It’s never too early to take part in the season of giving, and what better way to do that than through sport. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

If there was ever a Renaissance man, it has to be Israel Idonije. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney told a business crowd in Montreal recently that the federal government got a bit of outside help on a major piece of innovation policy in the recently passed federal budget. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

OTTAWA – Senators have passed sweeping amendments to a bill that would simplify the transfer of First Nations status between generations, but it’s not clear yet if those changes will pass the House of Commons. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree plans to meet his Group of Seven counterparts and others in Ottawa today to discuss problems including transnational organized crime. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

An Ontario man who was riding on the locomotive of a train and allegedly filmed it for “social media content” was fined $500 in Brandon provincial court on Thursday. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

Canada Post and the union representing thousands of its mail carriers took their biggest step toward ending a long saga of collective bargaining Friday, agreeing in principle to a set of new contracts. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

The Brandon University Bobcats delivered their best defensive effort of the season to beat the Cougars 94-74, improving to 4-5 on the Canada West men’s basketball season. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

Brandon City Council voted for a new transit plan on Monday that could increase the number of evening pickups, reconfigure routes and add more stops on the North Hill. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

The Brandon Police Service arrested a man on Thursday for a string of seven armed robberies in less than two weeks. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

Westman philanthropists Gord and Diane Peters have donated $1 million to the Brandon Regional Health Centre Foundation to help fund the build of the new critical care centre. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

EDITORIAL: Perhaps it’s worth remembering that far too many people have already paid a steep a price at that intersection. To his credit, Kinew seems well aware of that fact, too. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb

A Rivers man born with a rare motor neuron disease causing his muscles to slowly weaken worries his family won’t be able to pay for his costly treatments after his coverage ends this month — and he’s urging Manitoba’s government to step in. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

Carbon-capture company Deep Sky is hosting a public meeting in Pipestone next month to hear from the community and give residents a chance to speak to experts. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

DEVERYN ROSS COLUMN: In my view, any decision regarding the composition of city council... and the salaries they are paid should be based upon which approach ensures the highest quality of decision-making at the council table. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb

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JOHANNESBURG – Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Ukraine must be in control of how peace is forged, as Canada joined European peers in rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for ending Russia’s invasion. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

Brandon residents are expected to pack the downtown area this evening as the 2025 Santa Parade kicks off at 6 p.m. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

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The captain of the Brandon Wheat Kings’ U15 AAA female club is proving thirst for revenge is the best motivator, as she’s more than prepared to get another pound of flesh tonight when her club looks to out duel the Yellowhead Chiefs for the second time this season. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...

Lodie Kenyi nearly set a Canada West scoring record two weeks ago. Today, the Brandon University Bobcats need to shut him down to avoid extending their Canada West men’s basketball losing streak to four games. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

The stage is set for a super Saturday of Viking volleyball. After the No. 2-ranked Vincent Massey girls earned a bye to the quarterfinals, the boys joined them with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 28-26) sweep of the defending AAAA champion River East Kodiaks. #bdnmb www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...

A three-car collision on First Street North closed the road for roughly an hour Thursday afternoon and sent drivers to hospital with minor injuries. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government plans to broaden the law governing the non-consensual distribution of intimate images to include nearly nude pictures and threats to share the material. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

OTTAWA – Canada will contribute more than $1 billion over three years to the Global Fund to fight infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

A now-senior executive at Brandon University turned a student’s failing grade into an A+ when she was the dean of science, a move that overrode the course instructor’s concerns and is raising questions about grading oversight in the aftermath. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

One of two men who broke into a downtown Brandon warehouse and stole around $4,000 worth of musical instruments was sentenced to just under one year in jail on Thursday. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

A transgender woman in Brandon says it was hard not to get emotional as a list of about 300 transgender, non-binary or gender-diverse people who have died as a result of violence was read aloud on Thursday. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

CARBERRY — The newly announced overpass north of Carberry will be completed by 2030 and come at a cost of $100 million, Premier Wab Kinew announced Thursday. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

Making sure municipal administration doesn’t burn out and having better representation in the Keystone Planning District are Bill Courtice’s main goals in his bid for RM of Cornwallis reeve. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

EDITORIAL: It takes a special kind of politician to claim victory before the war is over. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb

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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working on a $1-billion project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, while securing the equivalent of $70 billion in investment from the United Arab Emirates. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

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The Neelin Spartans’ entire season of success came down to one do-or-die match this week. #bdnmb www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/...

Nikos Tellidis wouldn’t want his last high school volleyball tournament to start any other way. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2025/... #bdnmb

LETTER — Wendy Friesen: "Annually, starting on Nov. 20, 1999, marks the start of a very tragic tradition of remembering and honouring the deaths of 5,474 transgender people worldwide." www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb

Trade of tens of thousands of goods across Canada’s 14 jurisdictions will soon be free after an agreement has been signed between all provinces, territories and the federal government to allow businesses to sell their products across Canada. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

A new aeration system at Oak Lake has been installed and the technology will start pumping oxygen into the lake this winter. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here's a handy list of events in your weekly Let's Do Something feature. www.brandonsun.com/calendars/20... #bdnmb

RCMP arrested a Dauphin man after a trespassing incident led to the seizure of drugs and cash, Mounties say. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

Going once. Going twice. Going … tree times? The gavel is being raised once again as United Way West Central Manitoba prepares to celebrate 30 years of holiday magic with their annual Holiday Tree Auction. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

Tickets go on sale tomorrow for the Professional Bull Riders Canada Cup Series that returns to Brandon next spring for the fifth year in a row. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

A Brandon University panel discussion on bail reform will give people a chance to hear directly from experts who are working in or studying the system, BU chair and professor of political science Kelly Saunders says. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

A trial for a man charged with child luring and child-pornography-related offences was adjourned on Wednesday at the request of the accused’s lawyer. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

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OTTAWA – Canada’s reputation as a global climate leader took a hit Tuesday when it was awarded the “fossil of the day” title at the UN Climate Conference in Brazil. www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/2... #bdnmb

OTTAWA – The “Lost Canadians” legislation, which aims to fix Canada’s unconstitutional citizenship by descent rules, passed in the Senate Wednesday and is on track to becoming law. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb

A man was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on Monday for helping another man — the target of a drug investigation — transport cocaine into Brandon. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb