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As it turns out, Daniil Skvortsov was always meant to be a member of the Brandon Wheat Kings. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb
WHL NOTEBOOK: Skvortsov fits in quickly with Wheat Kings
As it turns out, Daniil Skvortsov was always meant to be a member of the Brandon Wheat Kings. The 18-year-old Russian defenceman was targeted by the Western Hockey League team in the 2024 Canadian…
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November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As it turns out, Daniil Skvortsov was always meant to be a member of the Brandon Wheat Kings. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb
After a season they’d rather forget, the Virden Oil Capitals have wasted little time making sure history doesn’t repeat itself. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb
Bryant leading charge in Oil Capitals hot start
After a season they’d rather forget, the Virden Oil Capitals have wasted little time making sure history doesn’t repeat itself. Last year’s fifth-place finish in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s…
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November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
After a season they’d rather forget, the Virden Oil Capitals have wasted little time making sure history doesn’t repeat itself. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government narrowly passed a crucial budget vote Monday, with four MPs abstaining and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May backing the budget. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Liberal budget survives in tight House vote before Carney departs for UAE
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government narrowly passed a crucial budget vote Monday, with four MPs abstaining and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May backing the budget. Members of Parlia...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government narrowly passed a crucial budget vote Monday, with four MPs abstaining and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May backing the budget. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Harvest Manitoba has returned to two Brandon schools with its Meals2Go student nutrition program for the 2025–26 school year. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Meals2Go returns to 2 Brandon schools
Harvest Manitoba has returned to two Brandon schools with its Meals2Go student nutrition program for the 2025–26 school year. The organization expanded the program to Betty Gibson and King George…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Harvest Manitoba has returned to two Brandon schools with its Meals2Go student nutrition program for the 2025–26 school year. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Brandon-based artist Opeyemi Olukotun received an honourable mention and a $3,000 prize at the 2025 Kingston Prize portrait competition held Friday evening in Toronto. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Brandon artist named runner-up in Kingston Prize portrait competition
Brandon-based artist Opeyemi Olukotun received an honourable mention and a $3,000 prize at the 2025 Kingston Prize portrait competition held Friday evening in Toronto. The $25,000 top prize was…
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November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Brandon-based artist Opeyemi Olukotun received an honourable mention and a $3,000 prize at the 2025 Kingston Prize portrait competition held Friday evening in Toronto. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Stride Credit Union is set to expand its operations into Carberry after purchasing a building on Main Street. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Stride Credit Union set to expand to Carberry
Stride Credit Union is set to expand its operations into Carberry after purchasing a building on Main Street. The acquisition marks Stride’s first physical location in the community, which has a…
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Stride Credit Union is set to expand its operations into Carberry after purchasing a building on Main Street. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is scheduled to outline its plans for the coming year in its annual throne speech this afternoon. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Plan to boost northern port features in Manitoba government's throne speech
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is scheduled to outline its plans for the coming year in its annual throne speech this afternoon. Premier Wab Kinew has said the speech will include plans to c...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is scheduled to outline its plans for the coming year in its annual throne speech this afternoon. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Assiniboine College is launching a new food services management diploma program in September 2026. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Assiniboine program will prep students for lead role in food services
Assiniboine College is launching a new food services management diploma program in September 2026. The program is expected to prepare students for leadership roles in large-scale institutional food…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Assiniboine College is launching a new food services management diploma program in September 2026. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
EDITORIAL: Brandon home and business owners are facing a hefty hike in the school tax portion of their 2026 property taxes — more than 10 per cent — unless the Kinew government substantially increases its financial support for the Brandon School Division. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb
Opinion: School divisions bear fiscal burden of provincial policy
“We’re looking at a pretty hefty tax increase unless we start cutting things. But there’s nothing left to cut … We have one of the highest mill rates in the province, and yet somehow we’re still…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
EDITORIAL: Brandon home and business owners are facing a hefty hike in the school tax portion of their 2026 property taxes — more than 10 per cent — unless the Kinew government substantially increases its financial support for the Brandon School Division. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb
Today’s provincial government throne speech will announce the construction of an overpass at the contentious Carberry intersection, the site of a deadly bus crash two years ago, the Brandon Sun has learned. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Province to build Carberry overpass
Today’s provincial government throne speech will announce the construction of an overpass at the contentious Carberry intersection, the site of a deadly bus crash two years ago, the Brandon Sun has…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today’s provincial government throne speech will announce the construction of an overpass at the contentious Carberry intersection, the site of a deadly bus crash two years ago, the Brandon Sun has learned. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
A 15-year-old girl testified in Brandon’s Court of King’s Bench Monday that a man sent her several photos of his genitals and sexual texts in 2023. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Girl, 15, testifies in luring and child-porn trial
A 15-year-old girl testified in Brandon’s Court of King’s Bench Monday that a man sent her several photos of his genitals and sexual texts in 2023. Her testimony came during a trial for a man, 41,…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A 15-year-old girl testified in Brandon’s Court of King’s Bench Monday that a man sent her several photos of his genitals and sexual texts in 2023. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Steph Miller is proving she’s the player she aspired to be when she moved to Brandon seven years ago. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Steph Miller is proving she’s the player she aspired to be when she moved to Brandon seven years ago. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb
Assiniboine College culinary arts students Alicia Decosse and Presley Kuharski have been named the top new student chefs in Canada after they won gold at the 2025 Cooks the Books national student cooking competition. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Assiniboine College culinary arts students Alicia Decosse and Presley Kuharski have been named the top new student chefs in Canada after they won gold at the 2025 Cooks the Books national student cooking competition. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Bell Internet customers in the Spruce Woods area said they have spent about 10 days without service, leaving many relying on mobile data, borrowing equipment or simply going without. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
Spruce Woods residents frustrated over days-long internet outage
Bell Internet customers in the Spruce Woods area said they have spent about 10 days without service, leaving many relying on mobile data, borrowing equipment or simply going without. While users claim...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Bell Internet customers in the Spruce Woods area said they have spent about 10 days without service, leaving many relying on mobile data, borrowing equipment or simply going without. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
WINNIPEG — New cash for the Port of Churchill, and a commitment to further the project, came from the province Sunday as Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Premier Wab Kinew. #bdnmb www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1...
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
WINNIPEG — New cash for the Port of Churchill, and a commitment to further the project, came from the province Sunday as Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Premier Wab Kinew. #bdnmb www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1...
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Brandon School Division has warned that local property taxes could rise significantly next year, as it prepares its 2026–27 budget without any indication of how much funding it will receive from the provincial government. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
BSD puts pressure on province for more funding
The Brandon School Division has warned that local property taxes could rise significantly next year, as it prepares its 2026–27 budget without any indication of how much funding it will receive from...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Brandon School Division has warned that local property taxes could rise significantly next year, as it prepares its 2026–27 budget without any indication of how much funding it will receive from the provincial government. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
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November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Good morning! Here is your #FrontPage #bdnmb
One day soon, the Brandon University Bobcats will act like they’ve been there before with a late-set lead. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...
Bobcats stumble late in loss to Bisons
One day soon, the Brandon University Bobcats will act like they’ve been there before with a late-set lead. They had plenty of chances to close out the Manitoba Bisons, but time after time were…
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November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
One day soon, the Brandon University Bobcats will act like they’ve been there before with a late-set lead. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...
If Six Flags is ever looking for inspiration for a new roller coaster, they could do worse than examining the 2025-26 edition of the Brandon Wheat Kings. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...
Surkan, Wheaties endure wild ride
If Six Flags is ever looking for inspiration for a new roller coaster, they could do worse than examining the 2025-26 edition of the Brandon Wheat Kings. The Western Hockey League club (8-9-1-0),…
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November 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If Six Flags is ever looking for inspiration for a new roller coaster, they could do worse than examining the 2025-26 edition of the Brandon Wheat Kings. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...
It’s tough to pinpoint the difference in a match decided by just a few points, but it came down to a basic game plan the Manitoba Bisons executed on Friday night. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...
Manitoba drops Brandon in four sets
It’s tough to pinpoint the difference in a match decided by just a few points, but it came down to a basic game plan the Manitoba Bisons executed on Friday night. They put the ball in the hands of…
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November 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It’s tough to pinpoint the difference in a match decided by just a few points, but it came down to a basic game plan the Manitoba Bisons executed on Friday night. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...
Cale Calcut will be the first to admit the Crocus Plainsmen’s performance on the ice to start the year has simply not been good enough. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...
Calcut carrying culture with Plainsmen
Cale Calcut will be the first to admit the Crocus Plainsmen’s performance on the ice to start the year has simply not been good enough. The Plainsmen, who have yet to win a game this year, enter the…
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November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Cale Calcut will be the first to admit the Crocus Plainsmen’s performance on the ice to start the year has simply not been good enough. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...
Ross Collumn: Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he came close to calling an election a couple of weeks ago, even though the province has a fixed-date election law and the reality that the government is only halfway through its four-year mandate. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Opportunism driving premier’s musings about an early election
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he came close to calling an election a couple of weeks ago — and that an early election call could still happen — despite the fact that the province has a fixed-date…
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November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ross Collumn: Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he came close to calling an election a couple of weeks ago, even though the province has a fixed-date election law and the reality that the government is only halfway through its four-year mandate. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025...
BATUMI – Wing Shalva Aptsiauri scored three tries to help Georgia defeat Canada 38-17 in a hard-hitting men’s rugby match Saturday. www.brandonsun.com/sports/sport...
Georgia runs in six tries en route to 38-17 rugby victory over Canadian men
BATUMI – Wing Shalva Aptsiauri scored three tries to help Georgia defeat Canada 38-17 in a hard-hitting men’s rugby match Saturday. After conceding an early try, the 24th-ranked Canadians...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BATUMI – Wing Shalva Aptsiauri scored three tries to help Georgia defeat Canada 38-17 in a hard-hitting men’s rugby match Saturday. www.brandonsun.com/sports/sport...