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Ryan Nickel, acting general manager of development services for the City of Brandon, said development charges act as a “cost-recovery mechanism.” (Alex Lambert/The Brandon Sun files)

Development fee for mobile home jumps to $21K

By Rylee Gerrard 4 minute read Yesterday at 11:38 PM CDT

Ken Templeton was shocked when the city told him a new tenant could be required to pay more than $21,000 if they wanted to put a mobile home on the land he has owned since 1976.

Templeton owns and manages the White Swan Mobile Home Court and the Highland Park Mobile Home Estates. His father bought the land before him, and he’s managed the property for nearly 50 years.

Five years ago, a mobile home moved and left one of the 240 lots vacant. When Templeton approached the city recently to request a new mobile home on the lot, he was told the applicant would have to pay for the charges.

Currently, the fee is roughly $7,000. In 2027, it will increase to more than $21,000.

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Premier Wab Kinew speaks about the historical record of children who died while at the Brandon Residential School during National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events at the site of the former school on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Land purchase will ‘preserve this memory’

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Land purchase will ‘preserve this memory’

By Connor McDowellLocal Journalism Initiative 5 minute read Yesterday at 11:36 PM CDT

More than 900 people came out to the former Brandon Residential School property on Wednesday as Premier Wab Kinew announced the purchase of Turtle Crossing Campground — the site of a cemetery for students who attended the school.

Explaining the decision to purchase the campground in partnership with the City of Brandon, Kinew said it was an opportunity to cement a piece of history.

“The story of this land down the hill here is a story about how memory can be lost,” he told the crowd. “We have to preserve this memory so it can never be denied.”

The campground property was purchased for $1.55 million, with the City of Brandon paying $400,000 and the province covering the balance.

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MLA Konrad Narth (La Vérendrye) was selected by the PC caucus to be the next leader of the party on Tuesday. (Mike Deal/Winnipeg Free Press)

Konrad Narth named Manitoba PC interim leader

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Konrad Narth named Manitoba PC interim leader

By Ian Bickis 4 minute read Yesterday at 11:39 PM CDT

WINNIPEG — Konrad Narth took the reins as interim leader of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives on Tuesday, while the former party leader accused him of hosting caucus conspirators.

Narth was selected in a closed-door caucus session in the morning, and soon after the house resumed work for the new legislature sitting.

He stood in the chamber and received applause from fellow Tory members as he made his first comments in the top job.

“PCs are optimistic,” Narth told the house. “We’re united, and we’re moving forward for all Manitobans.”

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Darlene Jackson, president of the Manitoba Nurses Union, said more patients in alternate level of care directly impact hospital and emergency room wait times. (Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press files)

ALC patients taking up more hospital beds

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ALC patients taking up more hospital beds

By Rylee Gerrard 4 minute read Yesterday at 11:38 PM CDT

More patients are receiving medical attention they don’t need in hospitals across the province, a new report shows.

In a data table published by the Canadian Institute of Health Information, the percentage of patient days spent in alternate level of care has increased in every provincial health authority, except Prairie Mountain Health.

Alternate level of care, or ALC, is a designation a patient receives from clinical staff when they’re medically stable and don’t need acute-level treatment but are unable to leave the hospital because they’re waiting for another form of care.

ALC patients could be waiting to leave the hospital for a variety of reasons, such as admission into a personal care home or a long-term care facility.

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Premier Wab Kinew and Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee shake hands after unveilling a sign at the Brandon Residential School Cemetery at the former Turtle Crossing Campground along Grand Valley Road on Tuesday. The province announced Tuesday that they had purchased the former campground in partnership with the City of Brandon. The sign acknowledges the significance of the site. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Cemetery purchase paves way for research

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Cemetery purchase paves way for research

By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative 4 minute read Yesterday at 11:35 PM CDT

The recent purchase of a piece of land west of Brandon through a partnership between the City of Brandon and the province will allow further research to take place at the cemetery site.

Formerly known as the Turtle Crossing Campground, the land was purchased as a contribution to the aims of truth and reconciliation, Premier Wab Kinew told the Sun.

“We live in an era where people are trying to deny what happened in residential schools,” Kinew said during a Tuesday afternoon visit to the former campground site. “It’s an important part of our national history, and keeping that truth alive.”

Kinew said the property has “huge national significance” for education about residential school history because it is one of the “most documented” in the country. He carried photographs, and some 20th century newspaper clippings from The Brandon Sun around the site and referred to them throughout the afternoon.

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The front doors of the Brandon courthouse on 11th Street. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)

Former cocaine dealer who turned life around sentenced to four years

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Former cocaine dealer who turned life around sentenced to four years

By Tessa Adamski 5 minute read Yesterday at 11:30 PM CDT

A mid-level interprovincial cocaine dealer will serve four years in prison after he skipped his 2021 sentencing and was unlawfully at large for more than two years while positively rebuilding his life.

Commercial cocaine traffickers typically receive a sentence within a five-to-eight-year range, but provincial court Judge Geoffrey Bayly said he wasn’t persuaded that period of custody would adequately reflect Allan Dengler’s post-offence rehabilitation.

Dengler, 38, from Young, Sask., pleaded guilty to possessing a significant quantity of cocaine for the purpose of drug trafficking in January 2020 after he was arrested by RCMP in Dauphin two years earlier.

“The commercial distribution of cocaine causes significant harm to individuals and communities and remains a serious threat to public safety and community well-being,” Bayly said in a written decision delivered on Sept. 17.

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Due to drought conditions slashing its hydroelectric generation, Manitoba Hydro had to buy electricity and had less power to sell outside the province, forcing the Crown corporation to post a $446-million loss in 2025-26. (Ruth Bonneville/Winnipeg Free Press files)

Hydro reports $446M loss in 2025-26

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Hydro reports $446M loss in 2025-26

By Scott Billeck 3 minute read Updated: 11:54 AM CDT

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Hydro posted a $446-million loss in 2025-26, as drought conditions slashed hydroelectric generation, forcing the Crown corporation to buy more power while leaving it with less electricity to sell outside the province.

The loss was $666 million worse than the $220-million profit Hydro had budgeted. The utility posted a $63-million loss the previous year, according to the utility’s annual report released Tuesday.

Hydro said the 2025-26 fiscal year, which ended on March 31, marked its fourth low-water year in the past five years, among the worst stretches of water-flow conditions in its recorded history.

Hydroelectric generation fell 23 per cent to 24 billion kilowatt-hours from 31 billion the previous year, leaving Hydro a net importer of electricity.

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A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed appeals of convictions for two leader in the protest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta’s top court upholds convictions of leaders at 2022 Coutts blockade

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Alberta’s top court upholds convictions of leaders at 2022 Coutts blockade

Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Updated: 2:33 PM CDT

CALGARY - Alberta's top court has upheld the convictions of two leaders of the COVID-19 border blockade at Coutts, Alta.

The three-judge panel, in a judgment issued Thursday, also cited Charter breaches and other problems with the investigation. But the judges ruled the breaches were not severe enough to merit overturning the decisions of the trial court.

"The appeals are both dismissed," the court stated.

Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick were convicted by a jury in 2024. They were sentenced to 6 1/2 years for mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Jurors found them not guilty on a charge of conspiring to kill RCMP officers. Olienick was also convicted of possessing a pipe bomb.

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Liberal Leader Mark Carney casts his vote in Ottawa on Monday, April 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Here’s a look at the ridings where voters can expect federal byelections soon

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Here’s a look at the ridings where voters can expect federal byelections soon

Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Updated: 11:52 AM CDT

OTTAWA - Voters in a number of ridings across the country will choose new federal representatives in the coming weeks and months after members of Parliament from four major parties quit the House of Commons for diplomatic appointments, provincial politics or retirement.

When a seat in the House of Commons becomes vacant, the prime minister must call an election between 11 and 180 days after the member's resignation. A byelection campaign can be as short as 36 days or as long as 50 days, putting the date for voting somewhere between 47 days and seven months after the seat opens up.

In the 17 months since the 2025 election, 13 of 343 members of Parliament have decided to step down. The first was Damien Kurek, who left in June 2025 to make way for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to return to the House of Commons.

Byelections were held in April in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne (a vote the Supreme Court ordered redone after issues with mail-in ballots during the 2025 election), along with University-Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest in Toronto. Three Liberal wins cemented Prime Minister Mark Carney's majority government.

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Canada's annual pace of inflation ticked higher in December, but the rate was weaker than expected as lower food prices helped offset increases in the transportation and shelter groups. A loonie is pictured in North Vancouver, in a December 31, 2013, file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Minimum wage hikes set to begin across five provinces

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Minimum wage hikes set to begin across five provinces

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Updated: 11:53 AM CDT

The minimum wage is going up in five provinces.

The bumps of between 25 and 40 cents come in Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Like other government announcements, Ontario has tied the increase to the rising cost of living.

It's moving its minimum wage up to $17.95 an hour, while P.E.I. is boosting it to $17.30 and Nova Scotia moves it to $17.

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FILE - Flowers and photos are left at a memorial site for Renee Good on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Renee Good’s family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

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Renee Good’s family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

Tim Sullivan, Kathy Mccormack And Mark Vancleave, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: 3:43 PM CDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Renee Good's family sued the U.S. government and the architects of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown Thursday, saying “the time is absolutely now for accountability” for her killing in January by a federal agent in Minneapolis.

Good’s partner, Becca Good, and her brother Brent Ganger on behalf of her larger family, accused the government and Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot into her SUV and killed her, of unjustified and excessive use of force.

The Jan. 7 shooting, captured on bystander video, was “the predictable and intended product” of the Trump administration’s crackdown on Somali and other immigrants in Minnesota dubbed Operation Metro Surge, according to one of the two lawsuits.

“She was the love of my life,” Becca Good said at a news conference announcing the lawsuits. “I’m here today because last January, the whole world had to watch as our entire universe was destroyed — as the sunshine who was my amazing Renee was robbed from us, from her children, and from her community.”

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Updated: 3:43 PM CDT