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Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On March 12, 2021, police conducted a vehicle stop in the 1000 block of 34th street shortly after 2:00 am.  Officers observed a handgun in the vehicle.  All the occupants were then removed from the vehicle and arrested.  Police seized the Glock 9 mm pistol, which was found to… March 12, 2021

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On March 10, 2021, police responded to a report of a Break and Enter to a business in the 400 block of 8th street.  The suspect entered through an unlocked back door between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm that day and stole a Toshiba laptop, 2 cameras, a camera… March 11, 2021

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On March 10, 2021, police responded to a report of the theft of a vehicle by a 15-year-old female at approximately 1:30 am.  The keys to the company owned vehicle were in the home of the youth when she took it.  Shortly after 3:00 am, police located the youth… March 10, 2021

Persistence has paid off for the United Way Brandon & District and their quest to raise their required amount of funding needed to meet their commitments to local agencies.   Issues due to the pandemic have made fund raising more difficult than ever, and with the support of the amazing Westman community, the number was just… March 10, 2021

Assiniboine Community College’s Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture has received a generous contribution of $100,000 from Wawanesa Insurance. The campaign to build this state-of-the-art facility on the college’s North Hill campus is Assiniboine’s largest philanthropic undertaking, and aims to address the growing needs of the agriculture sector. “Looking after one another is at the… March 9, 2021