May 17, 20234 minScotlandSO THAT YOU CAN SAY YOU KNOW ME; I was telling you of how I learned some lessons in life that did not come from home,church or school So...
May 17, 20234 minDinosaursLets go to Portage and see the dinosaurs! Migrating ducks have always returned to our duck pond in the park. Could you imagine the duck...
May 16, 20237 minDrunks in the DistilleryAfter a summer gardening behind the Chinese gardeners Bruce Clayton and I had saved enough for a one way ticket to Heath Row Airport in...
May 16, 20234 minHelmutWhen Donnee was a short term patient in the Cowichan Lodge in Duncan, B.C. due to early Alzheimers , I was there each day to have lunch...
May 15, 20233 minLansdowne CollegeLandsdown College born of local depression The history of education in Portage la Prairie began in 1818 when the Bishop of St. Boniface...
May 15, 20234 minDeath of the BellhopRated 5 out of 5 stars.(1)Demise of the Great Hotels spelled the end to Bellhops. When you are thinking of this fast changing world and all the jobs that have...
May 15, 20234 minIn love with Timothy EatonThat great merchandising house is gone but the aroma of the doughnut machine, the ground coffee and Laura Secord chocolate will linger...
May 5, 20233 minPortage BootleggersJanuary 16 marked the first day of American prohibition. It seemed like the necessary experiment to return America to its former...
May 5, 20232 minPortage HotelOne of Portages most memorable characters was Henry (Harry) Stephens, born at Guelph, Ontario on March 11, 1865 to James and Susan...
