Brandon, MB – Ensuring safe travel on City of Brandon streets is a high priority for the City’s Public Works Department. Snow Route systems allow this to occur by clearing major arterial routes and bus routes more quickly and efficiently, when parked vehicles are removed. Snow Route Parking Restrictions Snow Route parking restrictions come into effect from November 15th to March 31st annually. After a significant amount of snow (in excess of 5 centimetres) and/or winds that cause drifting on snow routes, a parking restriction may be declared by the City’s Public Works Department. Vehicles that remain parked along signed seasonal snow clearing routes during an identified snow-clearing event risk being ticketed and/or towed at their own expense. The following locations are the designated Snow Routes in the City of Brandon: Rosser Avenue from 1st Street to 18th Street (24:00 to 07:00) Rosser Avenue from 18th Street to 34th Street (24:00 to 08:00) Rosser Avenue E. from 1st Street to 13th Street E. (24:00 to 08:00) Princess Avenue from 1st Street to 18th Street (24:00 to 07:00) Princess Avenue from 18th Street to Whillier Drive (24:00 to 08:00) Princess Avenue E. from 1st Street to 13th Street E. (24:00 to 08:00) Ninth Street extending from Pacific Avenue to Princess Avenue (24:00 to 07:00) Tenth Street extending from Princess Avenue to Pacific Avenue (24:00 to 07:00) Louise Avenue extending from 13th to 18th Street (24:00 to 08:00) Snow plowing/removal notices as detailed above are issued by the City of Brandon to its website and through its social media platforms, and notification is also provided to Brandon’s local media outlets. However, residents who wish to receive direct email notifications prior to the implementation of such parking bans can sign up for this service by visiting brandon.ca/snow-routes to subscribe. Snow Removal Procedures Snowfall amount, density of snow, humidity, rising or falling temperatures, wind velocity and direction along with the time of year, all play a part in how the City’s Public Works Department responds to any particular snow event. If a Citywide plowing program is implemented, it will be completed immediately after a snow event. The City is divided into seven zones for snow clearing, starting with a Priority 1A route. This route focuses the first 24 hours of all municipal snow-clearing activities on sections of major thoroughfares under the City’s care to establish a plowed “grid” of sorts for commuters and emergency vehicles to access all corners of the City as soon as possible. Included within this Priority 1A Route are: Sections of Braecrest Drive, Kirkcaldy Drive, Knowlton Drive, Stickney Avenue, McDonald Avenue, Hilton Avenue, Parker Boulevard, Fred Brown Way, Pacific Avenue, Rosser Avenue, Princess Avenue, Victoria Avenue East, Lorne Avenue East, Van Horne Avenue East, McTavish Avenue East, E. Fotheringham Drive, Whillier Drive, Park Avenue, Queens Avenue, Elderwood Drive, Brandon Avenue, Willowdale Crescent, Aberdeen Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Maryland Avenue, Magnolia Drive, Lyndale Drive, Sycamore Drive, and Patricia Avenue Portions of 34th Street, 26th Street, 19th Street North, 8th Street North, 13th Street, 10th Street, 9th Street, 6th Street, 1st Street, Dennis Street, 13th Street East, and 17th Street East For a comprehensive overview of the City of Brandon’s snow-clearing procedures, visit brandon.ca/snow-removal or contact the City of Brandon Streets and Roads Section at 204-729-2285. Residents are also reminded that the best way to stay up to date on all regular snow plowing activities conducted by the City of Brandon’s Streets & Roads Section is by visiting snowmap.brandon.ca. The interactive online map is updated regularly through the winter season to show when snow plowing or snow removal activity is scheduled along a snow route, within various residential zones, in a back lane, or on a designated pedestrian route. Via the map’s tracking features, users can also stay on top of snow plowing or removal activity as crews make their way through a respective route or zone.

Source: Brandon Police Service On November 8, 2020, after 6:00 pm, members of BPS Major Crime Unit and Emergency Response Team conducted a search warrant to a residence in the 200 block of Douglas Street following an investigation into illicit firearms. Police seized the following items: -.308 calibre Savage Arms Model 99 lever action rifle - 9mm Glock 19 semi-automatic handgun - .22 calibre Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle with sawed off barrel and stock (loaded with 9 rounds) - Various ammunition for these and other firearms - Ballistic vest - Multiple knives and machetes - Cocaine - Methamphetamine - Drug paraphernalia - Money - Electronic money counters and safes Arrested in relation to this search were a 25-year-old female and a 33-year-old male.  They were both lodged at Brandon Police Service and appeared in court today on multiple weapon and drug offences

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On November 8, 2020, police attended to a report of an assault occurring within a residence shortly after 8:00 am. An unwanted guest attended the home and began to assault one of the residents by striking them in the head. Another resident was locked outside the home, but was able to call police for help. Police arrested a 33-year-old male. The victim received injuries which required medical treatment. The suspect was lodged at Brandon Police Service and will appear in court this morning on a charge of Assault Cause Bodily Harm.

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On November 8, 2020, at approximately 12:30 am, police arrested a 33-year-old male during a traffic stop.  He was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for Fail to Appear.  He was found to be in possession of 33 grams of Marihuana packaged for sale and a handgun style pellet gun upon his arrest.  He will appear in court on January 14, 2021 on charges of Fail to Appear, Possess for the Purpose of Trafficking Marihuana, and Possess Weapon. Two 39-year-old males in the vehicle were also found to be in possession of 3 grams of Meth which was packaged for sale.  They will both appear in court on January 14, 2021 on charges of Possess for the Purpose of Trafficking Meth.

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release A 29 year old Brandon man was arrested for Possession of a Weapon and Possession of Methamphetamine on Friday afternoon. He was in a vehicle stopped by police in the 2500 block of McDonald Ave and was in possession of a sword and a small quantity of Methamphetamine. He appeared in court on Friday afternoon.