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Thor Danley puts the final drives in on a 'grow box' during an enrichment cluster focused on food production at Riverview School. The students will use the boxes to grow vegetables at home. The clusters, which are student driven, teach the kids skills in an area that they are interested in.
City councillors put Brewtinerie plan on ice
A proposal to transform Brandon’s historic Central Fire Station into a brewpub has been rejected by city council.
Due to the combination of “financial uncertainties to get the project off the drawing board, plus the assumptions imposed within the proposal ... the evaluation committee cannot support the proponent’s proposals,” states a ...
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