http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news Latest local news from brandonsun.com en-gb Sat, 25 May 2013 09:19:48 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Street-sweeping-could-stretch-deep-into-summer-208871751.html Street sweeping on the August long weekend? It's not out of the question, as a late spring and a lot of gravel have city crews backed up on their spring cleaning schedule. The city said today that they were wrapping up work on downtown and core-area roads, and that they would be able to fan out... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:26:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Carberry-suffers-rash-of-vehicle-break-ins-208869481.html Carberry RCMP say that a rash of what they call "car hopping" has stricken the town this month. Between May 5–23, at least a dozen Carberry residents have discovered that their vehicles have been entered, rummaged through, and have had things stolen from inside. In most cases, police say, Fri, 24 May 2013 15:17:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Drugs-found-on-wanted-man-208868091.html A man who was already wanted by police faces new charges after the long arm of the law caught up to him — and found drugs. Brandon police checked a man who was walking in the 1700-block of Princess Avenue at about 1:40 a.m. this morning. A quick search through the computer revealed that he Fri, 24 May 2013 14:59:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Family-safe-after-home-burns-208847381.html A family of four is safe but their home south of Brandon has been destroyed by fire. Members of the Brandon and Wawanesa fire departments were called to the rural property around 10 a.m on Friday. The mobile home was fully engulfed in flame when firefighters arrived and it couldn't be Fri, 24 May 2013 12:42:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Second-teen-arrested-after-sawed-off-shotgun-seized-208829951.html Police have arrested a second Brandon teenager after seizing a sawed-off shotgun earlier this week. The 16-year-old Brandon boy was remanded in custody after appearing in court today. He's charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a weapon contrary to a Fri, 24 May 2013 09:58:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/crash-victims-lived-life-to-fullest-208804491.html Friends and family in Brandon and Erickson are fondly remembering two young women who died in a crash near Portage la Prairie on Wednesday as free spirits. Kelly Murray, 21, from Erickson and Kya Angelhart, 20, from Winnipeg were travelling from Brandon to the provincial capital when the vehicle Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Pair-of-break-ins-may-be-linked-208820871.html Police say two break-ins between the bridges on 18th Street earlier this week were probably committed by the same culprits. Cash was stolen from both of the businesses that were broken into, sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Ivan Tang, the manager of Ye's Buffet in the Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/canadian-press-newsalertmanitoba-tel-agrees-to-sell-allstream-to-accelero-208805181.html WINNIPEG - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. has agreed to sell its Allstream business telecommunications arm to an Egyptian investment group and use about half of the $405 million in proceeds to reduce its pension obligations and debt. MTS, which operates Manitoba's largest telecommunications Fri, 24 May 2013 17:34:04 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Nice-morning-clouds-and-showers-on-the-way-208813401.html Well, it's Friday, so it doesn't take a meteorologist to tell you that clouds and rain are on the way. Despite a mainly sunny morning, Environment Canada says that clouds are expected to roll in throughout the day, with a chance of showers later this afternoon (just as you're getting off work) Fri, 24 May 2013 08:28:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/municipal-amalgamation-a-waiting-game-208791941.html SMALLER Manitoba municipalities are sitting and waiting as the NDP prepares to pass a bill prodding them to amalgamate. The one instance the province held up as the spirit of amalgamation recently fell through due to local opposition. "At this point, it looks like it's dead," RM of Lac du Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT