Brandon Police Service Media Release The Brandon Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance in regards to a Hit and Run with a Pedestrian. At 11:39 a.m., Police received a report of a Motor Vehicle versus Pedestrian hit and run. The investigation revealed that at approximately 2:15 a.m., a male was struck by a vehicle while walking down the back lane in the 100 block between 2nd and 3rd street. The suspect vehicle failed to remain at the scene. A 37-year-old Brandon man attended to the Brandon Regional Health Centre with several non-life threatening injuries. At this time Police do not have any suspects in relation to this occurrence. The Brandon Police Service are requesting that anyone that has any information regarding this incident contact the Police Service at 204-729-2345 or Brandon Crime Stoppers at 204-727-(TIPS) 8477.

In accordance with provisions of The Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act, a report has been prepared disclosing compensation paid to all members of Council of The City of Brandon, and a list of officers or employees who received compensation from The City of Brandon in excess of $50,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017. The list is available for viewing in the City of Brandon Legislative Services Office, 2nd Floor, 410 – 9th Street, Brandon, MB during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1:15 p.m to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The report can also be viewed as a PDF on the City website at the following link: http://www.brandon.ca/corporate-information/compensation-disclosure-report or by visiting the City of Brandon’s Open Government website, located at http://opengov.brandon.ca/.

Source: ACC Blog Assiniboine Community College is excited to announce today – National Indigenous Peoples Day – the generous gift of $250,000 made by the Louis Riel Institute, the educational affiliate of the Manitoba Métis Federation, to establish a bursary endowment fund known as the Louis Riel Bursary. The announcement was made in Selkirk, Man. earlier this afternoon with David Chartrand, MMF President, Joan Ledoux, Minister of Provincial Education with the MMF Board of Directors, and Dr. Deanna Rexe, Assiniboine’s Vice-President, Academic. This endowment will provide assistance to qualified Métis students so they may take advantage of educational opportunities provided by Assiniboine Community College.

As previously announced, Brandon School Division is pleased to announce the construction of a NEW 65,660 square foot school, which will be built at the corner of Maryland Avenue and Ninth Street and is scheduled to open in September 2020. This new school will also include a child care centre for 20 infants, 54 pre-school children, and an additional 40 nursery school spaces. Please take notice that a Public Information Session will take place as follows: Date: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 Time: 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Location: Riverview Curling Club 420 Maryland Avenue, Brandon, Manitoba The come and go information session will allow individuals the opportunity to ask questions related to the school site and the construction of our new school. Members from the following organizations will be in attendance: o MCM Architects Inc.; o Brandon School Division Board of Trustees; o Brandon School Division Senior Administration; and o City of Brandon.

Smoked & Sauced Mobile BBQ, a local food truck in the city, will be hosting an event in support of the efforts to help rebuild the Brandon Boxing Club.  Jayson McCallum, chef and owner of Smoked & Sauced, tells bdnmb.ca that the day's menu will include pulled pork sandwiches, fries, poutine, pulled pork poutine, perogies, pulled pork perogies, and a pulled pork cheeseburger.  The Brandon Boxing Club lost basically everything in the devastating fire in downtown Brandon on May 19th.  With the help of some of it's major suppliers, Jayson said that 100% of the proceeds will go towards the rebuild of the Brandon Boxing Club. The event will be held in the back Brandon Sun parking lot on Saturday June 23/2018 from 11am - 7 pm.   Brandon Bouncy Castles will be onsite with a variety bouncy castles.