Source: Brandon Police Service Media release At 7:05 a.m. yesterday, a resident in the downtown area reported a male attempting to pry open the rear door to his home. The male left the area in a vehicle, which was stopped by police in the 900 block of Van Horne Avenue. The two occupants, a 29 year old male and 22 year old male both of Brandon, were taken into custody. Subsequent to their arrest, a search of their persons and backpack found them to be in possession of break in tools. Both men were released on conditions later in the day. The duo will appear in Brandon Provincial court in March, charged with attempt break and enter and possession of break in instruments.

Brandon, MB – In response to the Province of Manitoba’s most recent Public Heath Order taking effect today, December 11, access to the City of Brandon outdoor recreation facilities will begin to reopen today. This includes: Dog parksToboggan hillsSkating areas on retention ponds*Playground structures and equipmentOutdoor fitness equipment stations located in the communityBrandon Community Sportsplex trackKristopher Campbell skateboard plaza *The above season temperatures have made ice surfaces increasingly unstable and fragile. Please use with discretion and at your own risk. Flooding and preparation will begin on the skating oval, but it is not yet open to the public.  Once the skating oval is ready for use, a public service announcement will be released. Warming shacks will remain closed.  Please refer to signage at the facilities. The City of Brandon stresses that access to the above facilities is being restored with the expectation that anyone using those spaces must follow the Manitoba Public Health Orders, which can be found at manitoba.ca/covid19/restartmb/prs.  Persons must maintain a separation of at least two metres from each other, unless they reside in the same residence. Persons must not engage in recreational activities as part of a group of more than five persons, unless all persons in the group reside in the same residence.  The re-opened status of these facilities will be monitored and re-evaluated if maintaining public safety becomes problematic.

The new Maryland Park School in Brandon is now ready for occupancy and will open to more than 400 kindergarten to Grade 8 students in January, Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen and Central Services Minister Reg Helwer announced today.   “I am excited Maryland Park School is ready to start welcoming children in January, a new facility where they can continue to learn and develop,” said Goertzen. “This new school will help accommodate the growth the city of Brandon has seen over the last 20 years and alleviate pressures on other kindergarten to Grade 8 schools across the city.” Teachers and staff are now able to enter the site to set up classrooms and prepare to welcome students in January. The new 65,700-sq.-ft. facility located at 700 Maryland Ave. has a capacity for 450 students from kindergarten to Grade 8, and is designed to accommodate an additional 200 students if needed. The new school features a multi-purpose space, band room, library, gymnasium, classrooms, home economics and industrial arts labs, a grooming room and life-skills suite. It also includes resource teaching and support spaces, and a science, technology, electronics and mathematics (STEM) lab. “Our government worked closely with the Brandon School Division and the City of Brandon to turn this project into a reality,” said Helwer. “This new facility is also energy efficient, and was designed and built to LEED Silver specifications.”    A new early learning and child-care centre operated by the YMCA of Brandon will also be housed within the school. The centre will offer child-care services for infant, preschool and school-age children. (Province of MB News Release)

Wednesday morning, Brandon Fire and Emergency Services along with Brandon Police Service responded to the intersection of Rosser Ave and 4th Street for a single-vehicle crash. A white sedan had left the roadway traveling northbound on 4th Street and struck the stop right at Rosser Ave. The impact damaged the stop sign, knocked the street signs off the pole, and caused damage to the car. One person was seen being loaded into an ambulance.

With closing in on close to 5 years in business we at BDNMB.CA have to say thanks to all of you that follow us and help us with daily tips on stories. Our writers Brandi, Cathie, and Wanda have made BDNMB.CA more credible and interesting.  Also Liam Pattison was a huge addition to BDNMB.CA with his amazing photography and loyalty to us. When we first started off BDNMB.CA the idea was to have a dozen local writers that would specialize in certain professions and topics.  We realized very quickly that the original plan was not going to work.  In addition labor and time intensive stories we will leave up to the people at the Brandon Sun as this is not what we do.  The "bread and butter" of BDNMB.CA will be our business and human interest stories. After running various stories we figured out by the views and shares and likes what people were finding compelling and of interest.   Also we know that neither of us are writers as Jody Sass works in sales for Westman Communications and Darryl Wolski operates Wendy’s Winter and Summer Hockey Leagues, AAA Hockey Challenge, College Hockey Family Advisor and 2112 Hockey Agency.   Therefore we both have full time jobs and only have so many hours in a day to dedicate to this site. On our Facebook page we closely watch the comments to make sure people stay on side but on the other hand we have to let readers have some say and be able to voice an opinion.   So if your comment is deleted or hidden we felt it wasn’t in good taste and had to remove it. As of late we have had some amazing stories that have received huge numbers such as the outdoor rink story which had 350,000 people reached on Facebook with over 1,000 likes.   These types of stories take hours to find and sadly those cannot be found on a daily basis.  Plus in November our Facebook page had record views and numbers. Facebook stats on outdoor rink story BDNMB.CA evolved from a basic website to an amazing website then we added an APP for both IOS and Android users.  Plus Food Truck Warz was a huge success and with some luck we hope to run this event twice in 2021 (late May and late September).  Over the past 6 months our Twitter account has seen some increases and we hope to share our news and stories using this platform moving forward. Facebook Stats for November 2020 Jody and myself would like to thank also our advertisers that see good value in being part of BDNMB.CA and as well get results from being online with our website ….. thank you to all of you as many of you have been with us since Day 1. Story ideas are always welcome so feel free to send us an Email at any time – jody@bdnmb.ca or darryl@bdnmb.ca Thank you and be well during these difficult times. Jody Sass & Darryl Wolski www.bdnmb.ca www.twitter.com/bdnmbca