Source:Brandon Police Service Media Release On December 15, 2019 shortly after 10:00 am, police responded to a report of an individual who was sitting in the snow wearing pajamas in the 800 block of 10th street. Witnesses report the individual appeared to have blood on them. Police located the individual who indicated that an unknown male entered their residence while making demands for drugs. The suspect then stabbed the victim before the victim was able to flee the home. The victim was transported by ambulance to BRHC to be seen for injuries, where they were treated and released. Police searched the residence for the suspect male; however, he had left. He was located a short distance away from the home, and arrested. He was found to be in possession of several weapons, including a homemade mace consisting of a metal object tied to the end of a scarf, a kitchen knife, and a multi-tool device, which included a blade. The 47-year-old suspect, who was intoxicated upon his arrest, was lodged at Brandon Correctional Center and will appear today on court on charges of Possession of Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose X 3, Break and Enter and Commit Offence, Assault with a Weapon, Fail to Comply with Condition of Undertaking.

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On Friday evening officers attended to an address on Woodhaven Dr for a disturbance. Upon arrival, a male and female were located at that address, both intoxicated. The male had a cut to his back, which required medical attention.  He was taken to BRHC for treatment, while the female, not of that address was taken to the Brandon Correctional Centre and lodged until sober. Neither individuals were willing to tell officers what had occurred.  On Saturday afternoon the male was released from hospital, he contacted police and reported that he had been the victim of assault and that his girlfriend had physically assaulted him with a knife.  The 30 year old Brandon female has now been charged for assault with a weapon and will appear in court on January 20th.

Source:Brandon Police Service Media Release A 31 year old Brandon man was arrested after he attended a convenience store on Willowdale Crs and stole $35 in protein bars. He was arrested at the scene and found to be in breach of an undertaking order to abstain from the consumption of drugs. He was lodged at Brandon Correctional Center and will appear on Saturday morning.

Brandon, MB – The City of Brandon’s much-anticipated Rural & Northern Immigration Pilot has officially been launched on www.economicdevelopmentbrandon.com/BrandonRNIP with the aim of connecting skilled professionals from across the globe or those already in Canada on temporary status with hard-to-fill vacancies in Brandon’s labour market. Brandon is one of 11 Canadian municipalities selected by the federal government to participate in the three-year pilot, which aims to match area employers with a proven need for skilled professionals with such individuals from other nations or those who are already in Canada on temporary status such as students or temporary workers.  This unique and exciting pilot places two critical immigration decision factors under the authority of the community, that being the determination of genuine labour need and determination of the intent for an applicant to remain in Brandon & area. Brandon’s pilot has been developed to appeal to two distinct, yet interconnected user groups: 1) Area employers who wish to advertise chronic job vacancies across all sectors (with the exception of those in entry level wholesale or retail trade, accommodation and food services, or sales and service occupations) and 2) Foreign Nationals or temporary residents, who can create a user profile and apply for such jobs directly on the Economic Development website. By coordinating these two aspects on the same website, the Economic Development Brandon office will act as a matchmaker of sorts, screening applicants for mandatory requirements before forwarding eligible candidate applications along to participating employers. Once a Foreign National or temporary resident receives a qualifying full-time, permanent job offer they go through additional screening to receive a “Community Recommendation” from the Economic Development Office, after which they can then begin their journey through the federal immigration process to become a permanent resident in Canada. City of Brandon Director of Economic Development Sandy Trudel says the pilot’s greatest strength lies in the fact that it has been tailored to the community’s true labour needs and provides those from other countries and their families a quicker, more focused path for obtaining permanent residency in Canada. “While we always desire to fill vacancies in the local labour market from within Canada, there are often gaps due to factors beyond our control such as an aging population or the unwillingness of skilled professionals to move to a smaller centre,” Trudel notes. “By offering a path to permanent residency through the supported network we’ve created, our pilot program positions Brandon to be able to better connect with skilled professionals who display the motivation and willingness to settle in Brandon and make our community their long-term home.” Trudel says if each milestone of the pilot’s process runs smoothly, a successful applicant could be in their new job in Brandon inside of seven months - but that timeline is highly dependent on the timeliness of that applicant’s required actions. Trudel adds that while Brandon has the opportunity to approve a maximum of 100 community recommendations in the pilot’s first year, the pilot’s Recommendation Committee is placing its focus squarely on ensuring successful applicants have a positive experience and ultimately stay in Brandon. “For us, our measure of success won’t simply be ‘pushing through’ 100 community recommendations in the first year of this three-year pilot, but rather, it will be finding the right skilled professionals who are the right fit for our small Prairie Canadian city. However, we firmly believe that by creating the program’s framework as a personalized, welcoming one that includes settlement supports, we will realize success by keeping these permanent residents and their families in our community for the long-term,” Trudel concludes. Enquiries regarding Brandon’s Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot can be directed to immigration@brandon.ca or through the Economic Development Brandon website at www.economicdevelopmentbrandon.com/BrandonRNIP. (City of Brandon Public Notice)

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release At 8:05pm, police responded to a disturbance at a residence in the 900’ block of Queens Ave. Upon arrival, the first responding officer could hear screaming from within the residence. When he entered, he was confronted by a 25 year old female suspect who brandished a hypodermic needle loaded with an unknown substance. The suspect attacked the officer and stabbed him in the head with the needle. Throughout the struggle, the suspect stated she wanted to kill the officer and encouraged others inside the residence to kill the officer. The officer was able to control the suspect until more officers could arrive and take her into custody. She was lodged for court in the morning. The officer was treated at BRHC and released to continue treatment for exposure to potentially hazardous fluids.