Brandon postal workers took their picket line to Purolator on Monday morning, as the strike by members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers entered another week. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

RCMP are investigating after a fire was set at two businesses in Russell early Saturday morning. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

A residential school survivor says she was inspired by the hundreds of people who came to the Riverbank Discovery Centre in Brandon to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday. brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

The six 20-foot-tall tipis are hard to miss as you drive up to the Riverbank Discovery Centre. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

The Brandon hotel sector is seeing one of its busiest stretches in years, with soaring demand driving room shortages and pushing nightly rates to two times their usual levels. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

EDITORIAL: Thirty years ago, the goal of mental health reform in Brandon was apparently crystal clear. The closure of the Brandon Mental Health Centre on the North Hill would remove a community stigma — an impediment to people who needed care. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb

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WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump returned to his “51st state” rhetoric about Canada while giving an unprecedented speech to top military leaders today. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump’s “historic new Middle East peace plan,” which Washington has asked Ottawa to sell to other nations. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

Below is a rundown of the hours of operation for some businesses and services in Brandon on Truth and Reconciliation Day. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

WINNIPEG – Police are investigating a fire at the constituency office of a Manitoba cabinet minister. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

Below is a rundown of the hours of operation for some businesses and services in Brandon on Truth and Reconciliation Day. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

The Brandon University Bobcats showed their future is bright this weekend. Whether it’s this season or years down the road, though, is uncertain. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

Aiden Oiring scored a controversial goal in overtime as the Prince Albert Raiders handed the Brandon Wheat Kings a 5-4 loss on Saturday at Assiniboine Credit Union Place. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

EDMONTON – Voting closes today for Alberta teachers on the latest contract offer from the province, one week before a provincewide strike deadline. The Alberta Teachers’ Association is expected to announce the results tonight. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

A gunman opened fire inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service and set the building ablaze, killing at least two people and injuring eight others before police shot him, authorities said. www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/2... #bdnmb

OTTAWA – Heather McPherson kicked off her campaign for the leadership of the federal NDP in Edmonton on Sunday. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

SOURIS – The Wrightson family has once again claimed the title of growing Souris’ largest pumpkin after Saturday’s Biggest Pumpkin Contest, hosted by Crescent Cannabis in partnership with the Souris Glenwood Chamber of Commerce. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

École New Era School has received a $12,000 grant from MusiCounts, Canada’s ‘largest’ music education charity. brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

WINNIPEG — Public health officials in Manitoba are taking a soft-sell approach when it comes to their messaging about measles, a highly infectious disease that can be deadly in severe cases. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

TD Bank staff and volunteers planted 280 trees in Brandon on Saturday afternoon at the Outdoor Field Sport Complex as part of the bank’s Tree Days. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

TORONTO – Blue Jays manager John Schneider was only 20 seconds into his post-game speech Sunday when he was drowned out by his roaring players and doused in champagne. www.brandonsun.com/sports/baseb... #bdnmb

Dupuis was tapped by Winners and Marshalls Canada to design the T-shirt for Orange Shirt Day, with proceeds going to the non-profit Orange Shirt Society. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

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Ben Roulette’s love for the game didn’t come as naturally as others. When Roulette began playing hockey at age four in his hometown of Brandon, something didn’t click — and he already wanted out. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

The fact the Brandon Wheat Kings have scored 11 goals in two games this season and are winless neatly encapsulates everything that is wrong with Western Hockey League club so far. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

EDMONTON – Look, up in the sky! It’s a goose. It’s an Avro Arrow. No, it’s Captain Canuck! And he’s staring down his nastiest nemesis: a red-tied Republican bent on making the Great White North his 51st U.S. state. #bdnmb www.brandonsun.com/business/202...

President Donald Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

VULCAN, ALBERTA, CANADA – It was love at first sight when Jasmine Entz locked eyes with Beef’s scrawny, slimy body covered in straw that had emerged from the womb at the first slip of dawn in August 2017. www.brandonsun.com/agriculture/... #bdnmb

LONDON – Prime Minister Mark Carney said his recent international trips and meetings with world leaders are “necessary” to opening new markets for Canadian products. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

A violent offender unit made up of officers from the Manitoba RCMP and the Winnipeg Police Service marked the milestone of 850 arrests after its latest operation in western Manitoba. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

A Brandon man was sentenced to three years behind bars on Thursday for sexually assaulting a woman when he was 19 years old. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

Monday is the start of Truth and Reconciliation Week in Brandon — and activities at the Riverbank Discovery Centre will include a new event showcasing Indigenous traditional clothing, beading and music. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

Brandon’s Community Sportsplex arena is set to reopen next week after more than two years of it being closed. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

Brandon-based Mario Andino has been named Best Barber in Canada, earning a national title just three years after picking up a pair of clippers for the first time. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

The Canada Post strike is rippling through Brandon’s business community, leaving companies and their customers grappling with delays and rising costs as they scramble for alternatives. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

Deveryn Ross column: A slogan should reflect the nature and attitude of the city, and what I am proposing more accurately reflects the “can’t do,” “don’t bother trying” attitude that has taken root in this city. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb

EDITORIAL: Given yesterday’s fiscal update by the Manitoba government, it’s hard not to question the optimistic tone that Premier Wab Kinew offered just one day earlier when he pledged to make Manitoba more productive. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb

PHOTO: Kale Fisher of the Brandon Bobcats sets the ball during university men’s pre-season volleyball action against the University of Winnipeg Wesmen at the BU Healthy Living Centre on Friday evening. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun) #bdnmb

When the Brandon University Bobcats named Liam Kindle a captain last year, he tried to fit into the role. He realized something didn’t feel right and spent the summer soul-searching before coming to a simple conclusion. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

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The Manitoba First Nations Police Service is undergoing a symbolic change this year at the time of Truth and Reconciliation Day. #bdnmb www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0...

The provincial government’s deficit is projected to be higher than expected due partly to surging costs from this summer’s wildfires. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb

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Rookies seldom see the floor in glamorous fashion, and Matt Lefebvre has no issue with that. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

The Brandon Barbarians are hoping a little sibling rivalry can carry the team a long way this weekend. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

BANFF – U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra says he’s offended by the suggestion that President Donald Trump is uninformed about what Canada has to offer his country. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

LONDON – Prime Minister Mark Carney is in London Friday to meet with the leaders of the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and Iceland to discuss trade and security. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

Trustee candidate Laura Armitage’s top concern is ensuring the Brandon School Division board hears directly from families who are navigating the school system. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/0... #bdnmb