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Firehall is open and ready
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Brandon's new No. 1 Firehall officially opened its doors on Wednesday.
An uphill battle
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A cyclist pushes his bicycle up the incline of the Daly Overpass against the backdrop of McKenzie Towers on Wednesday.
When life gives you lemons . . .
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Second-year Assiniboine Community College business administration student Clarissa Parr advertises for her group's lemonade stand to passersby on First Street in Brandon on Tuesday afternoon. Second-year students set up lemonade stands throughout Brandon to raise money for the ACC Food Bank and the Student Emergency Fund. The students will be evaluated on how well their stands did. Their efforts raised $1,068.
Office opening
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Shari Decter Hirst receives balloon bouquets during the opening of her campaign office on Rosser Avenue Tuesday morning. Decter Hirst is one of five registered candidates for Brandon mayor in next month's municipal election.
Jump for joy
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Abi Keber and Kayla Baker bounce on Keber's trampoline on Monday while enjoying one of the last days of summer before school starts.
Rider pride?
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Saskatchewan Roughriders fan Ralph Johnston of Stoughton, SK, tries to drum up support for his team on Richmond Ave. across from the McDonalds where members of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were holding a rally on Saturday morning. Bomber fans came out to get some autograph's, buy merchandise and show their support for the blue and gold.
Grand entry
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Dancers of all ages dance to the drum beat during the opening of the Birdtail Sioux First Nation Powwow on Friday evening. Dancers and drummers from across western Canada and the northern United States have come to Birdtail F.N. for the event. Check Sunday's paper edition of The Brandon Sun for a full colour photo page depicting the event.
Upended
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A Brandon police officer inspects the scene of a two-vehicle collision between a Nissan Altima and a Brandon Taxi cab at the corner of 13th Street and Van Horne Avenue on Friday afternoon.
Cruising crowds
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Crowds line Rosser Avenue during the monthly "Cruisin' the Dub" event, Thursday evening. Last night was the final Cruise Night of the year, bringing its regular crowds into the downtown to see vintage and customized vehicles from the 1920's to the present.
Final departure
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A Brandon Fire and Emergency Services truck leaves Fire Hall No. 1 on Princess Avenue yesterday for the last time. Personnel made the final move to their new 18th Street location on Thursday.
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Abandoned theatre staged marijuana grow op
The show's over for a marijuana grow op that police say was housed in an abandoned rural theatre.
Officers from the Broadview RCMP detachment in Saskatchewan raided and shut down the operation, which was located in Grenfell, shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Grenfell is about 225 km west of Brandon on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Inside the theatre, officers found approximately 416 ...
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Grade 9 students at Vincent Massey High School enjoy their lunch hour, dressed in their school colours, at a welcoming barbecue during Wednesday's orientation day.
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Big man on campus
Towering Fred Marsh hammers a ball during training camp with the Brandon University Bobcats men's volleyball team on Wednesday afternoon at the BU Gymnasium. Marsh, a 7-foot-1 middle, is one of four Australian imports on this year's Bobcats roster, joining 6-foot-8 middle/outside Brendan White, 6-foot-6 left side Craig Lowe, and 6-foot-5 left side Paul Sanderson, the reigning CIS men's player of the year. All four BU teams began training camp this week.
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