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Brandon police pause use of Crime Stoppers

3 minute read Yesterday at 11:40 PM CDT

Police services in Brandon and Winnipeg have suspended their use of Crime Stoppers after a significant data breach.

An activist group hacked and stole a massive trove of data from United States firm Navigate360 and the tip-management platform it operates last March, the CBC has reported. Crime Stoppers chapters in Canada and the U.S. use the platform to keep data anonymous.

More than 1.5 million tips submitted to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the last 25 years were exposed in the hack, along with unredacted personal information, the public broadcaster reported.

Crime Stoppers chapters collect what are supposed to be anonymous tips from members of the public on criminal activity, which are then provided to law enforcement, with cash rewards offered.

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Incumbent Brandon city councillors Heather Karrouze (from left), Tyson Tame, Jason Splett and Shaun Cameron. (Supplied)

Incumbents prioritize pathway lighting

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Incumbents prioritize pathway lighting

1 minute read Yesterday at 11:39 PM CDT

A quartet of incumbent councillors say they would prioritize more pathway lighting to improve resident safety if they are re-elected in next week’s election.

Councillors Heather Karrouze, Shaun Cameron, Jason Splett and Tyson Tame — who currently represent wards 1, 4, 8 and 10, respectively — issued a joint press release Thursday identifying where they would like to see additional lighting.

Karrouze called for more lighting on three paths at the Riverbank Discovery Centre. Cameron said he’d like more lights along 34th Street and Pacific Avenue, and both Splett and Tame said they’d like to see lighting along Patricia Avenue.

“The city is currently undertaking work to look at lighting standards,” the release said.

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The Mitchell family, along with friend Trevor Ellis, stand in costume surrounding their favourite tombstone on Friday. (Photos by Connor McDowell/The Brandon Sun)

Cedar Hollow scares up food donations

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Cedar Hollow scares up food donations

By Connor McDowell Local Journalism Initiative 4 minute read Yesterday at 11:39 PM CDT

The Cedar Hollow Scare Away Hunger haunted house continues to grow in southwest Brandon as it returns for its fourth Halloween season.

The hosts, Mike and Carla Mitchell, have secured almost double the number of scare actors, added four new “chambers” of horror, and have set their fundraising goal at 3,000 donated food items to meet or surpass last year’s total.

“We have really expanded — we are much bigger this year,” Carla said.

“It’s nice. The more you get, the bigger you grow, the more you can do.”

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Premier Wab Kinew speaks during the NDP’s Westman Gala in Brandon on Thursday evening. Kinew said the party’s Westman candidates will “try and repeat the magic” of last year’s Spruce Woods byelection, when NDP candidate Ray Berthelette came within 70 votes of Progressive Conservative Colleen Robbins in a traditionally PC area. (Alex Lambert/The Brandon Sun)

Kinew delivers election-style speech at gala

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Kinew delivers election-style speech at gala

By Alex Lambert 3 minute read Yesterday at 11:38 PM CDT

Premier Wab Kinew went into election mode on Thursday evening, highlighting the strengths and momentum of his party’s candidates while touching on a variety of other topics during the NDP’s Westman Gala in Brandon.

Kinew started his election-style speech by revisiting the close result the party received in Spruce Woods in last year’s byelection, when candidate Ray Berthelette came within 70 votes of Progressive Conservative Colleen Robbins in an area that historically sees strong PC support.

“Seventy votes — pretty darn close. You’re the man, Ray,” Kinew said during his 21-minute speech at the Keystone Centre’s MNP Hall in front of a crowd of about 300 politicians, business leaders and community members.

“And thanks for opening up people’s minds to show them what’s possible in southwestern Manitoba,” Kinew said.

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Brandon company named top MSP finalist

2 minute read Yesterday at 11:37 PM CDT

Brandon’s myITsource has been named among 10 Canadian finalists in the 2026 managed service providers Titans of the Industry Awards.

The third annual awards recognize leading managed service providers for innovation, client outcomes and community leadership across the United States and international markets including Canada, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

The company was nominated for overall industry leadership and community commitment.

The recognition reflects the passion and hard work of the team, myITsource managing partner Sean Dandy said.

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Tim Daigle, Creation Nation Makerspace co-ordinator, moves a wheelchair through the room filled with other donated medical equipment that will one day be refurbished by volunteers and resold at a discounted price. (Rylee Gerrard/The Brandon Sun)

Makerspace takes on medical equipment

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Makerspace takes on medical equipment

By Rylee Gerrard 3 minute read Yesterday at 11:37 PM CDT

The Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation is expanding its Creation Nation Makerspace by launching a new program to repurpose gently used medical equipment.

The new program will refurbish used equipment such as crutches, wheelchairs, walkers and other non-electronic medical equipment, and resell them at a discounted cost.

While the program isn’t fully operational yet, the organization already has a stock of medical gear from community members, basements and hospitals, said BNRC executive director Karra Burney.

“By donating it here, it’s going to get back into the hands of someone in need at a small fraction of the cost, and we’re keeping it in rotation where it’s not going to just be a piece in a landfill,” Burney said.

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The Brandon University campus. (The Brandon Sun files)

BU receives $591K in federal research support funding

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BU receives $591K in federal research support funding

2 minute read Yesterday at 11:36 PM CDT

Brandon University has received $591,354 in funding from the federal government’s Research Support Fund for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

The contribution increased by 6.1 per cent from the $557,284 received last year.

The fund is a permanent initiative designed to help post-secondary institutions offset the indirect costs of managing federally funded research.

It is administered jointly by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

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Home invader receives 17-year prison sentence

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Home invader receives 17-year prison sentence

By Tessa Adamski 6 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 11:57 PM CDT

A woman who fought off her attacker after her throat was slashed open in a random home invasion in Erickson described the violent assault as the worst day of her life and a nightmare she can’t seem to shake off.

“I feel like a shell of the person I used to be. Not every second of every day, but definitely every day. It comes in waves,” Candace Richardson said as she read from a victim impact statement in a Brandon courtroom on Friday.

Carter Prince, 21, who pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the June 2023 attack, sat in the prisoner’s box as Richardson spoke.

“I’ll be completely fine, laughing, having fun or just relaxing with my family,” she told the court. “Then time goes so slowly, like you’re floating away, but instead of floating, I’m pinned to the ground, being stabbed over and over again. There’s blood everywhere and darkness surrounding me.”

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Updated: Yesterday at 11:57 PM CDT

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Avery Perkess with PJS Speckle Park of Prince Albert, Sask., trims Nina, a speckle park heifer, during last year’s Ag Ex at the Keystone Centre. This year’s event will feature more than 500 head of cattle, an increase from the 450 recorded last year. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun files)

Ag Ex returns with ‘quite the expansion’

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Ag Ex returns with ‘quite the expansion’

By Abiola Odutola 3 minute read Yesterday at 11:34 PM CDT

The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba is set to host breeders, livestock exhibitors, industry leaders and agricultural enthusiasts from across the Prairies at the Keystone Centre in Brandon next week.

The Manitoba Ag Ex, the province’s largest all-breeds cattle show, has more head of cattle registered for this year’s event that runs from Oct. 28-31, chief executive officer Jordan Sisson said.

“We’ve got over 500 head of cattle registered to compete, an increase from the 450 recorded last year,” Sisson told the Sun on Friday. “More than 350 individual operators are expected to participate in the cattle show, while overall attendance is projected at about 1,500 people per day.”

Cattle begin arriving Monday ahead of the official start Wednesday, with competitors expected from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, he said.

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A snowboarder sails off a box in the terrain park at Asessippi Ski Resort in this file photo. The resort is expected to make an announcement about operational impacts due to flood damage by Nov. 6. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun files)

Ski resort counting on disaster relief

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Ski resort counting on disaster relief

By Connor McDowell Local Journalism Initiative 4 minute read Yesterday at 11:26 PM CDT

Asessippi Ski Area and Resort remains optimistic about the coming ski season, but is depending on disaster financial assistance to repair roughly $2.2 million in flood damage, a spokesperson said.

The ski resort is planning to replace a slew of equipment, including motors for destroyed lift shacks that power the Porcupine and Bear chairlifts, compressors and a pumphouse for snowmaking, and a damaged transformer, assistant manager Shannon Johnston said Friday.

Some of the work will only take place this year if provincial funding is provided for relief from flood damage in June and July, she said.

“There is some stuff we are paying for, but we don’t have $2.2 million extra laying around for all of this. So yeah, we do need the help,” Johnston said. “We are looking at over $2 million in cost for replacement of these things.”

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Prime Minister Mark Carney walks to a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Candu attitude: Carney says Canadian bid for Turkish nuclear plant has ‘good chances’

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Candu attitude: Carney says Canadian bid for Turkish nuclear plant has ‘good chances’

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 9:45 AM CDT

ISTANBUL - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday a Canadian company has a real shot at winning a lucrative tender to supply nuclear energy to Turkey — a prospect he said was remote a year ago.

Carney was meeting with Turkish business leaders in Istanbul Friday, a day after he announced a new strategic partnership between Canada and Turkey to deepen co-operation on a range of files.

Energy is one of the pillars of that agreement and Carney said the AtkinsRéalis bid to supply two planned Turkish power plants with the Candu nuclear reactor now has "good chances" of succeeding, the prime minister said. He added it would have been a long-shot a year ago.

"We're in negotiations, and those negotiations are getting more intense. Probably from here to the end of the year, or around COP 31, it will be a decision for the Turkish government," Carney told reporters in French.

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Updated: Yesterday at 9:45 AM CDT