City of Brandon Activating Water Treatment Facility Pandemic Preparedness Plan
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Brandon, MB – As the City of Brandon continues to monitor the response to COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) in Manitoba, a decision has been made by the Brandon Emergency Response Control Group to activate its pandemic preparedness plan at the Municipal Water Treatment Facility in an effort to ensure the plant can continue to safely produce…
Flooding at 34th St & Rosser Ave
City of Brandon employees work to clear a lake of water from a ditch near 34th Street and Rosser Ave. According to a motorist, the water was all over the road at one point. City workers were seen in the ditch, in waist-height water working to drain the water. The ditch was successfully cleared at around…
Brandon City Council to Consider Tax Payment Deferral Program
Brandon, MB – As the City of Brandon continues to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba and enact its own precautionary measures, Brandon City Council will be considering a number of possibilities relating to how property owners may be able to defer payment of 2020 property taxes. While taxes are normally due June 30th of…
Massive walleye caught on Pelican Lake
Last Wednesday around 12:45pm, a massive 28 inch walleye was caught (then later released) on Pelican Lake by Owen Lockhart. He tells bdnmb.ca that he never got the exact weight but he estimates the fish weighed between 12-15 pounds. Lockhart tries to get out fishing as much as possible, almost everyday this year. On the day…
Traffic stop turns up 2 knives
Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On March 23, 2020, shortly after midnight, police conducted a traffic stop in the 600 block of Rosser Ave. The vehicle was full of passengers. A 44-year-old male suspect within the vehicle was to have no contact with one of the other passengers. Upon his arrest, he was found…
