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Construction flagger Todd Bone shares a laugh with a co-worker while on the job at the corner of 18th Street and Louise Avenue in Brandon on Tuesday. Bone is part of a construction crew that is in the process of repaving Louise Avenue this week. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)

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Mobile eye clinic

1 minute read Updated: 9:11 AM CDT

The Manitoba Association of Optometrists is bringing a mobile clinic to Brandon today and offering walk-in eye appointments for children and families.

The clinic will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the WestVic Common parking lot outside FYidoctors for parents who want their children to get an eye exam before school starts, the association said in a news release Monday.

In addition to eye examinations, residents are invited to attend a community barbecue from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with face painting and additional child eye-care resources.

» The Brandon Sun

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Brandon University dean of students Katie Whelpton stands in front of the university's library. Whelpton says the growth in Indigenous enrolment is partly the result of a concerted effort by the university to build stronger relationships with Indigenous communities across Manitoba. (Supplied)

Indigenous student enrolment continues to climb at BU

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Indigenous student enrolment continues to climb at BU

By Abiola Odutola 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 10:19 PM CDT

Brandon University continues to see a steady rise in Indigenous student enrolment, with a 12.5 per cent increase from last year as of Sept. 1.

The latest numbers bring the total count to 570 and follow a trend that has seen Indigenous students become one of the fastest growing demographics at BU in recent years.

The students are primarily from Brandon, followed by Winnipeg, The Pas, Dauphin and Thompson, and the university is seeing increased applications from high schools in communities with larger Indigenous populations.

Meanwhile, domestic, non-Indigenous enrolment saw modest gains overall while international student numbers fell despite an increase in new enrolments.

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Human trafficking detection to be focus of Brandon presentation

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Human trafficking detection to be focus of Brandon presentation

By Tessa Adamski 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 10:17 PM CDT

A Manitoba-based organization supporting survivors of human trafficking is hosting a presentation next week in Brandon to educate people about what signs to watch out for.

The presentation by the Joy Smith Foundation — Canada’s leading authority on human trafficking prevention and intervention — will take place at Trinity United Church on Sixth Street on Sept. 9 at 1:30 p.m.

“People need to understand how it happens in their community. And oftentimes, especially in the Westman area, it’s youth that become very vulnerable,” Janet Campbell, the foundation’s president and CEO, said Tuesday.

Youth can be targeted through in-person and online relationships in which they form a connection with a perpetrator and are showered with affection, attention, expensive gifts and experiences, Campbell said.

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Brandon man arrested in Portage for carrying shotgun

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Brandon man arrested in Portage for carrying shotgun

1 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 10:17 PM CDT

A Brandon man was arrested in Portage la Prairie on Monday after police allege he was seen carrying a shotgun into an apartment block.

Around 2 a.m., RCMP were called to the third floor of an apartment building on the 600 block of Sixth Street Northwest after a shirtless man was seen in possession of a weapon, police said in a news release on Monday.

RCMP knocked on several apartment doors until they heard two men arguing in a suite. Officers went inside and found the suspect in the bathroom and a shotgun under a bed.

Slade Anderson-Houle, 23, was charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, careless use of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a firearm, police said.

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Updated: Yesterday at 10:17 PM CDT

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The power outage disrupted some services at the Manitoba Public Insurance Service Centre on First Street. (Kyle Darbyson/The Brandon Sun files)

Power outage affects about 850 Brandon customers

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Power outage affects about 850 Brandon customers

By Abiola Odutola 2 minute read Yesterday at 10:06 PM CDT

A power outage in parts of Brandon Tuesday morning affected about 850 customers, including the Manitoba Public Insurance Service Centre on First Street.

The outage was caused by a vehicle striking a power pole near the intersection of Park Avenue and Russell Street, Manitoba Hydro spokesperson Peter Chura said.

“We had to take an outage this morning so crews could safely repair damage from a vehicle hitting a pole close to the intersection,” Chura told the Sun on Tuesday afternoon.

Manitoba Hydro said in a social media post that the emergency outage was expected to begin between 9:30 and 10 a.m. The utility initially estimated that power would be restored by early afternoon.

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A man checks his phone as he walks past the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Bank of Canada holds key rate as it prioritizes ‘multiple risks in play’

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Bank of Canada holds key rate as it prioritizes ‘multiple risks in play’

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: 2:43 PM CDT

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada stuck to the sidelines Wednesday as governor Tiff Macklem suggested the re-escalating trade war with the United States is not the only risk monetary policymakers are monitoring.

The central bank left its policy rate unchanged at 2.25 per cent for a seventh consecutive decision. The move was widely expected by economists.

The bank has been watching to see whether cost pressures from the war in Iran could spread into other pockets of the consumer basket.

Inflationary risks have only become sharper since the bank's last decision in July, Macklem said Wednesday, with global oil prices still persistently high and no end in sight for the Middle East conflict.

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Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Joss Reimer, is pictured during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Thursday, May 14, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Check vaccinations before heading back to school: chief public health officer

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Check vaccinations before heading back to school: chief public health officer

Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Updated: 8:36 AM CDT

TORONTO - Canada's chief public health officer is urging parents to check that routine childhood vaccinations are up-to-date as kids head back to school.

In an interview on Tuesday, Dr. Joss Reimer said measles is still spreading, while vaccine misinformation continues to circulate online.

The national measles immunization rate for two-year-olds is about 85 per cent, falling short of the 95 per cent needed for herd immunity, Reimer said.

Although rates of infection in the multi-province measles outbreak that began in 2024 — and cost Canada its measles elimination status late last year — appear to be going down, kids who aren't vaccinated are always at risk because people bring the virus into the country and it's "incredibly infectious," she said.

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The Brandon Police Service station at 10th Street and Victoria Avenue. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Weapon possession charge after hospital disturbance; stolen vehicle recovered in Neepawa

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Weapon possession charge after hospital disturbance; stolen vehicle recovered in Neepawa

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Crawling woman

A 28-year-old woman was detained at the Brandon police station after she was found crawling across a street downtown.

Officers came across the woman on Monday before 10 p.m. in the 800 block of Rosser Avenue, police said in a news release on Tuesday.

The woman was taken into custody under the Protective Detention and Care of Intoxicated Persons Act and was released once she was sober and able to care for herself, police said.

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The firearm seized by RCMP after an assault in a Souris home last week. (Supplied)

Souris man accused of assaulting, pointing rifle at woman

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Souris man accused of assaulting, pointing rifle at woman

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A 66-year-old Souris man is facing multiple charges after Mounties say he assaulted and pointed a rifle at a woman before he was tackled in her home last week.

Blue Hills RCMP were called to a residence in Souris around 1 p.m. on Aug. 27 about an armed man who had entered the home and assaulted someone, RCMP said in a news release on Tuesday.

Mounties said the suspect knocked on the door and asked a woman if he could speak with her partner. The man then assaulted the woman and pointed a high-powered rifle at her.

The woman ran off as her husband rushed to the door and tackled the suspect, police said. The husband wrestled the firearm from the man and held him down until Mounties arrived.

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Minister of Labour and Immigration Malaya Marcelino speaks at a press conference in Winnipeg, Friday, May 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

Menstrual product rules for workplaces take effect

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Menstrual product rules for workplaces take effect

By Carol Sanders 4 minute read Yesterday at 9:50 PM CDT

WINNIPEG — New rules came into force Tuesday requiring all provincially regulated workplaces in Manitoba to provide free menstrual products to employees.

The amendments to the Workplace Safety and Health Regulation were published March 9 but didn’t take effect until Sept. 1 to give employers six months to purchase supplies, and where needed, dispensers and disposal containers.

Labour Minister Malaya Marcelino said Tuesday that rather than push back, employers have asked for more information.

“The only concern I heard was that people don’t know about it and that we need to spread the word in a better way. That was the only issue,” Marcelino said in an interview.

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