At around 9:30 Tuesday night, Brandon Fire and Emergency Services and Brandon Police Service responded to the intersection of 18th St. and Victoria Ave for a two-vehicle collision. Two vehicles collided in the intersection, causing one vehicle to face south in the northbound lanes of 18th St. with heavy front-end damage, while the other vehicle was facing east in the northbound lanes of 18th St. Traffic going northbound from McTavish Ave to Victoria Ave on 18th St. was blocked off and rerouted for a short period of time. Nobody was injured in the collision. Thank you Liam Pattison Photography

TOWNHALL MEETING ON BORDER CROSSING This evening Larry Maguire, member of Parliament for Brandon - Souris, hosted Michelle Rempel, member of Parliament for Calgary Nose Hill, for a town hall meeting on the 'illegal' Border Crossings into Canada. At the Riverview Curling Club of Brandon, Michelle Rempel spoke with the aide of a slide presentation entitled, "Increase in illegal Border Crossings", to a room of approx 160 residents. Both Members of Parliment are part of a House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizen and Immigration. Although tangible things such as our Borders are clear; some items such as how the term illegal is applied to asylum seekers via the presentation - are not so clear. The presentation also highlighted the Conservative parties actions to "hold feet to the fire" of the Liberal government and The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada. Whereas their main solution to the irregular immigration that Canada is dealing with would be to close the Safe 3rd Country loophole. Photo Credit - Gord Paziuk Story submitted to BDNMB via - Joe Blake

Source:  Brandon Police Service Media Release $32,000 Worth of Cocaine Seized after Vehicle Stop: At approximately 4:20 p.m. Police conduced a traffic stop on Dominion Way. The driver of the vehicle and sole occupant was arrested for Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking after a search of her vehicle resulted in approximately 8 ounces of Cocaine being located. The street value of the Cocaine is estimated at $32,000. The 30-year-old female from Winnipeg was later released and is scheduled to appear in Court in October.

Source:  Brandon Police Service Media Release 2 Men Charged with Attempted Murder: Two men, a 31-year-old and a 27-year-old both from Brandon, will appear in Court today after being arrested and charged with Attempted Murder and Aggravated Assault as a result of a Police investigation that was initiated from an incident that occurred on July 28th. In the early morning hours of Saturday, July 28th, a 28-year-old male presented at the Brandon Regional Health Centre with upper body trauma consistent with being assaulted. He was transported to a Winnipeg Hospital where he remains in critical condition. Members of the Criminal Investigation Unit continue to investigate.

Demolition of the Western Hotel on 18th Street is underway. The first ever Holiday Inn Express in Manitoba is expected to open February or March 2020. (photo credit Scott Glennie)