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Brandon musician Jade performs for music lovers at Music in the Park at Princess Park in Brandon on Tuesday evening. The evening concert also included the band Until It’s No Fun. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

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Brandon musician Jade performs for music lovers at Music in the Park at Princess Park in Brandon on Tuesday evening. The evening concert also included the band Until It’s No Fun. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

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Wheat City Seeds partner Al Martin takes a sample of forage peas while they’re unloaded at the company’s operation just east of Kemnay on Monday afternoon. Martin says Wheat City sells forage peas along with seeds for cover crops and other annual forage seeds into the United States. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)

Seed firms await possible fallout from U.S. tariffs

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Seed firms await possible fallout from U.S. tariffs

By Abiola Odutola 4 minute read 10:26 PM CDT

Westman seed companies are taking a cautious approach to a new round of U.S. tariffs set to take effect Aug. 19.

While some producers expect little impact, others are still waiting to learn whether their products will be covered.

Seeds are among the Canadian products identified as potentially subject to the new measures, but the precise impact depends on how individual products are classified under the U.S. tariff schedule and whether they fall under one of the listed exemptions.

For Westman companies that ship seed south of the border, that distinction has created uncertainty more than an immediate disruption to business.

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The Brandon Police Service station at 10th Street and Victoria Avenue. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun files)

Police use fingerprints from stolen vehicle to ID suspect

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Police use fingerprints from stolen vehicle to ID suspect

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The Brandon Police Service has charged a 36-year-old man with possessing property obtained by crime after a stolen vehicle was recovered earlier this year.

While police officers were investigating a separate stolen vehicle complaint on March 5, they located a red Jeep Compass on the 100 block of Frederick Street, police said in a news release on Tuesday.

The vehicle had licence plates belonging to a different vehicle and police determined the SUV had been stolen in February.

The vehicle was towed to the police station as part of the investigation. During the forensic examination, police found fingerprints near the fuel door belonging to an incarcerated suspect, BPS said.

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Coun. Jason Splett (Ward 8) says he and city administration are getting calls about boulevards alongside provincial roads not being mowed, although it isn’t the city’s responsibility. (Alex Lambert/The Brandon Sun files)

Splett calls for earlier planning to mow boulevards

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Splett calls for earlier planning to mow boulevards

By Alex Lambert 4 minute read 9:45 PM CDT

A Brandon councillor says he wants to see the city and the Manitoba government make earlier plans for mowing the boulevards alongside provincial roads through a long-term agreement.

Coun. Jason Splett (Ward 8) said a long-term agreement would prevent “last-minute” decisions being made about mowing, snow clearing and pothole maintenance on roads within the city that are under provincial jurisdiction, including 18th Street and portions of First Street, Richmond and Victoria avenues and the Trans-Canada Highway.

“I think it’s going to be more proactive. Both parties will know for the next number of years what the contract is, who’s looking after it. There won’t be any speculation whether the city is or isn’t (doing the work),” Splett said on Monday.

While the province currently pays the city only to mow its boulevards, the agreement could also apply if the city was tasked with plowing provincial thoroughfares and repairing potholes, Splett said.

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The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. RCMP say a toddler has died after he was run over by a pickup truck on the driveway of his home in northwestern Manitoba. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

RCMP probe suspicious death of girl, 4

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RCMP probe suspicious death of girl, 4

By Tessa Adamski 3 minute read 9:43 PM CDT

Manitoba RCMP are investigating the death of a four-year-old girl and serious injuries of two younger siblings in Long Plain First Nation due to their “suspicious nature.”

The children’s mother described her deceased daughter as a “beautiful baby girl full of life.” In a Facebook post Tuesday morning, the mother blamed Child and Family Services for inaction leading to the tragedy.

Around 7:45 a.m., paramedics called the Manitoba First Nations Police Service to a Long Plain residence for a report of a young child in medical distress with injuries, RCMP said in a news release on Tuesday.

Despite the combined efforts of paramedics and police to save the girl, she was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The Manitoba Hydro Brandon generating station off Victoria Avenue East is silhouetted against a colourful sky just before sunrise. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun files)

Hydro outages discredit $3B turbine plan, critics say

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Hydro outages discredit $3B turbine plan, critics say

By Malak Abas 4 minute read Yesterday at 10:08 PM CDT

WINNIPEG — Despite defending a $3-billion gas turbine purchase as the most reliable power source in freezing temperatures, Manitoba Hydro’s gas turbines in Brandon have had outages during three of the 10 highest usage times over the past five winters — a sign that the Crown corporation’s long-term power plan needs re-evaluation, environmental groups say.

The utility admitted during an ongoing Public Utilities Board hearing that it had to reduce output of its two gas turbines at its Brandon generating station on Jan. 7 and Dec. 20 in 2022, and Jan. 22-23 of this year.

The outages happened during high load periods, when demands for energy in Manitoba were especially high.

The Jan. 22-23 outage occurred during a peak load of 5,096 megawatts, Hydro’s second-highest load period ever.

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The RCMP logo shown in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Semi rolls on Trans-Canada; impaired charges laid for December collision

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Semi rolls on Trans-Canada; impaired charges laid for December collision

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Semi rolls on Trans-Canada

Two people travelling in a semi-truck were treated for their injuries after it rolled over on the Trans-Canada Highway in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead.

Brandon RCMP responded to the single-vehicle rollover on Saturday shortly before 3 p.m., an RCMP spokesperson told the Sun on Monday.

Mounties arrived at the scene and saw the semi was blocking an eastbound traffic lane.

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Ashley Lauren Wilson and her Arabian mare, Envy, outside the outdoor arena at the Keystone Centre on Monday, the day before the duo's first show at the 2026 Canada's National Arabian Championship. (Rylee Gerrard/The Brandon Sun)

‘Passion for the horses’ draws riders from far and wide for Arabian championship

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‘Passion for the horses’ draws riders from far and wide for Arabian championship

By Rylee Gerrard 4 minute read Yesterday at 10:04 PM CDT

Soft jazz covers of well-known songs echo through the Keystone Centre, then the music pauses and celebratory sounds flood the main arena as the top competitor in the show class accepts the flowery red award.

Canada’s National Arabian Championship — an annual breed-specific equine competition — kicked off the week of main-arena events on Monday, drawing interest from competitors more than 3,000 kilometres away for the show.

“(It’s) just the passion for the horses,” said Ashley Lauren Wilson, a longtime competitor, former judge, breeder and trainer of several Arabian and Arabian-derived horses, who travelled from Florida to participate.

She says she enjoys the competitive nature of the sport and travels annually to compete.

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Wiza Bondele, centre, a health worker on the prevention and control team, seen at work in Ituri province, eastern Congo, Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

WHO says Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak started months before it was declared

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WHO says Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak started months before it was declared

Constant Same Bagalwa And Mark Banchereau, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 1:57 PM CDT

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record started in February, months before it was officially declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization said Monday as responders in eastern Congo struggle to catch up.

The WHO regional director for Africa, Dr. Mohamed Yakub Janabi, told a news conference that sequencing indicated the outbreak's start. He said some cases early on were wrongly attributed to other diseases, including malaria and typhoid.

“So we are chasing the virus, the virus is ahead of us,” Janabi said.

Dr. Thierno Balde, WHO's incident manager for the Ebola response, said the genetic sequencing was conducted under the leadership of Dr. Steve Ahuka, head of the virology department at Congo’s National Institute for Biomedical Research.

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People stand outside their homes after a quake was felt in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Magnitude 7.4 quake rocks western Colombia, killing at least 111 people

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Magnitude 7.4 quake rocks western Colombia, killing at least 111 people

Astrid Suárez, Megan Janetsky And Juan Diaz, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 4:45 PM CDT

CALI, Colombia (AP) — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and rescue workers searched through rubble.

Search teams and civilians picked through the remains of destroyed buildings in the country’s third-largest city, Cali, passing large pieces of concrete and other rubble down a long line of volunteers.

“Our building has basically been left in ruins, and the building next to ours? Completely collapsed,” said Álvaro López, who cradled his dog as he watched the search. The desperate scene recalled the searches still ongoing in neighboring Venezuela weeks after that country was devastated by two powerful earthquakes.

Besides Cali, the quake ravaged cities across western Colombia, including Pereira, Quibdo and Manizales, and was felt in neighboring Ecuador and Panama. The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar, a community of about 4,800 people in the Choco region about 250 miles (400 kilometers) west of Bogota, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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The Bald Range wildfire, that has forced 20,000 people out of their homes in the south Okanagan region, burns in Summerland, B.C., late Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. wildfire evacuees told to brace for devastation, as RCMP launch criminal probe

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B.C. wildfire evacuees told to brace for devastation, as RCMP launch criminal probe

Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Updated: 12:22 AM CDT

PENTICTON - Heartbroken Okanagan-area officials have told wildfire evacuees to prepare themselves for the level of destruction left by a deadly blaze in B.C.'s southern Interior that police say has triggered a criminal investigation.

The out-of-control Bald Range fire is on the outskirts of Summerland, whose mayor told the community's 12,000 residents they would not be returning to their homes on the shores of Okanagan Lake any time soon.

“We need to brace ourselves for what’s there or what’s not there," said Doug Holmes, his voice shaking with emotion at a briefing in nearby Penticton on Monday evening.

"It’s going to be hard. It’s going to be really hard. We all know people right now who have lost homes. We all have friends who have lost homes and those people need our help.”

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