Yesterday, as part of the National Indigenous Peoples Day taking place in the city, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation celebrated the Grand Opening of the Grand Valley Campground. The day was filled with different events and attractions including kids games, live music, wagon rides, vendors, and more. The Grand Valley Park RV and Tube Park is located directly off of the Trans Canada Highway approximately 8kms west of Brandon. Earlier this year, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation released a statement announcing they would be taken over management of the Grand Valley Park RV and Tube Park.

On the afternoon of 2023-06-20, police attended to a residence in the 100 block of 8th Street and arrested an intoxicated male that had previously Uttered Threats to harm the property owner.  While in police custody, the intoxicated male continued his aggressive behavior and threatened to harm the arresting officer, in addition to becoming combative and kicking the officer on the side of the head.  No medical attention was required to the officer.  A 54-year-old male was lodged at BPS to appear in court 2023-06-21 for the charges of Uttering Threats X2 and Assault Police Officer.

Brandon's emergency services were kept busy yesterday evening with at least 2 structure fires, amongst other emergency calls. Brandon Fire & Emergency Services were called to a home on Dominion Way in Brandon's west end for a fire in a crawl space/basement around 7:40pm. Firefighters arrived and were able to extinguish the fire quickly. Multiple fans needed to be set up to help clear the home of smoke. Firefighter/Paramedics were working in heat that felt like 35°C at the time with the intense humidity. Later in the evening, at around 9:40pm both fire halls responded urgently to a home in Brentwood Trailer Courts that had been struck by lightning (according to witnesses/neighbours) and was on fire. Crews arrived and were able to quickly extinguish that fire while working in thunderstorm conditions. Extensive overhaul was needed to ensure the fire hadn't spread throughout the walls/floor of the home. There were thankfully no injuries at either of the fires according to fire and police officials.

One thing Manitoba is not famous for is being "dog friendly". Over the past weekend in Minneapolis we saw various lounges and patios that welcomed and encouraged people to bring their dogs. Section 6 Brewing Co at 1126 Princess Ave is trying to change that image of being very dog friendly. Carmen Fisher told BDNMB.CA that we love seeing people bring their dogs and we put out water bowls for them. To our knowledge Section 6 is the only patio that allows dogs in Brandon. Pepsi and Bode, the two featured Samoyed dogs, enjoyed all the smells and attention they had from customers and staff. Check out Section 6 Brewing https://section6brewing.ca/

On 2023-05-23, police received a report from a business in the 900 block of Victoria Avenue regarding the theft of meat with a value of $150.  In addition, on 2023-05-30 police received a separate report of unauthorized transactions of an individual’s debit card at several business locations within Brandon.  The suspect to both occurrences was identified through surveillance video and on 2023-06-20, police conducted a traffic stop with a vehicle in the 100 block of 6th Street and found an occupant to be the 48- year-old female suspect from both incidents.  The individual has been released with conditions to appear in court 2023-08-28