Section of 18th St. North to be closed for nearly a month
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Source: City of Brandon Beginning on Monday, August 13th at 7 a.m., the 200-and-300-blocks of 18th Street North will be closed to all traffic and will remain closed until late afternoon on Friday, September 7th. This closure is necessary to allow for the installation of a new water main and associated infrastructure in the area…
Manitoba authorities seize nearly a half million illegal cigarettes, cigars
Manitoba Finance’s Taxation Special Investigations Unit (SIU), working in conjunction with the RCMP, the Ontario Ministry of Finance, Ontario Provincial Police and Quebec Provincial Police recently seized 470,500 contraband cigarettes and 2,000 cigars. On Aug. 5 at approximately 6:30 p.m., the RCMP conducted a traffic stop on two vehicles travelling on PR 207. The officers…
Man allegedly assaults youths following skirmish on Rosser Ave
Source: Brandon Police Service Media Release At about 8:30 PM Thursday evening, a report of 6-7 people fighting in the 700 block Rosser Avenue was received. The subsequent investigation revealed that a 36 year-old male had struck 2 male youths after they tried to intervene when the suspect was in an argument with 31 year-old…
Vehicle Crashes into Construction Site
At around 5:00 Thursday evening, police and fire crews responded to the intersection of 26th St and Park Ave for a crash involving an SUV and an excavator. It appears as though an SUV left the roadway, travelled down into a deep trench created by the construction, and struck an excavator before coming to a stop. Thankfully nobody…
Special air quality statement in effect for Brandon and area
Source: Government of Canada 1:09 PM CDT Thursday 09 August 2018 Special air quality statement in effect for: City of Brandon Mun. of Glenboro-South Cypress incl. Treesbank Mun. of Norfolk Treherne Mun. of North Cypress-Langford incl. Neepawa and Carberry Mun. of North Norfolk incl. MacGregor Sidney and Austin Mun. of Oakland-Wawanesa incl. Carroll R.M. of…
