Give a Valen-Tile and Support the Heart & Stroke Foundation Brandon, Manitoba – January 23, 2017 – This Valentine’s show how much you Live to Give, Love to Get by buying valen-tiles for your friends and family for $5 each and adding them to the mosaic near Guest Services at Shoppers Mall (1570-18th Street) in support of the Heart & Stroke Foundation. A maximum of 5 valen-tiles can be purchased per shopper and are available at Guest Services from Monday, January 30 through Tuesday, February 14. Visit www.shoppersmallbrandon.com for more information. “Shoppers can choose from a variety of colours of valen-tiles and write special messages on them if they would like to,” states Candace McKenzie, Marketing Director, Shoppers Mall. “It’s a great way to show your friends and family you care while supporting the Heart & Stroke Foundation.”   (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});     From Monday, January 30 through Tuesday, February 14, customers are encouraged to visit Guest Services to purchase a valen-tile for $5 and add it to the mosaic near Guest Services. As there are only 200 valen-tiles available, shoppers are limited to purchasing a maximum of five valen-tiles. All the money collected from the sale of valen-tiles will be donated to the Heart & Stroke Foundation once the campaign is complete. In exchange for buying a valen-tile, shoppers will receive a $5 Shoppers Mall gift card and a chance to win 1 of 6, $200 gift cards from either Charm Diamond Centres, Michael Hill or Reesor’s Jewellery. The Shoppers Mall gift card can be used at our over 90 stores and services, except for Tim Hortons and Scotiabank. The draw for the jewellery store gift cards will be made on February 15 and winners will be contacted by phone. ABOUT SHOPPERS MALL: Shoppers Mall is a 367,000-square-foot dominant enclosed regional shopping centre located in Brandon, Manitoba. The Mall features more than 90 retailers offering a merchandise mix of retail, services, entertainment and restaurants. Visit www.shoppersmallbrandon.com. ABOUT MORGUARD: Morguard Corporation (TSX: MRC) is a major North American real estate and property management company. It has extensive retail, office, industrial, multi–suite residential, and hotel holdings owned directly, or through its investment in Morguard REIT (TSX: MRT.UN) and Morguard North American Residential REIT (TSX: MRG.UN). Morguard also provides real estate management services to institutional and other investors. Morguard's total assets owned and under management is valued at $19.9 billion. Visit www.morguard.com.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});         (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

Photos from a fire in Brandon, MB on HWY 10 North at the Co-Op propane supply..  Photos courtesy: John Cockburn       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});    

It's official. Direct Liquidation will be opening a new second permanent location, in the current Sears store, on Brandon's North Hill. The new store, named Direct Wholesale, will be an expansion of the existing Direct Liquidation store specializing in wholesale truckloads of home furnishings like: appliances, mattresses, and furniture. Merchandise will be sold at wholesale pricing with full warranty, in the 10,600 sq foot space. Darcy, and his team, are presently beefing up their stock in anticipation of the Grand Opening of the new location. They invite everyone to pop down to 205-16th Street North to check some of the items that will be featured in the expansion. The new location is set to open in May of 2017 at 1828-18th St North. Stay tuned to bdnmb.ca as we plan to have a followup to this story with additional details on what the consumers can expect.     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});    

 February 7, 2017 (Brandon, Manitoba): In the face of critical financial challenges, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Brandon is reaching out to corporate and government partners as well as local residents for financial support to ensure that essential mentoring supports remain in Brandon, Manitoba and area. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Brandon has been a part of the Brandon, Manitoba community since 1972, providing many mentoring programs to children and youth for the past 45 years. When the organization opened there was a definite need for mentors to help children in their community. Today, that need is even greater with many more children and youth in need of a mentor. Unfortunately, revenue has not kept up with program costs, and the demand for services has far exceeded the finances available to provide them. The only nationwide fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters is Bowl for Kid’s Sake, which used to raise $35,000 - $40,000 each spring. Last year only $7,000 was raised as fewer and fewer businesses and community groups have entered teams. “As a result of significant decreases in fundraising revenue, staffing was cut last year and certain programs that do not have designated sponsorship have not been running at all,” said Carla Davidson, Executive Director. “Today we turn to the community for support so that all young people in Brandon and surrounding areas can reach their full potential with the support of a mentor.” Over 125 children and youth (ages 6 – 18) are part of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Brandon programs. In addition, 400 – 500 children are reached with gifts from the Big Brothers Big Sisters Christmas Tree at the Shoppers’ Mall and the Toyota Full of Toys. The agency has also had 13 youth receive $36,000 scholarships through the CIBC Youthvision Scholarship program and the agency selects the children that will attend Tim Horton’s Camps from Brandon and Virden. The agency continues to graciously accept donations and support from public and private sector partners as well as individuals throughout the region. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Brandon also serves the communities of Forrest, Rivers, Neepawa, Minnedosa, CFB Shilo, Douglas, Alexander, Wawanesa and Carberry with requests regularly from other communities to offer services. ABOUT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BRANDON: For more information, please contact: NAME Carla Davidson TITLE Executive Director  EMAIL carla.davidson@bigbrothersbigsisters.ca PHONE 204-727-1787

With files from City of Brandon Public Notice. The City of Brandon released a statement today that Scott Hildebrand, Brandon City Manager, tendered his notice of resignation effective the end of March of 2017.  Scott has served in his role of City Manager since June of 2011. “The last six years has been an amazing experience for me - from a business perspective, but more so from a people perspective,” Hildebrand said. “The City of Brandon staff are one of the most committed, dedicated, and customer service-focused groups I have ever worked with. Our team truly understands the meaning of our vision statement, ‘Serving and Building Community’, and deserves the respect of this community.” His employment end date is March 28th and he is going to return to the public sector, in British Columbia,  to pursue a career.  Mayor, Rick Crest, and the City of Brandon’s Personnel Committee will first appoint an acting City Manager before the search begins for an official replacement.