Manitoba RCMP have arrested two 16-year-old boys, and charged one with second-degree murder, in the death of a 21-year-old Brandon man. The victim was found unresponsive in a park in Swan River last Friday.
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At Brandon City Council on Monday, the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium made a plea for a new funding agreement to help cover maintenance issues, and create a more stable future. The venue does post small surpluses, but doesn’t have enough for large capital upgrades. The mayor says talks between the city and the province on a new funding model are ongoing.
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Also on Monday, Brandon city councillors endorsed the Brandon Police Service’s future purchase of a vehicle to be used for recruitment events. The Police Board had already approved up to $125,000 to buy a vehicle and wanted to get council’s okay. The money will come from a projected operational surplus.
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A local family reportedly collected enough food to supply Brandon’s Samaritan House Ministries for two weeks. It was the second straight year the Mitchell family hosted their Halloween ‘Scare Away Hunger’ food drive at their Cedar Hollow Haunted House. Visitors donated more than 1,500 items for the food bank, triple last year’s amount.
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The Manitoba government released a strategy to secure the province’s mineral future with the focus on getting projects approved faster – and creating Indigenous partnerships. The federal government has identified 34 minerals as critical for promoting green energy and sustainable economic success – and Manitoba has 30 of them.
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It’s election day in America. During the campaign, Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump presented starkly different paths forward for the United States. For Canada, which sends 77% of its exports to the U-S, the election will determine what our future trade relationship will look like. Voters in only a handful of battleground states will choose the country’s path forward as polling shows both candidates remain in a dead heat.
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Remember Vitality Air? The Canadian company made tens-of-thousands of dollars selling cans of Banff air for $32 apiece. Now there’s a company selling air bottled from beautiful Lake Como in Italy. They say it’s not just a souvenir that can be easily transported in a suitcase – it’s a tangible memory that you carry in your heart. Celebs like George Clooney have homes near Lake Como.
