Just minutes from touching down, a WestJet flight from Calgary to Brandon aborted its landing at Brandon Municipal Airport on Monday afternoon. The plane landed safely on its second attempt. There’s no official word yet from WestJet on what happened, but passengers reported lots of turbulence.
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Brandon city councillors have given final approval to over $6-million dollars in upgrades to the Sportsplex Arena. The project includes the replacing the ice plant. The new date for re-opening the rink is now September 2025.
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Local developers can now apply online for Brandon’s new affordable housing incentive program – the money is available through the federal Housing Accelerator Fund. To qualify, proposed developments must be at least 70% residential – and at least half of the units must remain affordable for 20 years after receiving funding.
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Staff at Brandon’s ‘Ask Auntie Blue Door’ on 9th Street are continuing to clean up from a recent fire. The blaze was located in a suite in the same building, and the drop-in centre received only minor smoke damage. It’s closed this week, but will re-open on Monday.
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The Manitoba government is looking at adding GPS trackers and cameras to garbage trucks, and enhancing surveillance at the entrances and exits of landfills. It’s the province’s response to the murders of four Indigenous
women by a serial killer. A search of a landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of two of the women is to begin this fall.
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There were a record number of insurance claims across the country this summer driven by four major weather events and natural disasters. The 228,000 claims was a 406% increase over the 20-year average. The 4 events: flooding in Toronto and Quebec, a Calgary hailstorm and the Jasper wildfire.
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Cottagers at Clear Lake are extremely disappointed an underwater containment curtain, meant to corral zebra mussels, was dislodged just two days after being installed last month. Parks Canada has been working to resolve the problem. The good news is there have been no recent discoveries of ‘live’ zebra mussels in the lake.
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One animal that’s definitely not being contained at Riding Mountain National Park is the Western Tiger Salamander. Right now on cooler days and early in the morning, the little amphibians are migrating and will cross roads like Highways 10 and 45 to reach other bodies of water. Signs have been set-up warning drivers to slow down.
