http://www.brandonsun.com/local Local news from brandonsun.com en-gb Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:37 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/local/meadows-byelection-set-with-3-candidates-208804531.html The ballot is official. Voters in Brandon's Meadows Ward will have a trio of candidates to choose from in next month's byelection. Tuesday's deadline for nominations came and went without any last-minute surprises, so the three on the ballot are already familiar names, but the city made it... Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/local/us-civil-air-patrol-flying-over-canada-208804331.html Planes from American air bases are flying over Canadian airspace on what’s being called the first-ever patrols of their type. The planes — Cessna 182s operated by the Civil Air Patrol — take off and land in the United States, but are surveying water levels in Canada, as Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/local/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/local/crooks-cash-in-on-asian-buffet-takeout-208804101.html Sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, crooks broke into Ye's Buffet and stole an undisclosed amount of money, police say. Restaurant manager Ivan Tang said the building is outfitted with an alarm, but it wasn't set on the night of the break-in. "It's kind of embarrassing Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/local/tax-evading-pharmacy-fined-77k-208804081.html The owners of the Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy have been fined more than $77,000 for evading income taxes. Canada Revenue Agency says that Haverluck Enterprises, which operated the pharmacy, pleaded guilty in the Dauphin provincial court to charges of evading federal income tax. Altogether, the Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/local/correction---new-shopping-centre-in-mix-208804511.html A map in Thursday's Sun showing proposed residential and commercial developments in south portions of the city incorrectly identified First Street as 17th Street East. Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/local/suspicious-brush-fire-at-abandoned-farmyard-208804111.html RCMP and firefighters are seeking tips as to what started a suspicious brush fire at an abandoned farmyard. Westman has already been the scene this spring of at least a couple of grass fires that destroyed property and conditions remain dry, fire officials warn. “Even with the rain that Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/local/bu-powwow-will-honour-aboriginal-grads-208804091.html A powwow next Wednesday will honour all of the aboriginal graduates from Brandon University. The powwow is being organized by the Indigenous Peoples Centre and Brandon University Aboriginal Student Council and will assemble singers, dancers, drummers and dignitaries. The event will take place Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/local/blaze-engulfs-trailer-in-backyard-208804071.html Investigators are calling a trailer fire suspicious, since they haven't figured out what caused it yet. Firefighters were called at about 3:30 a.m. yesterday to the 200-block of Russell Street, where a resident said the camper trailer in his backyard was on fire. By the time firefighters Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT http://www.brandonsun.com/local/hefty-fine-ban-for-drunk-driver-208803931.html There's a big price to pay for a man caught speeding and running a red light while drunk driving. On May 19 around 2:40 a.m., police spotted Neil Russell Wiggins in his pickup truck as he sped on the 1500-block of Victoria Avenue. Police clocked him doing 84 km/h in a 50 km/h Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:00 CDT