Article content Making Portage Home Again, Part 3 of 4 Mitch Moar grew up in Portage la Prairie, attending North Memorial, LaVerendre, Westpark, and PCI schools. He says he enjoyed his childhood. “My main memories are of skateboarding at The Platform and playing baseball every summer. Tobogganing at the dump hill was always fun in the winter.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Making Portage Home Again, Part 3 of 4 Back to video In 2004, at 22, Mitch moved to Calgary. “I was making poor life choices as a young adult and thought a change of scenery would do me good. My best friend was living in Calgary, so I moved there to live with him. There was more opportunity for employment, and I enjoy snowboarding, so being by the mountains was awesome. But I missed my family, and I missed the lakes. I missed the humid summers Manitoba enjoys. I missed the quiet life that living in a small town can provide.”