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3 minute read Yesterday at 11:13 PM CDT

THEFT CHARGES

Brandon police arrested a woman on Thursday morning in connection with a report of two separate thefts.

The suspect was an occupant in a vehicle that was pulled over by police at about 11:30 p.m. in the 100 block of 26th Street.

A 38-year-old woman was taken into custody and charged with two counts of theft under $5,000, police said in a news release on Friday.

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Water rate increases ‘killing’ residents

By Rylee Gerrard 7 minute read Preview

Water rate increases ‘killing’ residents

By Rylee Gerrard 7 minute read Yesterday at 11:10 PM CDT

Three years after the City of Brandon began hiking water rates to make up for years of inaction, residents are feeling the financial strain — and some say their high utility bills should be an election issue.

Utility rates have increased by 79 per cent since 2023, when the city charge was initially $1.83 per cubic metre of water used and $1.63 per cubic metre of wastewater.

After the most recent hike, effective on Jan. 1 of this year, city residents now pay $3.16 per cubic metre of water and $3.05 for wastewater.

For the Spruce Woods Housing Co-op, this increase raised its quarterly water bill from $7,350.32 in 2023 to $13,131.22 this year.

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Sisson appointed CEO of Provincial Exhibition

By Connor McDowell Local Journalism Initiative 2 minute read Preview

Sisson appointed CEO of Provincial Exhibition

By Connor McDowell Local Journalism Initiative 2 minute read Yesterday at 11:10 PM CDT

The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba has named Jordan Sisson as its chief executive officer.

The organization announced the appointment in a news release on Thursday.

Sisson served as former premier Heather Stefanson’s chief of staff and was most recently the CEO of communications and public relations firm Strategize Inc.

In his new role, Sisson will work alongside the Provincial Ex board of directors, staff, volunteers and community partners “to advance the organization’s strategic priorities and explore new opportunities to strengthen its events, operations and long-term sustainability,” the release said.

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What’s open in Brandon on Labour Day

» The Brandon Sun 3 minute read Yesterday at 11:07 PM CDT

Below is a rundown of the hours of operation for some businesses and services in Brandon on Labour Day.

The list is far from complete. If you want your service or business to be included in The Brandon Sun’s next holiday hours listing, email your hours of operation a few days in advance to reporter Abiola Odutola at aodutola@brandonsun.com, with “Holiday Hours” in the subject line.

The Brandon Sun will not publish its regular Monday e-edition on Sept. 7 and will resume publication of the print edition on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

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Prof calls for outside agency to probe death

By Tessa Adamski 5 minute read Preview

Prof calls for outside agency to probe death

By Tessa Adamski 5 minute read Yesterday at 11:02 PM CDT

Brandon police should be barred from investigating the death of Cassity Delvenne to avoid any bias after she was allegedly assaulted by officers nine days before she died, a criminal justice professor says.

The University of Winnipeg’s Kevin Walby questions whether the police service can be trusted to accurately investigate the 24-year-old Indigenous woman’s death on June 21 following a police arrest involving “violent use of force” on June 12.

“All officers involved in the original arrest and beating and officers involved in the investigation should be pulled off the case, and some other public body should take over both cases immediately and look at connections between them,” he told the Sun on Friday.

Walby said her investigation has all the hallmarks of racism in policing, involving officers who think Indigenous women’s lives are “disposable.”

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A man walks in front of the Brandon Land Titles Office on Princess Avenue on Friday. Teranet Manitoba is moving the office from its downtown location to a new site on 18th Street. (Abiola Odutola/The Brandon Sun)

Land titles office moving to 18th Street

By Abiola Odutola 3 minute read Preview

Land titles office moving to 18th Street

By Abiola Odutola 3 minute read Yesterday at 11:02 PM CDT

Teranet Manitoba is moving its Brandon Land Titles Office from its downtown location to a new site on 18th Street.

The office will relocate from 705 Princess Ave., to C–155 18th St., near Brandon University, with the new digs expected to open Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 8:30 a.m.

The move is intended to improve the experience for people who use the province’s land and personal property registries, Teranet communications manager Graham Schellenberg said.

“The relocation is part of a broader effort to provide accessible registry offices across the province,” he told the Sun.

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A man is silhouetted as he watches a television on Sept. 11, 2001 in Edmonton, showing smoke covering the downtown area of New York City after two separate planes crashed into the World Trade Center. (CP PHOTO/Adrian Wyld)

Inside Canadian newsrooms’ triumphs — and regrets — while covering the 9/11 attacks

Elissa Mendes, The Canadian Press 9 minute read Preview

Inside Canadian newsrooms’ triumphs — and regrets — while covering the 9/11 attacks

Elissa Mendes, The Canadian Press 9 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 8:38 AM CDT

TORONTO - Like every other journalist working in a Canadian newsroom on Sept. 11, 2001, Michelle Shephard recalls the moment she learned a plane had struck the World Trade Center in New York City.

Then a crime reporter at the Toronto Star, she barely stopped to grab her passport and a notebook before rushing to the airport, which had already grounded flights and switched off television screens.

Shephard quickly switched gears and jumped into a car headed for New York with other Star reporters, joining scores of other journalists and volunteers hustling toward Ground Zero as thousands were trying to escape it.

Reporting on the 9/11 attacks required an extraordinary collective effort at a time when verifiable facts and explanations were scarce and the world was gripped with fear. The attacks also pushed journalists to their physical and emotional limits, exposing the risks of reporting on traumatic events.

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Updated: Yesterday at 8:38 AM CDT

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A worker sands the arm of an Adirondack chair at a factory in Kemptville, Ont. approximately 50km south of Ottawa, on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Tariffs have some mom-and-pop manufacturers considering move to United States

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Tariffs have some mom-and-pop manufacturers considering move to United States

Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 4:32 PM CDT

An Ontario-based Muskoka chair maker hit hard by U.S. tariffs is considering moving the bulk of its manufacturing to the United States, while keeping chairs for the domestic market made in Canada.

DFC Woodworks Inc. has been making outdoor wooden patio furniture including Muskoka chairs — also called Adirondack chairs — since 1955.

The Kemptville, Ont., company exports about 70 per cent of its furniture to the United States, but those goods are now subject to a steep 50 per cent U.S. duty.

The family-run business is now saddled with a hefty tariff bill and a looming decision about whether to keep absorbing the costs, raise prices and risk U.S. sales falling to zero, or move the majority of its manufacturing south of the border, DFC Woodworks president François Bruneau said in an interview.

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Updated: Yesterday at 4:32 PM CDT

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Educators and technology experts say the rapid pace that artificial intelligence is developing and the federal government's aim to make the technology available for all Canadians requires the creation of a framework so grade-level students don't fall behind. People in opposition to AI data centres demonstrate outside city hall in Hamilton, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn

‘Wild West’: Teachers, experts call for unified policies to address AI in classrooms

Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Preview

‘Wild West’: Teachers, experts call for unified policies to address AI in classrooms

Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 8:38 AM CDT

Teachers and technology experts say the fast pace of artificial intelligence development combined with Ottawa's aim to make the technology available for all Canadians needs a consistent framework so students don't fall behind.

Educators are grappling with how best to incorporate AI in their classrooms while fostering critical thinking and intellectual honesty.

It's a challenge that has yielded mixed results.

Some schools have embraced digital-forward education, and others are struggling to keep up.

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Updated: Yesterday at 8:38 AM CDT

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A welder works at Walters Group Steel fabrication plant in Hamilton, Ont., Wednesday, July 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

August jobs report ‘disappointing’ but too soon to sound the alarm: economists

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August jobs report ‘disappointing’ but too soon to sound the alarm: economists

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 11:36 AM CDT

OTTAWA - Economists weren't ringing any alarm bells after fresh data showed the labour market broke its hot streak with a loss of 42,000 jobs in August.

The unemployment rate held steady at 6.4 per cent last month, Statistics Canada said Friday.

August’s losses fell short of economists’ expectations for a gain of 15,000 positions.

Heading into last month, employers had been expanding payrolls at a steady pace. The economy added 181,000 positions from April through July, including a gain of 75,000 jobs in July alone.

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Updated: Yesterday at 11:36 AM CDT

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While the provincial government recently introduced Bill 13 — which it calls the “largest expansion to rent controls in decades” — Deveryn Ross contends that “(w)hat’s needed is an approach that ensures the ongoing availability of housing units that are needed in the province at rental rates Manitobans can afford, while still giving landlords a viable opportunity to earn a reasonable rate of return on their investment.” (The Canadian Press files)

Province expanding rent control threshold

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Province expanding rent control threshold

2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 8:41 AM CDT

WINNIPEG — The province is expanding the number of residential units that are subject to rent control.

Starting next year, units with monthly rent as high as $2,000 will be regulated under the Residential Tenancies Act. Currently, the threshold is $1,670 per month.

“This is a good thing,” Right to Housing Coalition spokesperson Yutaka Dirks said Thursday. “For those people who weren’t covered but will now be covered, that’s certainly a positive. It’s something that we called for,” the advocate said.

The coalition wanted the provincial government to go further and remove the threshold so rent control would apply to all residential tenants.

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Updated: Yesterday at 8:41 AM CDT