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Anti-bullying singing

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Jiakun Yue and Jai-Lynn McDonald play the xylophone in the music cluster. The students from Grades 4-6 wrote a song about bullying.

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Jiakun Yue and Jai-Lynn McDonald play the xylophone in the music cluster. The students from Grades 4-6 wrote a song about bullying.

Ready to stretch

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Himanshu Purohit, right, leads a group of health care aide and english as an additional language students in a introduction to yoga on Thursday morning at the ACC Adult Collegiate downtown. Purohit, a permanent resident, was a certified yoga instructor in India leading morning yoga sessions before moving to Canada.

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Himanshu Purohit, right, leads a group of health care aide and english as an additional language students in a introduction to yoga on Thursday morning at the ACC Adult Collegiate downtown. Purohit, a permanent resident, was a certified yoga instructor in India leading morning yoga sessions before moving to Canada.

Lakeshore sunrise

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The sun rises over Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park on a quiet morning.

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The sun rises over Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park on a quiet morning.

Morning rainbow

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A woman jogs along Wasagaming Drive in Wasagaming as a faint rainbow stretches over the horizon shortly before 6 a.m. on a recent morning.

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A woman jogs along Wasagaming Drive in Wasagaming as a faint rainbow stretches over the horizon shortly before 6 a.m. on a recent morning.

Clean shine

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Orton Anderson washes his 1937 McLaughlin Buick at the 7th annual Kelleher Classic Car Rally, Saturday morning. The North Hill car dealership used the event to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Canada fund.

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Orton Anderson washes his 1937 McLaughlin Buick at the 7th annual Kelleher Classic Car Rally, Saturday morning. The North Hill car dealership used the event to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Canada fund.

Pride painting

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Rebecca Xie, with the Neelin High School Gay-Straight Alliance, gets a rainbow painted upon her cheek during Brandon Pride Weekend events in Princess Park, Saturday morning. The displays, games, music and other entertainment downtown joined workshops, lectures, a social and a church service to celebrate the area's gay and lesbian community.

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Rebecca Xie, with the Neelin High School Gay-Straight Alliance, gets a rainbow painted upon her cheek during Brandon Pride Weekend events in Princess Park, Saturday morning. The displays, games, music and other entertainment downtown joined workshops, lectures, a social and a church service to celebrate the area's gay and lesbian community.

Taking flight

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Racers in the

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Racers in the "250 B" class rip up the track Sunday morning at the Farm Boys motocross racing track, south of Brandon. The event was part of the Manitoba Motocross Association's Provincial race series, with the next round taking place on July 7 in Pilot Mound.

Happy as a Grouch

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Lindsay Winstone (left) and friend Warren Carkener drum up some business for their garage sale along Victoria Avenue, Saturday morning.

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Lindsay Winstone (left) and friend Warren Carkener drum up some business for their garage sale along Victoria Avenue, Saturday morning.

Speaking with Pride

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Bradley Tyler-West, LGBT program facilitator speaks to a crowd of around 40 people about the origins of the pride movement during a Lunch and Learn at Knox United Church on Friday afternoon.

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Bradley Tyler-West, LGBT program facilitator speaks to a crowd of around 40 people about the origins of the pride movement during a Lunch and Learn at Knox United Church on Friday afternoon.

Vehicle crashes into creek

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A vehicle lies in a bed of water approximately five kilometres south of Brandon on Highway No. 10. Attempts are being made to remove the vehicle. Police are continuing to investigate. Unofficial reports say the driver got out safely.

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A vehicle lies in a bed of water approximately five kilometres south of Brandon on Highway No. 10. Attempts are being made to remove the vehicle. Police are continuing to investigate. Unofficial reports say the driver got out safely.

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City pools open next week; spray parks to open July 2

Despite sunny skies and a forecast high of 28 C on Wednesday, the city says you'll have to wait just a little longer for its spray parks and paddling pools. They won't be open until Canada Day.

Parents looking for some relief from the heat will have the opportunity to take their tots for a dip in one of the city's ...

Brandon SunONLINE | Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 at 2:13 PM | 0

Top Breaking News

  • Brandon Police Service

    Teen sent to hospital after sex attack

    A teenage girl was choked and sexually assaulted in an attack that sent her to hospital over the weekend. Police released details Tuesday, once they had made an arrest.

    Brandon SunONLINE | Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 at 1:15 PM | 0

  • Brandon Police Service

    Police SUV hits deer

    The Brandon Police Service is warning motorists to watch for wildlife on city streets — after one of their own cruisers hit a deer.

    Brandon SunONLINE | Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 at 1:41 PM | 0

  • Body by tracks was girl from York Landing

    The girl apparently killed by a train near Brandon over the weekend has been identified as a 14-year-old from York Landing. Her death is not being considered suspicious, but police say they continue to investigate.

    Brandon SunONLINE | Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 at 10:44 AM | 2

  • Brandon Correctional Centre

    Weekends in jail for impaired driver

    An impaired driver who crashed a truck onto railway tracks — and was pulled from the wreck by Good Samaritans just before a train hit — will serve weekends in jail.

    LockedBrandon SunPRINT | Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 | 0

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