A new full service tailor shop, Sew Crazy Services, specializing in heavy duty repairs, military and police uniforms, as well as alterations to all types of fabrics and applications opened August 2nd in Brandon. The new business located at Unit B-920-6th Street is owned/operated by Sandra O'Neill who has over 15 years experience in the field, including the last 10 repairing military and police uniforms in Shilo. Sandra has a strong understanding of clothing repairs/alterations and will offer services from the basic hem, to perfecting the sides of your perfect suit, to making that dress fit just right. Looking for uniform services? Sew Crazy Services goes through extensive steps to to keep your employees' uniforms, work wear, and overalls in perfect order. Combined with industry leading equipment and skilled staff, customers will find their mending and repair services keeps their employees looking their best. At Sew Crazy Services they can help your business in SEW many ways! Services provided include but not limited to: *pant, jean, skirt, dress hems *badges or patches on uniforms *shortening or lengthening of sleeves *taking out/letting in waist *outerwear alterations and repairs *suit jacket/sport coat alterations *zipper & button repair/replacement *leather repair *heavy duty canvas and tarp repair/patch Contact: Sew Crazy Services B-920-6th Street Brandon, MB Phone: 727-2304 Hours: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm

Leaving the office for a quick weekday lunch...not sure where to go...tired of visiting those coupon driven fast food establishments, or being the 14th car at the drive thru line? Next time why not try one of the places below offering up some fantastic lunchtime specials in Brandon. Listed in no particular order. Smitty's Sportsline Lounge: Anyone who has lived in Brandon for any length of time is bound to know about Smitty's Sportsline Lounge famous steak sandwich special. The steak sandwich is topped with mushrooms and onions and served with fries and garlic toast. It's a steal of a deal at $9.95. For those looking for something a little lighter they also offer a daily Soup & Sandwich special with a choice of a home-style cream or broth soups. Pictured: Smittys Sportsline Lounge Steak Sandwich Special Fired: Pulling a Dine & Dash has never been this fun, fast or tasty! Everyday, all day, Fired offers you their Dine & Dash promotion where you start with a large fountain pop and then you can create your own three topping wood fired 9” pizza for only $10! You can also add a side salad for only $3.00. It's a wicked good deal. Not content with just one lunch time offering Fired also offers you the choice of their chicken Souvlaki or Gyro with a side salad for only $10.00 Add a 24 oz fountain drink for only $2.50 and you have one really good, inexpensive lunch option. Pictured:  Fired Pizza Brandon MB Dine & Dash Promotion Chicken Delight. They have a daily hot chicken sandwich comprised of fresh Chicken Delight chicken served between two slices of soft bread and smothered in a home-style chicken gravy. The hot chicken sandwich is served with crinkle cut fries or mashed potatoes, and coleslaw. It's a great deal at only $9.95. For those hungrier mouths looking for an alternative to the standard pizza or Chinese buffets they also offer a lunch buffet featuring hand-breaded chicken dusted with their famous Chicken Delight coating, a variety of cold salads, perogies, mashed potatoes, a vegetable medley, pizza and a variety of Chinese food options. A little pricier for a lunch special at $14.25 but a few things are certain: you have a wide variety of food to select from and you won't go back to work hungry. Tastee's Ice Cream & Grill: One of the best things about going to Tastee's for lunch is that the special changes daily. They do a great job of updating their Facebook page so you can quickly access what their special is for that day before exiting the parking lot. One day you can select from their bacon cheeseburger & fries for $11 and the next day their special might be chicken fingers with frings & bottle drink for $12. A personal favorite happens to be the cheeseburger & small onion rings which can usually be had for $10. Did I mention that they have Coke in a bottle? Pictured: Tastee's Ice Cream & Grill's Cheese Burger & Fries Komfort Kitchen: A few words of advice, get there early, as they are always super busy at lunch time. Monday to Friday from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Komfort Kitchen offers a soup and salad bar for $11. Serve yourself endless biscuits, soup de jour and a wide variety of salads with this daily special. Komfort Kithen also offer a different luncheon feature each day ranging from a steak sandwich to lasagna. Pricing varies depending on the featured item that day. If your wanting to order from the main menu their super fast and friendly service gets you back to work on time. The Dock: The Dock offers a pick & pair combination from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm daily for only $10.50. First you get to select from one of the following: 1/2 chicken quesadilla, 1/2 black bean veggie wrap, 1 piece house battered fish or 2 chicken fingers. Then pair you selection with your choice of a Caesar or tossed salad, veggies and dip, a bowl of soup, or fries and you have the perfect lunch sized meal. The specials at the Dock just stop there. Like the Komfot Kitchen they also offer a different daily lunchtime feature ranging from a Chicken taco on a Tuesday to a Friday pulled pork sandwich. Each special comes with your choice of a side and a cup of soup for $12.50. Pictured: The Dock on Princess Chicken Tacos Honorable Mentions: Mondays Brown's Social House offers up any of the pizza's on their menu for only $11. Six great choices to select from ranging from a bbq chicken pizza with smoked bacon, roasted corn and bbq sauce to the Thee Meat Cowboy with charred pepperoni, mushrooms, bacon, sausage and roasted corn. Looking at starting the weekend early? On Fridays Houston's offers up an $8 lunch special where you get your choice of steak sandwich or chicken fingers. Pictured:  Browns Social House Charred Pepperoni Pizza Please note that these lunch features/specials, like any promotion, can end at any time so it's advised to head down today to take advantage of one of these great deals. Taxes not included in above pricing.

Traffic to our web site continues to increase by as much as 25%, or more, a month resulting in us having to already upgrade servers. Our top story on Crows General Store surpassed 22,000 unique views, in a matter of days, and was quickly picked up by other media outlets in Brandon and throughout the province of Manitoba. Business stories have proven extremely popular on the site as our coverage on the opening of Ace Kitchen Supply and Direct Liquidation remain two of our most read stories to date. It's no secret that Brandon and the Westman region enjoy sports stories as evidenced by the large numbers of viewers on our stories about the 11 year old who tossed a perfect game and the story we posted from Bruce Luebeke on The Case for Ivan Provorov as WHL Player of the Year. Other popular stories which struck a nerve with people include Day Drinking in Brandon, 100 Men Who Give a Damn Donate $7,300 and Resilient Ross Ready to Rock . Special thanks to all of our writers and contributors who have submitted articles for us to publish and ideas for us to pursue. We have several new writers and guest contributors scheduled to start publishing articles in the coming weeks. Last week we introduced a new feature to the site, Submit a Story. Submit a Story is designed to provide residents of Brandon and area the opportunity to submit stories, photos and videos. Maybe you’ve just witnessed a vehicle crash through a restaurant, your neighbor cutting grass in a speedo, or your daughter’s soccer team has just finished first in a big tournament. We accept submissions from readers, and will publish anything that interests us and matches our focus for the site. In the past several months we have hosted many promotions including giving away a $2,600 bed, oil changes, and everyone's favorite perogies. We also awarded one lucky fan the opportunity to have supper with Canadian TV icon Jeff Schwarz at Browns Social House. We have many new and exciting promotions scheduled for the coming months including giving away a house cleaning courtesy Amber's Reliable House Cleaning and a Dyson vacuum cleaner courtesy of Direct Liquidation. This is just one of three promotions we have planned for the next few months. Please keep checking our web site, our Twitter page, and our Facebook page. Speaking of Facebook we have amassed 3,020 likes in just over 5 months. Not bad. Thanks to our sponsors for supporting us through the launch of this web site. We had many advertisers/sponsors step-up and commit to advertising options long before we even launched live to the public. These sponsorship's and relationships have allowed us to focus and concentrate on the the development and growth of the site and we expect to launch a few new areas of interest to the site shortly.

Some pictures of today's storm in Brandon, MB and area.  If you have photos that you would like to share with us from todays storm please email us at jody@bdnmb.ca.   South of Hartney.  Photo:  Jolene Jasper . Wheat City Golf Course just as the storm hit.  Photo:  Brooke Clayton @ Lil Creek Photography   Dark skies overhead in Brandon South.  Photo:  Curlin   Hail in the east end.  Photo:  Michelle Koss-Lekopoy. Clouds over Killarney.

The Perogy Lady (Sandra Fraser) has been making and selling perogies in Brandon and area for the past two years.  Prior to conducting business in Brandon, Sandra had been selling perogies in Saskatchewan for five years.  Her recipes come from her mother and she initially got started in the perogy making business as a way to be able to be with her children.   By working for herself, and starting a family owned business, she was now able to take her children to their activities and school. At the time she started the business her youngest was only two, she didn't have time to place him into a daycare, and it provided her the perfect opportunity to watch him grow up. Currently, the Perogy Lady, makes her perogies using the kitchen at the ANAF and she plans on setting up a retail location in Brandon in the not too distant future.  The top selling menu item is her cheese & bacon perogies.  She also has a limited time offering which is called the Canadian Perogy (Potato, Maple Syrup & Bacon).  These perogies are already cooked so you just need to reheat them, whether you boil, fry, bbq, or bake them.  In addition to the popular Ukrainian dish she has many other items available for sale including cabbage rolls, lasagna, cheesecake and another items soon to be announced. Today orders can be placed with The Perogy Lady by calling/texting her at 204-901-0846, through her website www.perogylady.com, or emailing her at perogylady@mail.com. If you place an order online it will take a couple days for turn around as they make the perogies fresh for every order. Pick up can be arranged at the ANAF on Mondays and Tuesdays by letting Sandra know in advance. At The Perogy Lady & More, creating and cooking is her passion.  She uses only the freshest and finest ingredients to create her FOOD that will fill your belly and warm your heart. Your taste buds will be happy you did. Check her out as she delivers to various locations in Manitoba and her products are sold in some stores near you.  She will be at Sportsmen Park starting Saturday June 18 until September Long.