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Manitoba Infrastructure’s Emergency Measures Organization is reminding Manitobans the National Public Alerting System, Alert Ready, is scheduled to issue an emergency alert test message on multiple communications channels tomorrow, Wednesday, May 8 at 1:55 p.m. Not all Manitobans will receive the test alert on their wireless device.  This may occur for a variety of reasons… May 8, 2019

On Tuesday afternoon, Brandon Fire and Emergency Services and Brandon Police Service responded to an apartment building at the intersection of 20th St and Queens Ave for a report of smoke in the building. Firefighter/paramedics gained entry and found smoke in the electrical room of the building. A positive pressure ventilation fan (PPV fan) was… May 7, 2019

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release At 9:30 this morning Brandon Police Service received a report of a lockdown at Earl Oxford School.  A woman who is unknown to staff at the school was located on site.  She made comments to the staff that she was being chased and threated by someone with a weapon. … May 7, 2019

After presenting twice Nationally in 2018 Travis Blaine and Michelle Funk; Mediators with Westman Mediation Service (WMS) program of The John Howard Society of Brandon were invited to speak to an International audience on their experience with Post Sentence Mediation. Restorative Justice is typically utilized for first time offenders in minor cases. In 2011, an… May 7, 2019

The Manitoba government is launching a new fact sheet for landlords that clarifies the process for evicting tenants who are breaking the law and putting others at risk, Justice Minister Cliff Cullen announced today. “We know that landlords have for too long struggled to gather and present the evidence they need to evict drug dealers… May 6, 2019