Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On July 19, 2019, police began conducting a firearms search warrant of a residence in the 300’ block of 2nd Street. Due to the nature of the search, the BPS emergency response team was deployed to ensure the safety of not only all those involved, but the community at large. Police conducted two high risk vehicle stops in relation to the search warrant. The first vehicle stop occurred at 11:26am in the 100’ block of Victoria Ave. As a result of that stop, the driver, a 32 year old Brandon man, was found to be prohibited from driving. He was arrested and the vehicle impounded. A 33 year old male passenger was found in possession of a backpack containing a canister of pepper spray. He was arrested for possession of a prohibited weapon. A 17 year old female passenger was arrested on the strength of a warrant from MFNP for breach of probation. All three were held in custody pending the execution of the search warrant. The second high risk traffic stop occurred near the intersection of 14th Street and Princess Ave. No charges were laid in relation to that stop. At approximately 4:00pm, police made entry to the residence and conducted a search. Located inside was a sawed off bolt action .22 caliber rifle. The barrel was intact; however, the stock was sawed off to the grip. (picture below). The 33 year old male resident was arrested and charged with three firearms offences: unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon, possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, and careless storage of a firearm. He was released on conditions for court on September 12, 2019.

Brandon Police Service have now concluded the "high risk portion" of an incident in the 300 block of 2nd Street. According to their Twitter account "Police executed a firearms search warrant which was related to two high risk vehicle stops that occurred just prior". An investigation of the incident is to continue. In earlier Tweets the Brandon Police Service had been advising the public to stay clear of the area for their safety. Photos by Liam Pattison Photography.

The Canadian National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show is coming back to Brandon from August 11-17, 2019. In a little over three weeks, exhibitors of all ages will be coming to town to strut their stuff on their beautiful and athletic Arabian horses in different disciplines including English, Western, Hunter and many more. Canadian National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show August 11-17, 2019 Keystone Centre 1175 18th St. #1 Brandon, MB R7A 7C5, Canada The community is encouraged to come and take a tour of the show grounds and meet the horses through the Arabian Horse Association T.A.I.L. Tours: Sunday, August 11 at 2 p.m. Friday, August 16 at 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Saturday, August 17 at 10 a.m.

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On July 16th, 2019, police began investigating a complaint of a stolen credit card used at a business in Brandon. The card had been stolen from inside a vehicle. On July 16th, police arrested and charged a 28 year old Brandon woman for the incident. Since then, it was learned the card had been used at several more locations. On July 17th, the female was arrested on the additional charges. She was released for court on September 12, 2019.

BRANDON, MB– Get ready for a bigger, brighter show in Westoba Place! The Keystone Centre is installing a new, state-of-the-art, centre-hung video scoreclock in its main arena, Westoba Place. It will be unveiled at the Brandon Wheat King’s Home Opener on September 20, 2019. The former scoreclock was installed just prior to the 2010 Mastercard Memorial Cup in the facility and has reached the end of its useful life. The scoreclock was identified as a capital item in need of replacement for a number of years. After a competitive bid process, the project was awarded to NEVCO. Centre-hung video scoreclock features: Each of the 4 sides will be 9’h x 16.54’w for a total square imprint of 149 sq feet of video on each side, Each side contains 1,108,800 individual LEDs to make up the video screen, Plus an additional, free-floating LED video ring at over 2 ½’ tall with a diameter of over 25’ The new centre-hung has the ability to retract into the video ring for arena shows which will allow for more flexibility for productions – opening opportunities for potential new shows to the market. “This significant investment for the Keystone Centre was necessary to maintain operation in our main arena, Westoba Place, moving forward,” said Jeff Schumacher, general manager, Keystone Centre. Last year, the Keystone Centre received funding from the Brandon Area Community Foundation to upgrade the production room equipment that feeds into the video screens on the scoreclock. This improvement will work well with the new centre-hung video scoreclock. One of the Keystone Centre’s key tenants within Westoba Place is the Brandon Wheat Kings, and they’re looking forward to the improvement. “The enhancements in the new video score clock are going to go a long way in improving the fans experience at Westoba Place,” said the Brandon Wheat Kings director of marketing, Matt McNish. “We can’t wait to unveil it at our home opener on September 20th against the Winnipeg Ice.” (article submitted)