Brandon School Division is committed to providing a safe and inclusive place for all of our students, and is proud to be partnering with the Brandon Police Service, the Canadian Red Cross, and our own Youth Revolution Team Members to launch a Divisional Student Safety Social Media Campaign. Messaging will be featured on our Divisional and School based websites and social media accounts, with a focus on: Promoting healthy relationships for our students and their families; Cyber Safety; Stranger Danger; and Sexual Exploitation. We take student safety very seriously in our Division, and this social media campaign will assist in notifying and educating the public and our students about best practices, when it comes to student safety. Let’s help prevent these incidents and talk to our children about the importance of keeping themselves safe. Dr. Marc D. Casavant, Superintendent/CEO Bringing together community agencies to assist with providing resources and external contacts, various print communications will also be made available, such as: Be Safe! Personal Safety Program from the Canadian Red Cross; Safe & Caring Schools: A Whole School Approach to Planning for Safety & Belonging from Manitoba Education & Training; Canadian Centre for Child Protection; and Many, many more.

A few days ago, a 62-year old female driving her Porsche 911 was fined $652 when she attempted to pass RCMP while travelling 156 km/h in a 110 km/h The incident happened near Portage. On Thursday, a 73 year old received a summons for $1,726.00 after being caught speeding in a designated construction zone south of Minnedosa. According to the RCMP image, posted below, he was clocked doing 124 km/h in the 60 km/h construction zone. When asked why he was travelling so fast the man told RCMP that he had dropped his wallet and was leaning over to try and pick it up.

August 29, 2017 Brandon, MB – For the seventh year in a row, the Provincial Exhibition has collaborated with six Manitoba Co-op’s and five local meat processors to provide close to 1500 lbs. of pork to several Westman food banks and soup kitchens. Provincial Exhibition director, Stan Cochrane and his family at Cochrane Stock Farms of Alexander, volunteered to care for the pigs from the 2017 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair pig scrambles with the support of feed donated by Co-op Feeds and western Manitoba Co-op retails including Heritage Co-op, Neepawa Gladstone Co-op, Valleyview Co-op, Kenton Consumers Co-op and Boundary Co-op. Renard’s Meat Services in Virden, Prairie Rose Meats in Souris, Jarvis Meats in Gladstone, and DAL Meats in Killarney donated their processing costs and arranged for delivered to food banks and soup kitchens in their own areas. City of Brandon partner, Henry Meats, provided pork to Helping Hands Soup Kitchen. “The direct connection between the meat processors and the organizations receiving the pork is a special part of this program. “ Said Ron Kristjansson, General Manager at the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba. “All of the processors have their own relationships with the groups in their area providing a direct connection between the feed suppliers, meat processors and the organizations where the meat is donated.” Kristjansson noted that it takes multiple partners to make this program complete. “Support from partners like the Co-ops, the Deerboine Colony which sold us the pigs at a very reasonable price and all the meat processors allow us to use the pigs during the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair for agricultural education and then give back to the entire region that supports us and our events. Groups from Portage la Prairie up through Minnedosa, Souris, Brandon, Killarney, Boissevain, Virden and right out towards Moosomin, Saskatchewan have benefitted from this program.”

Brandon Police Service Media Release As a result of an ongoing investigation from August 23rd 2017, Police have arrested a 27-year-old man from Brandon on numerous charges including Attempt Murder. Investigation into a report of a firearm being discharged inside an apartment in the 600 Block of 18th Street led Police to identifying the man as the suspect responsible. The male suspect and a female attended to the apartment and a dispute ensued between the suspect and the tenant. During the confrontation, the male suspect pulled out what is believed to be a .22 calibre sawed off rifle and fired a round at the tenant. The tenant used a chair to defend himself from the attack and attempted to force the suspect out of the apartment. The bullet struck the chair, changing its path of travel into a wall of the residence. On Monday afternoon, Police received information that the male suspect was at a house in the North End of Brandon. A short time later the suspect was observed exiting a residence on Assiniboine Avenue and was taken into Police custody. After the suspect was apprehended, investigation learned that the male suspect assaulted his girlfriend inside the residence by punching and kicking her. While being lodged at the Brandon Correctional Center a quantity of Methamphetamine was located concealed in the underwear of the suspect. The male suspect is scheduled to appear in Court on Tuesday facing charges of: Attempt Murder Pointing a Firearm Unauthorized Possession of a Restricted Weapon Careless Use of A Firearm Domestic Assault Possession of Methamphetamine The female victim in the Domestic Assault did not receive any physical injuries.

Management and staff at Brandon’s Community Sportsplex wish to inform the public that the facility’s pool will be closed for regularly-scheduled maintenance beginning Saturday, September 2nd and won’t re-open until Saturday, September 23rd. Hours of operation for the facility’s ice rink, racquetball courts and outdoor track will not be impacted by the pool closure. For a full schedule of September programming at Brandon’s Community Sportsplex, please visit http://www.thesportsplex.ca/events/month.calendar/2017/09/28/- The City of Brandon thanks all patrons of the Sportsplex pool for their patience and understanding during this scheduled closure.