Flower U-Pick, where you get choose your flowers, is now taking bookings for those who are looking to create their own arrangements or who are looking for a fun evening out with friends. Located a short drive from Brandon, the farm offers 40 different types of flowering, greenery, and grasses to cut from. The cost is $35 to fill a vase (includes vase), $60 to fill a pail (includes pail) or $5.00 visit, no flowers. All necessary tools are provided. This is her first year with the u-pick concept for owner Hazel Thorne, a trained florist who also does wedding work. She also does wholesale growing of bedding plants for the spring market, and being that she already had the greenhouses and the land she wanted to extend her season by trying a u-pick garden. The U Pick garden kicked off just recently for the season and Hazel plans to be open till it freezes, so hoping until at least September long. As she also works outside of the home, the service is currently available by booking a time. She does evening appointments every day, and appointments during the day and evening on weekends. You can call or 204-573-1268 to book a time. Located 15 minutes east of Brandon just off Veterans Way. You can check out her Instagram page here.

Paul “Biz Nasty” Bissonnette, a retired NHL player and a current Spittin’ Chiclets host, made a stop in Brandon today at Joe Beeverz as part of his Great Canadian @pinkwhitney Expedition. The tour sees BizNasty travelling Canada promoting Pink Whitney Vodka by New Amsterdam Vodka.  Pink Whitney Vodka is "a spirit inspired by Ryan Whitney’s favorite drink: a mix of award-winning New Amsterdam® Vodka and refreshing pink lemonade." Tickets to the event were only $10 with proceeds going to the newly created Westman VOLT Hockey. He has arrived @BizNasty2point0 pic.twitter.com/3bX4luThye — Pink Whitney (@pinkwhitney) August 9, 2022

A new restaurant featuring an all day breakfast buffet, as well as a lunch and dinner buffet, recently opened in Brandon. Victoria Cafe, 2604 Victoria Ave, is open 7 days a week from 8:30am-8:00pm. The all day breakfast buffet includes your traditional North American breakfast fare like eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, french toast, pancakes, and hash browns for $14.99. What separates the breakfast buffet from the lunch and dinner option is that you place your order with your waitress and your items are cooked fresh to order and brought to your table. The lunch and dinner options utilize the buffet warmer stations commonly found at most buffet restaurants. Lunch Buffet: 11:30am-2pm ($12.99) Dinner Buffet: 4:30pm-8pm ($15.99) Management told bdnmb.ca that the items in the daily lunch/dinner buffet will contain a more international food selection and include everything from meatballs to Ukrainian food. Multiple chicken dishes, breaded shrimp, pork bites, fried rice, noodles, mixed vegetables, and a mushroom-zucchini dish filled the bins on our visit earlier today. For those short on time, or simply looking to grab a meal and head back to the office, the restaurant offers a three compartment takeout container you can take and fill with your favorite dishes. *taxes not included in above pricing

Source Aug 02, 2022: CNW AutoCanada Inc. ("AutoCanada" or the "Company") (TSX: ACQ), a multi-location North American automobile dealership group, announced today that it has acquired Kelleher Ford, a new and used vehicle Ford dealership and collision centre, located in Brandon, Manitoba. "This high-quality operation is our second Ford dealership and initiates our presence in Western Manitoba – an attractive truck market, while providing the opportunity to further expand our presence in the market," said Executive Chairman, Paul Antony. "We are pleased to welcome the team from Kelleher Ford, and we look forward to many opportunities for continued growth as we integrate them into our strong portfolio of dealerships." Kelleher Ford is the largest Ford dealership in Western Manitoba, operating for over 25 years with facilities of more than 35,000 square feet on seven acres, including a collision centre. The current management team will continue to operate the business going forward. Apart from continuing to strengthen the dealership's performance, the acquisition unlocks additional growth opportunities, including the potential to expand AutoCanada's used vehicle, finance and insurance, collision and RightRide businesses. The transaction includes the acquisition of the underlying real estate. Financial Highlights The acquired dealership including the collision centre generates in excess of $50 million in annual revenue. The transaction will be funded from a drawdown of the Company's credit facility and is expected to be accretive to 2022 earnings. About AutoCanada AutoCanada is a leading North American multi-location automobile dealership group currently operating 81 franchised dealerships, comprised of 28 brands, in eight provinces in Canada as well as a group in Illinois, USA. AutoCanada currently sells Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, FIAT, Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, Cadillac, Ford, Infiniti, Nissan, Hyundai, Subaru, Audi, Volkswagen, Kia, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, MINI, Volvo, Toyota, Lincoln, Acura, Honda and Porsche branded vehicles. Additionally, the Company's Canadian Operations segment currently operates 2 used vehicle dealerships supporting the Used Digital Retail Division, the RightRide division operates 9 locations, and 5 stand-alone collision centres (within our group of 20 collision centres). In 2021, our dealerships sold approximately 86,000 vehicles and processed over 800,000 service and collision repair orders in our 1,303 service bays generating revenue in excess of $4 billion.

Brandon's newest patio the Sin Bin (34th Street and Patricia Avenue inside the J&G Arena) is ready to publicly welcome people to the establishment. This weekend is opening weekend that is being kicked off with a Live DJ from Trident Music on Friday Night at 5pm -11pm. Fan favourite menu items such as Brisket poutine, Kings Chicken thighs and seven wing flavours return from the original Kings Kitchen menu, while new items include Tapas shareable items, Charcuterie Board, Korean Fried Chicken, fresh summer salads, and flatbread pizzas. New Food and Drink Menu’s now served in Kings Kitchen and the Sin Bin are right here: https://jandghomesarena.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Kings-Kitchen-Sin-Bin-Summer-Menu-Food-and-Drink.compressed.pdf There are fire tables, indoor outdoor big screen TV’s and games such as Cornhole available on the patio. The Official Grand Opening is scheduled for Thursday, August 11. The hours of operation are 11am – 11pm, 7 days a week.