester the City Hall Mouse Addresses the Issues There be somethin’ new in the ol’ municipal office: a whole row of easels set up with canvasses...
New Albion Hotel Fire Photos Discovered With the overwhelming response to the Albion Hotel fire story, we went looking for more photos of that historic day. Here's more from the Albion...
9 ways to “Pay it BACKWARDS” this Christmas 9. Tired of getting what you DIDN'T WANT? This Christmas spell it out for the clueless gift givers. Send out Christmas Cards with...
From Steeples To Skies mEportage Volume 2 We'd love to share you photos of Portage and area. If you have some you'd like to share email them to info@thehoopandholler.com and we will include...
Trains Hit The Mall There's nothing like a model train to bring out the kid in you. New, at the Portage la Prairie Mall this Christmas season is the Save the CP...
