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Opinion: ATV deaths, injuries show need for action
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (492+ words) Brandon 20° C, Cloudy The numbers are alarming, and the calls to address them are neither unexpected nor unreasonable. But reducing the rate of injuries and deaths related to the use of all-terrain vehicles will not be easily accomplished. The death…...
Mosquito counts still too low for fogging
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (1007+ words) Brandon 20° C, Cloudy City of Brandon parks crews are ready to go if mosquito fogging is required — and the measure could come as early as next week. Trap counts by then will “possibly” be high enough for fogging to start,…...
Teen gets probation for pulling knife on taxi driver
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (743+ words) Brandon 20° C, Cloudy A 16-year-old girl was sentenced to one year of probation with 50 hours of community service in Brandon provincial court on Tuesday after she threatened a taxi driver with a knife. The teen pleaded not guilty to robbery…...
Offender phoned his victim 130 times from jail
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (892+ words) Brandon 21° C, Partly cloudy A man was sentenced to 15 months behind bars after he pleaded guilty to forcibly confining a woman and trying to obstruct justice by phoning her more than 100 times from jail. Levi Waters, 43, also pleaded guilty in…...
Up-close images show ghostly Terra Nova wreck, ship of doomed Falcon Scott voyage
8+ hour, 15+ min ago (572+ words) Brandon 24° C, Cloudy ST. JOHN’S – A mission led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has captured detailed, up-close images of the ship that carried explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed 1910 voyage to Antarctica. The haunting wreck of Terra Nova lies at…...
Former MP charged after major firearm seizure – Brandon Sun
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (760+ words) Brandon 19° C, Clear Mounties arrested a former Dauphin mayor and member of Parliament — and seized more than 400 firearms and $300,000 in cash from his home — following a months-long firearm trafficking investigation. Manitoba RCMP charged Inky Mark, 78, with a dozen offences, including…...
Subpoenas issued to NY Times reporters seen as 'unprecedented' threat to press freedom
23+ hour, 38+ min ago (897+ words) Brandon 21° C, Partly cloudy Reaction in the media world has been swift and severe to the issue of subpoenas to five New York Times journalists who reported on security questions involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One — a legal maneuver…...
Texans dominate Calgary Stampede rodeo finals taking four of seven events
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (817+ words) Brandon 30° C, Sunny CALGARY – Rodeo lineage was prominent in the Calgary Stampede final Sunday as a son and a nephew of previous winners stood in the winner’s circle and collected lucrative cheques. Noah Lee of Mineral Wells, Texas, captured the…...
Man accused in Walmart blaze previously set other fires
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (259+ words) WINNIPEG — A judge urged Ronald Marmito Amigo to address his addiction to methamphetamine as she sentenced him last year for lighting a fire in a storage area at Garden City Shopping Centre and another in a nearby dumpster while high....
Crackdown leaves homeless vulnerable to heat wave: advocates – Brandon Sun
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (823+ words) Brandon 19° C, Partly cloudy WINNIPEG — Advocates say the recent police crackdown on open drug use on Winnipeg streets has driven members of the homeless community into the shadows and will put them at risk during the heat wave this week....