Emergency Crews Respond to Natural Gas Leak
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On Wednesday afternoon, Brandon Fire and Emergency Service, Brandon Police Service, and Manitoba Hydro attended an area of Richmond Ave East for a natural gas leak. The odour of natural gas, along with a strong hissing sound were present in the area. Police closed Richmond Ave East from Douglas Street to Garwood Drive as a…
Emergency Alert System Conducting Nationwide Test today
Manitoba Infrastructure’s Emergency Measures Organization is reminding Manitobans the National Public Alerting System, Alert Ready, is scheduled to issue an emergency alert test message on multiple communications channels tomorrow, Wednesday, May 8 at 1:55 p.m. Not all Manitobans will receive the test alert on their wireless device. This may occur for a variety of reasons…
Smoke in Apartment Building
On Tuesday afternoon, Brandon Fire and Emergency Services and Brandon Police Service responded to an apartment building at the intersection of 20th St and Queens Ave for a report of smoke in the building. Firefighter/paramedics gained entry and found smoke in the electrical room of the building. A positive pressure ventilation fan (PPV fan) was…
Police respond to lockdown at Earl Oxford School
Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release At 9:30 this morning Brandon Police Service received a report of a lockdown at Earl Oxford School. A woman who is unknown to staff at the school was located on site. She made comments to the staff that she was being chased and threated by someone with a weapon. …
John Howard Society of Brandon Mediators present at world conference for the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP)
After presenting twice Nationally in 2018 Travis Blaine and Michelle Funk; Mediators with Westman Mediation Service (WMS) program of The John Howard Society of Brandon were invited to speak to an International audience on their experience with Post Sentence Mediation. Restorative Justice is typically utilized for first time offenders in minor cases. In 2011, an…
