Province Advises Canada Day Business Rules
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Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade advises that under federal law, employers must observe Monday, July 2 as a general holiday because Canada Day falls on a Sunday this year. This affects holiday and retail business opening rules. Regular general holiday rules apply on Monday, July 2. Most retail businesses must be closed on this day,…
Gord and Diane Peters donate $1 million of personal Cando shares to BACF
Source: Brandon Area Community Foundation The Brandon Area Community Foundation (BACF) have received a second gift of $1 million of personal shares in Cando Rail Services from Gord and Diane Peters for granting throughout Westman. The shares will not become an endowed fund. The Peters want the money to be spent within the next 15 to…
Brandon man arrested after allegedly sharing intimate photos
Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release On June 16th, Police received a complaint from a female victim stating that her ex had sent intimate images of her, without her consent, to other people. Through the course of the investigation a second female victim was identified as it was discovered that this same male suspect had…
Brandon’s new k-8 school named
The new 65,660 square kindergarten to Grade 8 school in southeast Brandon will be called Maryland Park School. The name was selected at Monday night's School Board meeting. More than thirty suggested names were submitted for consideration. The new school will be constructed for 450 students with ability to expand to a capacity of 675 students. The facility…
Truck collides with tree in Brandon Tuesday evening
At around 7:00 Tuesday night, fire and police crews were called to the area just south of 26th St and Victoria Ave in the median for a pickup truck vs a tree. It appears as though a pickup truck left the roadway and struck a tree in the median, and got hung up on the stump of the…
