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Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On April 29th, 2019, at 9:35 am, police responded to a stabbing complaint at the Brandon Correctional Centre. It was alleged that one inmate had stabbed another inmate with a home fashioned edged weapon. The victim was sent to hospital with a non-life threatening wound. Police charged a 21… April 30, 2019

According to an article on their web site, the Westman Journal is ceasing operations effective immediately. The article goes on to state "General business decline has made it impossible to justify keeping the operation open". The Westman Journal has been a weekly newspaper serving the Westman area for the past 17-years. April 29, 2019

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On April 29th, 2019, police received a call from a residence in the 1200 blk of 6th Street indicating that someone was breaking into their neighbor’s garage.  Both subjects were arrested on scene and had items, which had been stolen from the above noted residence, concealed in their clothing.  A… April 29, 2019

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On Saturday afternoon police attended two residential break and enters which had occurred overnight Friday. One incident occurred in the university area, where entry was gained through a basement window after the screen was torn out. A number of electronic items were taken from the residence. The other incident… April 28, 2019

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release At 5:23 pm on Friday afternoon, officers were investigating an assault complaint in the 4100 block of McTavish Ave.  The suspect was observed by witnesses leaving the area in a vehicle which was stopped by an officer in the 3500 block of Victoria Ave.  The driver smelled of alcohol… April 27, 2019