Province of MB Media Release As a key deliverable of our 2018 provincial budget, we are pleased to confirm the Manitoba government will be proceeding with the construction of five new schools with initial capacity for 3,300 students and 392 child-care spaces. With a total investment of well over $100 million, work will begin on the following new schools over the course of the next two years: • Brandon School Division – Southeast Brandon (kindergarten to Grade 8); • Pembina Trails School Division – Waverley West (kindergarten to Grade 8); • Pembina Trails School Division – Waverley West (grades 9 to 12); • Seven Oaks School Division – Precinct ‘E’ (kindergarten to grade 5); and • Winnipeg School Division – Waterford Green (kindergarten to Grade 8). Last year, we announced that we would explore the feasibility and benefits of building four new schools using a P3 partnership model, and we retained KPMG to advise us to learn from the experience of other jurisdictions. After a careful review of the information provided to us, with the expertise gained we have decided to build these schools by enhancing our conventional Public Schools Finance Board (PSFB) approach. The PSFB has been able to harness many of the same ‘bulk buy’ savings that would be available to P3 schools, leverage the scale of building multiple schools at once and accelerate the process. As a result of our commitment to shop smarter on behalf of the taxpayer, we have identified at least $18 million in savings over conventional costs and are able to fund the construction of one more school than initially planned. While we remain fully committed to the benefits of P3s and partnering with private enterprise, we will always take a pragmatic – not ideological – approach to infrastructure financing, and seek to find the best value for taxpayers. Our goal since day one has been to catch up with the need for new schools and deliver quality, new learning environments for our students and educators at the best possible price. The PSFB intends to issue tenders for the Waterford Green, Precinct E and Brandon schools by the end of 2018, and for Waverley West the following year.

Brandon Police Service Media Release At 8:30 pm, a vehicle was reported to have been stuck in a snow bank in the 000 block of 9th St. A 35 year old Brandon man was arrested in relation to this and later provided breath samples of over twice the legal limit. He was charged with Impaired Driving and Driving Over .08 and released for a later court date.  At 3:15 am, a vehicle was observed driving erratically on 18th St North. The vehicle was pulled over in the 1700 block of Parker Blvd and the 34-year-old Brandon woman who was operating the vehicle was showing signs of impairment and was arrested for impaired driving. She was transported to BPS where she later provided breath samples which were over twice the legal limit. She was charged with Impaired Driving and Driving over .08 and was released for court at a later date

Brandon Police Service Media Release At approximately 10:40 p.m., members of the Crime Support Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Search Warrant at a condominium in the 400 Block of 9th Street. Three individuals were located inside, including the male resident and a female. The third person located was released without charge. A search of the residence and a vehicle operated by the male suspect recovered $22,000 in Cash, 240 grams of Cocaine and drug trafficking related paraphernalia.  A search of the purse belonging to the female suspect recovered $700 Cash and four 1-gram bags of Cocaine. The street value of the recovered Cocaine is $24,000. The 43-year-old man and 28-year-old female were arrested for Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking and Possession of Proceeds of Crime. The male suspect was lodged at the Brandon Correctional Center and is scheduled to appear in Court on Friday. The female was released and is scheduled to appear in Court in May.

Brandon Police Service Media Release As part of a continued investigation into a Sexually Exploited Youth that resulted in an adult male arrested for Uttering Threats and Obtaining Sexual Services from a Person Under 18 years of age on February 27th 2018. Police arrested the female youth on Tuesday afternoon after learning that the youth sent a message to the male suspect stating that she would make the charges go away in exchange for a cash payment. The 17-year-old female youth was arrested for Obstruct Justice and Extortion. She was released to attend Court in April.

A car this morning veered off the road on 18th St, near the 18th St. Bridge, and slid down the embankment right next to it.  The vehicle, a white Ford Mustang, was travelling northbound at the time.  User submitted photos.