The Manitoba government reminds Manitobans the minimum wage will go up by 20 cents to $11.35 as of Oct. 1, Growth, Enterprise and Trade Minister Blaine Pedersen said today. “We are improving wages for working Manitobans and as of Oct.1, the minimum wage is increasing to $11.35,” said Pedersen.  “We remain committed to indexing Manitoba’s minimum wage with the rate of inflation in a predictable and sustainable way.” This adjustment is based on Manitoba’s 2017 inflation rate of 1.6 per cent and rounding up to the nearest five cents. In 2017, amendments were made to the Employment Standards Code that provide a consistent and predictable way of indexing Manitoba’s minimum wage through a simple, transparent formula, Pedersen noted. Information on the minimum wage and other employment standards is available at www.gov.mb.ca/labour/standards.

MADD Brandon recently was invited to attend the Rivers Mock Car Crash held at the local high school.  Grades 7-12 were in attendance to watch the events following a two vehicle collision with two of their peers.  They were honored to be in attendance and watch Rivers Police Service, Rivers/Daly Fire Department and Rivers EMS go to work.  With assistance from Campbell Funeral Home in Hamiota, Look Music Services and the Town of Rivers. Jim Duthie of Rivers EMS and Rivers PS Cst. Brittany Roque organized the event. Cst. Roque has been a member of the local MADD chapter since 2016 and sits on their board as Youth Director.  

The Manitoba Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (“MAMRT”) is pleased to announce that Mayor Rick Chrest will be officially proclaiming November 4th to 10th, 2018 as “Medical Radiation Technology (MRT) Week” in the City of Brandon.   The MRT profession is one which encompasses four distinct, but related, disciplines; Medical Radiologic Technology (more commonly known as “X-ray” Technology), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (“MRI”) and Nuclear Medicine Technologies, as well as Radiation Therapy.   MRTs play a key role in the healthcare system. They deliver professional imaging and radiation related treatment services with a caring touch, allowing patients to fully benefit from the latest in medical diagnostic and treatment technology.   In a 2013 Harris Decima poll commissioned by the national MRT Association, nearly one third of Canadians surveyed indicated they had received a medical imaging procedure or radiation therapy to treat cancer or another disease in the past six months. However, there is a disconnect for the MRT profession: only a small percentage of Canadians could correctly identify “MRT” as the name of the healthcare provider group that performed the service. Most Canadians mistakenly assume that MRTs are nurses, doctors or lab technicians, not understanding that it is MRTs who deliver these vital services.   Each year, during November, MRTs across all of Canada celebrate their essential contributions within their community, amongst their colleagues, and with each other. MRT Week not only provides an opportunity for MRTs to demonstrate pride in their profession, it also affords a chance to educate and to convey to the public the important message about the critical link MRTs provide between technology and patients in the healthcare system. Fast Facts: Medical Radiation Technologists (MRTs) are highly skilled Health Care Professionals dedicated to providing the highest standard of care to patients while maintaining a high degree of technical competence; MRTs, in concert with their colleagues across Canada, continually establish new levels and standards of excellence in each of the four following vital disciplines within the profession of Medical Radiation Technology: Medical Radiologic (X-ray) Technology, Nuclear Medicine Technology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology and Radiation Therapy; MAMRT, the Manitoba Association of Medical Radiation Technologists, was formed 89 years ago, in 1929, and was the first such organization in all of Canada; The Manitoba membership has grown from an original 25 to over 900, including 50+ members living and/or working in the City of Brandon; and Nationwide, Medical Radiation Technologists annually celebrate their essential role during “MRT Week”, to always fall in the week of November 8th, being the day Wilhelm Roentgen discovered what is now known as “X-rays”.   The MAMRT is extremely appreciative of Mayor Chrest’s official recognition of the value of Medical Radiation Technology in the diagnostic and treatment field of medicine and of the contributions and achievements of the MAMRT’s members.

Shortly before 5:00 Thursday evening, BFES and BPS crews responded to the intersection of 18th St and College Ave for a crash involving two cars. It appears as though one car struck the other car on the passenger side. Some traffic delays were caused on 18th St northbound and southbound, as both sides were reduced to one lane for emergency crews to work. Thankfully nobody was injured during the crash.  Photos by Liam Pattison Photography.

Source:  Brandon Police Service Media Release On Thursday morning at approximately 01:01am, a 911 call from an employee with a security company reported tenants in residential complex on Willowdale Crescent report hearing a baby crying from one of the units and appears no adults present. Police attended to the complex and entered into the unit to find a 1-2 year old child left unsupervised. Police identified and located the mother who was highly intoxicated. A 29yr old Brandon woman was arrested and lodged at BCC to be released when sober to appear in Court on November 19th. The child was taken into care by CFS.