A fire at Hargreaves Farms, in the RM of Cornwallis, destroyed two buildings beyond repair including a service shop and a barn. The fire happened Saturday evening and no-one was injured in the fire. Photos below by Caley Brown.

Brandon Police Service Media Release At 9:48 pm on Friday night, a BPS member located a child alone on the street in front of 30 Orchard Way.  The child is a Caucasian male, approximately 2 years old with blonde hair. He is wearing a green t-shirt and blue pyjama bottoms and was not wearing shoes.   The child has been turned over to Child and Family Services. At 0915 am on Saturday, the child’s parents were located.  There were no concerns regarding the child after Child and Family Services and BPS spoke to the family. He has returned home and the matter is concluded.

More than 3,000 family members, fire fighters and friends from across the United States and Canada gathered September 17 under sunny skies in Colorado Springs to honor 86 fire fighters whose names were added to the Wall of Honor at the 19th annual IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial observance.  Two Brandon Firefighter/ Parmedics were recognized among the 86 including Mel McEachen and Norman Roziere. Below are a few pictures and some links for details on the memorial. http://www.iaff.org/hs/ffm/05index.aspx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzzd60KK7GI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh_7Bcm90Zc

Please note that tonight will be the first night of some new policies regarding entry/exit/re-entry to Westman Communications Group Place for major events, starting with tonight’s Brandon Wheat Kings Home Opener.  East and West Outside Arena Doors will NOT be in use. The North West Doors to the Stairs linking to the Main Concourse will be OPEN for Public use. For elevator access please use the Canad entrance. South Outside Arena Doors will be available for ENTRY ONLY.  Main entry points will be the East and West INTERNAL doors off the Main Concourse. These will also need to be used for any exit/re-entry throughout the game.  These new policies begin tonight and will be in effect for all remaining home Wheat King games, concerts, Circus, and major events, in Westman Place moving forward. There will be signage throughout the facility indicating restrictions and access points.    

Source: MGEU News Manitoba took a significant — and dangerous — step in privatizing the public home care program yesterday. The provincial government and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority unveiled the names of the two Ontario-based corporations (We Care and ParaMed) that will be given contracts to deliver home care services to patients transitioning out of hospital — similar to the service that was already offered within the public home care program until the government ceased the $1.7 million in funding required to run it this past spring. The Province will spend significantly more – $15.7 million – on the two private, three-year contracts. MGEU President Michelle Gawronsky says that Manitobans must see this for what it is: another ploy to privatize a strong public service and fill the pockets of for-profit providers. “Manitoba already has a comprehensive, universal public home care program that is among the best in Canada. We should be building on that system, not auctioning it off in pieces. Manitobans need to know just how serious this announcement is. It’s privatization, plain and simple.” Brenda Hasiuk – whose father receives home care – joined Gawronsky at an MGEU press conference on September 20. She cautioned the government against adding more for-profit services, which haven’t improved care in other provinces. “After my dad’s accident, I talked to friends in other provinces that had a hodge-podge of public and private home care options and they said there was no way my dad would be receiving the same quality or breadth of care. Not even if he was paying. In other provinces, we simply couldn’t have expected that an actual coordinated system of services would automatically be there for us,” said Hasiuk. “I’m here today to tell you that for us, who are living it, putting a private band-aid on our public system and seeing how it sticks like they have in other provinces? It doesn’t just seem misguided. It’s downright scary.” Gawronsky said that the Pallister government needs to look back at Manitoba’s failed attempts to privatize home care two decades ago and learn from those mistakes, not repeat them. “It’s twenty years later but it looks like they’re following the same privatization playbook. In fact, We Care was one of the companies involved in the Filmon government’s failed privatization scheme of the 90s and they’re part of today’s announcement,” said Gawronsky. “Manitobans were against private home care in the 90s and they still oppose it today,” she added in reference to a related Probe Research survey. The survey showed that 73 percent of Manitobans want the current not-for-profit home care program to continue delivering the service.