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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 18m
A high-profile meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday resulted in Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc vowing both sides are focused on quickly reaching deals on steel and aluminum tariffs. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb
As Trump digs in on tariff rhetoric, LeBlanc suggests quick deals in the works
WASHINGTON – A high-profile meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday resulted in Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc vowing both sides are focuse...
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 49m
The byelection to fill the vacant reeve position in the Rural Municipality of Cornwallis is set for Dec. 3. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Byelection for RM of Cornwallis reeve set for Dec. 3
The byelection to fill the vacant reeve position in the Rural Municipality of Cornwallis is set for Dec. 3. Nomination papers have to be filled out, signed by at least 25 eligible voters and filed…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 1h
Brandon City Council has approved the installation of electric vehicle chargers — at a cost that’s $75,000 higher than expected. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Brandon council approves EV chargers at higher price
Brandon City Council has approved the installation of electric vehicle chargers — at a cost that’s $75,000 higher than expected. Four chargers will be installed at the A.R. McDiarmid Civic Complex…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 1h
Premier Wab Kinew took the uncommon step Tuesday of publicly disagreeing with a bail decision rendered by a Manitoba judge, reminding the provincial judiciary to “reflect on the role that their decisions will have when they are learned of by the public.” www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Kinew questions judge's bail decision for accused trucker
WINNIPEG — Premier Wab Kinew took the uncommon step Tuesday of publicly disagreeing with a bail decision rendered by a Manitoba judge, reminding the provincial judiciary to “reflect on the role that…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 2h
WINNIPEG — Two Dauphin nurses have been censured by Manitoba’s regulatory college after they ordered a handivan to transport a newborn to Winnipeg instead of waiting for an ambulance. #bdnmb www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1...
Dauphin nurses censured after baby driven in handivan
WINNIPEG — Two Dauphin nurses have been censured by Manitoba’s regulatory college after they ordered a handivan to transport a newborn to Winnipeg instead of waiting for an ambulance. The College of…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 2h
A man who claimed he had no idea his apartment was being used as a “stash house” for a drug trafficking group was convicted of possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking on Monday after standing trial in June. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Cocaine stash house occupant found guilty
A man who claimed he had no idea his apartment was being used as a “stash house” for a drug trafficking group was convicted of possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking on Monday after…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 3h
A Brandon inmate received an 18-month sentence for taking part in a jailhouse beating. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Inmate sentenced to 18 months for role in jailhouse beating
A Brandon inmate received an 18-month sentence for taking part in a jailhouse beating. “This was a terrible assault,” Judge Shauna Hewitt-Michta said during a sentencing hearing in Brandon…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 3h
WINNIPEG — Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson has made history for a second time. The province’s first female premier became the first premier to be fined for breaking the conflict of interest law. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Stefanson fined for ethics violation
WINNIPEG — Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson has made history for a second time. The province’s first female premier became the first premier to be fined for breaking the conflict of…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 3h
Manitoba’s chief public health officer says it’s too soon to know when this year’s flu season will start in the province — only that he’s sure it will and is advising people to be prepared. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Public health gearing up for respiratory virus season
Manitoba’s chief public health officer says it’s too soon to know when this year’s flu season will start in the province — only that he’s sure it will and is advising people to be prepared. Dr.…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 20h
Kevin Muench has certainly found his calling. The senior director, officiating and facilities for the Western Hockey League spent years as an official and now is part of the team that monitors and educates the 165 people doing the job for the WHL... www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb
WHL NOTEBOOK: Muench carves out official role in WHL
Kevin Muench has certainly found his calling. The senior director, officiating and facilities for the Western Hockey League spent years as an official and now is part of the team that monitors and…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 20h
As the Carney government moves to refocus foreign aid on what it sees as “effective” investment, a major recipient of Canadian development funds says Ottawa should strike a balance between prudent spending and advancing Canadian values. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb
Ottawa's drive for aid efficiency doesn't have to abandon values, aid official says
OTTAWA – As the Carney government moves to refocus foreign aid on what it sees as “effective” investment, a major recipient of Canadian development funds says Ottawa should strike a...
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 21h
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for research on the weird world of sub-atomic quantum tunneling that advances the power of everyday digital communications and computing. #bdnmb www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1...
Nobel Prize in physics goes to 3 scientists whose work advanced quantum technology
STOCKHOLM (AP) — John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for research on the weird world of sub-atomic quantum tunneling that advances the power…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 21h
BERLIN (AP) — The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany was found with serious stabbing wounds on Tuesday, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz said she was the victim of “an abhorrent act.” www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
A newly elected mayor in Germany is found with serious stabbing wounds
BERLIN (AP) — The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany was found with serious stabbing wounds on Tuesday, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz said she was the victim of “an abhorrent act.”…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 22h
Brandon Police Service arrested two teens — a boy and a girl — after receiving a report of an assault in progress on Saturday. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Teens charged with assaulting each other
Brandon Police Service arrested two teens — a boy and a girl — after receiving a report of an assault in progress on Saturday. A person called BPS at around noon about an assault in the 1600 block…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 22h
WINNIPEG — The provincial government has chosen its first seniors advocate. Leigh Anne Caron, who is currently co-executive director of the Sexuality Education Resource Centre Manitoba, is expected to take on the new position on Nov. 12. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Seniors groups hopeful after advocate named
WINNIPEG — The provincial government has chosen its first seniors advocate. Leigh Anne Caron, who is currently co-executive director of the Sexuality Education Resource Centre Manitoba, is expected…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 23h
“Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are expected to learn their sentences today nearly four years after the protest movement that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Convoy leaders Lich, Barber to be sentenced for mischief from 2022 trucker protest
OTTAWA – “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are expected to learn their sentences today nearly four years after the protest movement that blockaded downtown Ottawa...
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 23h
OTTAWA – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Ottawa this week, following up on her now week-old pledge to help fund the development of a proposal for a new oil pipeline to Canada’s West Coast. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb
Alberta Premier in Ottawa to push for federal partnership on energy projects
OTTAWA – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Ottawa this week, following up on her now week-old pledge to help fund the development of a proposal for a new oil pipeline to Canada’s West C...
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 23h
TORONTO – By the time Moira Robertson got an official autism diagnosis at 23 years old, she had missed out on a lot of the government-funded support she desperately needed. www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/2... #bdnmb
These autistic Canadians say U.S. rhetoric has been unhelpful, focus should be on early diagnoses
TORONTO – By the time Moira Robertson got an official autism diagnosis at 23 years old, she had missed out on a lot of the government-funded support she desperately needed. Her childhood and ado...
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 1d
Mark Carney is set to have his second meeting in the Oval Office with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday as the prime minister balances the expectations of Canadians with the realities of trying to negotiate any tariff relief.
Tariff relief tempered as Carney set to have second Oval Office meeting with Trump
WASHINGTON – Mark Carney is set to have his second meeting in the Oval Office with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday as the prime minister balances the expectations of Canadians with the re...
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 1d
The federal government has rejected an application for Brandon’s Chinese head tax monument to be named a national historic site, citing its recent vintage. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Ottawa denies national historic site bid for head tax monument
The federal government has rejected an application for Brandon’s Chinese head tax monument to be named a national historic site, citing its recent vintage. The decision by Parks Canada and the…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 1d
A Crown attorney highlighted the rising number of thefts at Brandon’s Winners during a sentencing hearing for a woman convicted of stealing from the off-price retail store three months in a row. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Winners shoplifter gets 15 months in jail
A Crown attorney highlighted the rising number of thefts at Brandon’s Winners during a sentencing hearing for a woman convicted of stealing from the off-price retail store three months in a row.…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 1d
Tom Friesen, Liam Pauls and Ethan Baraniuk each scored 12 points as Team Canada swept Suriname 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-16) to open the NORCECA Final Six men’s volleyball tournament in Puerto Rico on Monday. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb
Bobcats sweep Suriname to open tourney
Tom Friesen, Liam Pauls and Ethan Baraniuk each scored 12 points as Team Canada swept Suriname 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-16) to open the NORCECA Final Six men’s volleyball tournament in Puerto Rico on…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 1d
WINNIPEG — An Ontario truck driver, accused of causing a crash that killed a mother and daughter and then fleeing the country, has been released on bail as he awaits court proceedings. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Judge grants bail to trucker charged in fatal crash
WINNIPEG — An Ontario truck driver, accused of causing a crash that killed a mother and daughter and then fleeing the country, has been released on bail as he awaits court proceedings. Provincial…
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 1d
EDITORIAL: One of the dangers facing anyone who decides to stand for public office in today’s highly polarized political climate is that sooner or later someone will take exception to something they say or do, and decide to act out. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb
Opinion: Rise in political violence threatens the rule of law
“We need as Canadians to open our eyes and recognize that political violence is not something that just occurs somewhere else, but that it is happening here in our own communities.” — Former federal…
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