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Upgrade coming for intersection
The intersection of E. Fotheringham Drive and Victoria Avenue is set for safety upgrades. → Read More
Expansion of landfill on city’s agenda
The City of Brandon is preparing to expand the usable area at the Eastview Landfill. → Read More
Reasons for facility closures a ‘cop out,’ Kinew says
Wab Kinew doesn’t buy a primary excuse for health-care facility closures in rural Manitoba. → Read More
City lowers threshold for snow clearing
From now on it will take less snowfall to spur snow-clearing operations in Brandon. → Read More
The Sun’s stories of the year
Anyone wanting a calm, relaxing 2022 didn’t get their wish. → Read More
Council eyes increase in meetings in 2023
Brandon City Council may increase the number of regular meetings it holds as of next year. → Read More
Polls lean toward Fawcett
Three-term city councillor Jeff Fawcett will be Brandon’s next mayor. → Read More
Children’s business fair set for Saturday – Brandon Sun
Brandon residents can see a future generation of entrepreneurs in action this weekend. → Read More
Brandon General Museum and Archives requests $80K in annual funding
The Brandon General Museum and Archives requested five years of guaranteed funding from city council Tuesday evening, saying the money is needed to continue operations and help steward the organization as it plans to eventually move into the Library/Arts Building. → Read More
Long weekend festivals draw big crowds
Last weekend might have been the busiest in Westman since COVID-19 restrictions ended. → Read More
Councillors to vote on fate of Park CC
The future of the Park Community Centre is once again in the hands of Brandon City Council. At Monday’s regular meeting, council will hold a vote on whether the city should demolish the existing Park Community Centre and replace it with a new structure. → Read More
Ketchen feeling ‘fortunate’ as chamber’s new GM
It’s been a week of new beginnings and fond farewells for the Brandon Chamber of Commerce. Not only did the organization appoint a new president and board of directors during its last luncheon of the season on Thursday, it also sent off its longest-tenured employee. → Read More
Coun. Cameron tests positive for COVID-19
Coun. Shaun Cameron (University) has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating at home. The Brandon city councillor first revealed the news on his Twitter account Monday evening as he participated in that night’s council meeting. → Read More
City holding public hearings for traffic, housing issues
Brandon residents will soon be able to have their say on a traffic issue and a proposed affordable housing development at a pair of public hearings later this month. Last year, residents of Linden Lanes expressed concern in a ward meeting about speeding and traffic volumes, especially along Durum Drive. → Read More
Go home, get vaccinated: Kinew to protesters
It’s time for protesters associated with the numerous trucking convoys in Winnipeg and across Canada to go home, Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew says. “I would hope that the folks involved with it stop in along the way and get vaccinated [against COVID-19] as they head home,” he said. → Read More
Sun shines for 140 years
The first edition of the Brandon Sun was published 140 years ago today. Born several months ahead of Brandon’s incorporation as a city after the Canadian Pacific Railway was pushed through the area, the paper has followed the lives of Brandonites through two world wars, the Spanish flu and COVID-19 pandemics, the tenure of every Canadian prime minister except Alexander Mackenzie, 20 Manitoba… → Read More
Brandon mayor reflects on second pandemic year
Never did Rick Chrest imagine he would someday be leading Brandon through a global health crisis when he first announced his candidacy for mayor in 2014. But here he is, 22 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, approaching the final year of his second term as the head of city council. As mayor, you do not know the challenges your community will face. → Read More
Corporation strives for bright, inclusive downtown
It has been a busy eight months since Emeka Egeson took over as executive director of the Brandon Downtown Development Corporation. On Thursday, the Sun caught up with Egeson to discuss what he has been up to at the organization and what its plans are for the new year. → Read More
Safety concerns prompt province to replace 171 guardrails
Manitoba Infrastructure announced a decision that made a Tennessee man’s day on Tuesday. The ministry will spend an estimated $1.5 million to remove and replace all 171 Lindsay X-Lite guardrail systems on provincial highways over the next two years, according to a media release. → Read More
Decision on PC leadership court battle expected next week
The justice presiding over Shelly Glover’s legal challenge of the Progressive Conservative leadership race reserved judgement on Friday after hearing arguments from the legal teams for Glover, the party and Premier Heather Stefanson. Justice James Edmond noted the oddity of having the proceedings be broadcast and outlined the conditions under which it was happening. → Read More