A normal night for Brad Benton, at Benny’s Astoria Pizzaria in Shoal Lake, is to prepare 25 large pizzas for team's travelling home following a game against the AAA Midget Yellowhead Chiefs. However, this Sunday with the blizzard hit, the bus driver for the Winnipeg AAA Midget Bruins felt the highways were unsafe to travel on and the team was forced into finding a new home for the night. This is where Brad Benton stepped up and offered his restaurant as a place for the team to wait out the storm. “When they picked up the pizzas at 10 pm, I told them to grab the players and stay in the restaurant for the night” said Brad.  According to Benton the next morning when he came back everything was in mint condition and the kids had a great time.  Everybody was safe and sound. “They left me a bunch of money for the booze and food and a thank you note” added Brad. Diane Cramer had already gone to gather some pillows and sleeping bags for two other stranded motorists, looking to spend the night on a couch inside the restaurant, when the 40 parents, players and coaches joined them. The evening served as an incredible bonding experience for our team, according to the team manager Marty Gagne.

Today marked the final weekend of play for 2017/18 in the Brandon Senior Men's Basketball League.  Each of the leagues four teams play a ten game regular reason schedule, followed by two weeks of play off action. Bronze Medal Game: (3)Royal Le Page 108 (4)Vern's Pizza 51 Championship Final: (1)Beezkneez 98 (2)Extreme clean 78 Top 5 scorers  Earl Ezzy Thompson Jr. 69 Oneil Gordon 40 Trevor Winters 26 Blake Majcher 23 Adam James 20

Calgary Flames power forward Micheal Ferland will be holding a hockey school in Brandon from July 5th to the 8th.   The reason behind the hockey school was quite simple, Micheal wanted to give back to the kids in Brandon and surrounding areas. A number of guest instructors have been lined up to help Micheal at the first ever Micheal Ferland Hockey School. Brigette Lacquette (Canada's Olympic Women's Team Member 2018) Harley Garrioch Jens Meilleur (Germany) Ryan Pulock  (NHL's NYI Islanders) Joel Edmundson (NHL's St. Louis Blues) Tyler Plante Shaq Merasty (ECHL) Josh Elmes (ECHL) Zack Whitecloud (NCAA) Details  Located at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, MB Novice, Atom, Peewee and Bantam age groups $350 for players, $300 for goalies (If you register by May 1st you will receive 10% off ) 2 hours on ice per day Dryland & swim sessions Free Jersey, T-Shirt and water bottle to register click here

Friday will mark a significant date in the lead-up to the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Man. Not only will it be exactly one year to the date that the 2019 Canadian men’s curling championship kicks off at Westoba Place in Brandon, it will also be the first day curling fans can purchase full-event passes for the world’s most famous national curling championship. Beginning at 10 a.m. CT on Friday, fans can lock in their same great seat for all 23 draws, including medal-round games, plus any necessary tiebreakers. Full-event packages will cost $519; all ticket packages are subject to standard facility and ticket service fees; mini packages will go on sale in the fall. Packages will be available online at curling.ca/tickets, at the Westoba Place box office, or by calling 204-726-3555. The action off the ice in Brandon next year will be just as hot, as the rollicking party known as the World Famous Patch will be a short indoor walk from the rink to the Manitoba Room at the Keystone Centre. Along with the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the athletes, the Patch will offer live music, dancing, drinks and food, as well as interactive activities for the entire family. All 14 Member Associations (10 provinces, three territories and Northern Ontario) will be represented in the main field in Brandon, along with the defending champion as Team Canada — the winner of the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, which begins Saturday in Regina. The 16th team will come out of the wild-card play-in game on March 1 between the top two teams from the Canadian Team Ranking System that didn’t qualify out of their provincial/territorial championships. The winning team at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier will represent Canada on home ice at the 2019 World Men’s Curling Championship (dates, location, TBC). The event website has now been launched. Keep checking  www.curling.ca/2019brier/ for all event updates, including volunteer signup (dates to be announced), new ticket offers, team announcements and the event schedule when it is set. Those wishing to volunteer can register at www.curling.ca/volunteer/ to stay up to date on volunteer opportunities. TSN/RDS2 will provide complete coverage of every draw at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier.

Canadian Wrestling's Elite is ecstatic to announce it will continue its legendary touring schedule yet another WWE Hall Of Fame Inductee & Former World Champion headlining in Ron "Faarooq" Simmons! Fresh off CWE's Legends Of Wrestling 2 where Ron Simmons announced he will personally be in Winnipeg on June 1st to corner Mr. Inkredible, Kevy Chevy, & DRAGNEEL vs. The Cannon Clan in attempt to burn the Confederate Flag once and for all that he has been signed on the ENTIRE 9th Anniversary Tour celebration! Ron Simmons broke barriers as a college football player and as the first African American World Champion and now he will help CWE break barriers as he appears on a record TWENTY FIVE event tour across FIVE Canadian provinces! DAMN! Catch 9 DAMN! Years: The 9th Anniversary Show featuring a special appearance by the iconic Ron Simmons on the following dates, May 10- Gimli, MB May 11- Stonewall, MB May 12- Gladstone, MB May 13- Brandon, MB May 14- Dauphin, MB May 15- Yorkton, SK May 16- Melfort, SK May 17- Prince Albert, SK May 18- Saskatoon, SK May 19- St. Albert, AB May 20- Grande Prairie, AB May 21- Springbrook, AB May 22- Vernon, BC May 23- Golden, BC May 24- Calgary, AB May 25- Medicine Hat, AB May 26- Assiniboia, SK May 27- Regina, SK May 28- Estevan, SK May 29- Virden, MB May 30- Souris, MB May 31- Morden, MB Jun 1- Winnipeg, MB Jun 2- Thunder Bay, ON Jun 3- Sault Ste. Marie, ON Stay posted to www.cwecanada.ca over the spring months for announcements and information regarding this major tour!