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Southwestern Manitoba First Nation pauses provincial court hearings over safety concerns
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation’s provincial circuit court was creating security concerns when it came to the physical and mental well-being of community members, says Chief Vince Tacan. Court takes place in the community’s mature student centre and wasn’t providing the necessary security.
Defence challenges credibility of key prosecution witness in Brandon overdose death trial
A Brandon woman charged with manslaughter in a 2020 overdose death testified on Thursday it's been months since she saw or spoke with the woman who has accused her of selling bad drugs, contradicting testimony from the key prosecution witness.
'I tried to help him,' girlfriend testifies at Brandon manslaughter trial for alleged drug dealer
The girlfriend of a 30-year-old Brandon man who died in 2020 told a court Tuesday about the last moments of his life, as a manslaughter trial began for the woman accused of selling the drugs he took before his death.
A new life for him and his family: Doctor recruited from Britain happy with move to Brandon
When Muhammad Khan landed in Brandon at the start of 2025, he wasn't sure what to expect. The physician had moved to Manitoba's second-biggest city from the United Kingdom sight unseen, aiming to start a new practice and a new life with his wife and young daughter. Now he's seeing up to 30 patients a day at his new clinic.
With Trump tariff uncertainty, this Manitoba manufacturer is doubling down on Canadian pride
Brandon-based Behlen Industries, a steel building manufacturing company, makes a potato storage Quonset, which is its only product sent to the United States, says senior vice-president Sean Lepper. Its shop was running seven days a week trying to beat the March 4 tariff date threat.
Brandon businesses look for ways to hire, retain young professionals in southwestern Manitoba
A Brandon University professor says southwestern Manitoba's biggest city needs to find a way to compete with urban centres when it comes to retaining young professionals.
Brandon salon hopes tattoo removals, job training will offer hand up to people in recovery
Studio Serenity– a body services shop in Brandon— has created a program to train and certify people facing employment barriers due to recovery or incarceration. They’ll help with tattoo removals based on the grant money available to pay for the service.
Doctor to open clinic in western Manitoba First Nation, finish his training via provincial program
Gambler First Nation chief David LeDoux says they’ve been on the hunt for a doctor for about six years. The First Nation signed a five year contract with Igor Schinkarew, who will complete his physician training on-reserve.
New program at Brandon Women's Resource Centre empowers, builds community with cultural teaching
Terri Malcolm says she never misses an Empowered Traditions workshop because the classes connect her to her roots, helping her get a better sense of who she is and where she comes from.
Brandon University students, instructors take a stand against DEI pushback in U.S.
President Donald Trump signed a series of sweeping executive orders that effectively dismantle federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the United States, leading some students and instructors at Brandon University to fear anti-DEI policies could spread in Canada.