Brandon city council has approved increasing Development Charges, the fees levied on developers. The city says the increase includes a transportation charge for road and intersection improvements, higher capital costs, debt financing expenses, and costs associated with growth-related studies. Development charges also support water and wastewater services.
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Two Brandon women have been arrested and face drug charges after a two-month police investigation. 45-year-old Tia Vincent and 47-year-old Angela Sellars were both charged with trafficking in cocaine and methamphetamine. Police seized over 1.2-kilos of meth and 500 grams of cocaine worth $110,000.
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Corrections officials at Manitoba’s Stony Mountain prison have seized over a million dollars worth drugs. Large quantities of cannabis and THC concentrates were discovered inside packages on April 5th. The investigation is continuing.
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The Manitoba government is spending more money to tackle crime in rural and northern areas. $3.3-million will go towards doubling the the RCMP’s emergency response team from 9 to 18 full-time positions. The announcement was made just days after armed thieves hit a farm property near MacGregor.
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A study into Manitoba’s Child and Family Services has found nearly half of all First Nation parents in the province have had a child protective file opened against them, and they’re also 6 times more likely to have their child placed out of home. Advocates say CFS and local organizations need to collaborate to positively impact families instead of taking kids away.
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You’ve probably noticed it’s costing less to fill up your car – which is mostly due to the elimination of the federal carbon tax – a saving of 15 to 20-cents-a-litre. Experts also say fears of a global economic slowdown, sparked by Trump’s trade war, will bring oil prices down because of less demand. In Brandon, pump prices are averaging $1.16 a litre.
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The province is chipping-in $300,000 for Winnipeg Jets’ ‘White Out Parties’. The outdoor rallies are held outside of the Jets’ arena during playoff home games. The games are shown on big screens and tickets are $10.00 with half going to charity.
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Two party leaders, the Liberal’s Mark Carney and the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh are heading to Saskatchewan today. There are 14 federal ridings in Saskatchewan, which has been a sea of Conservative blue in recent federal elections. Tory leader Pierre Poilievre is set to hold a press conference in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario today, as well as a rally in Brampton. April 28th is election day.
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A Chinese billionaire in B.C. has announced plans to buy dozens of Hudson’s Bay locations after she saw “Canadians feeling sad” over the collapse of the company. Weihong Liu is the board chair of Central Walk, a retail investment company that owns three shopping centres in the province. She wants to restore The Bay to its glory, so a younger generation in Canada can ‘fall in love with The Bay again.’
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A Quebec man has gone viral with videos of himself tossing trash from his third floor balcony into a garbage bin on the street. Ryan Sullivan’s ‘Garboscope’ attracts millions of views, and it’s become a sort of horoscope. A bullseye in the bin means it’ll be a good week – and a miss, a bad one. Thankfully for his fans Sullivan rarely misses. He started the whole thing because he didn’t want to walk down three flights stairs to take out the garbage.
