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Man arrested after standoff in Valleyview

By Tessa Adamski and Rylee Gerrard 2 minute read 12:02 AM CDT

Brandon police officers blocked off multiple streets in the Valleyview area late Thursday evening during a standoff with a man who allegedly threatened to blow up a house with gas.

Shortly after 6:30 p.m., police responded to a report about a man that had stabbed a woman with a needle at a business on the 1100 block of 18th Street.

The man had left the area before police arrived and the woman was taken to the hospital for “non-life-threatening medical treatment,” police said in a news release Friday.

Officers saw the man running into a house on Creighton Boulevard at around 7 p.m.

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Reported drop in city’s homeless disputed

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Reported drop in city’s homeless disputed

By Rylee Gerrard 4 minute read 12:02 AM CDT

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Brandon reportedly decreased in 2026, but local outreach organizations say the statistics don’t match the demand.

The 2025-26 Community Homelessness Report — published by the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation (BNRC) earlier this month — illustrates a decline in unhoused individuals in four of five reported categories.

During that period, which ended in March, the overall number of people who experienced homelessness for at least one day dropped by 157 people, from 916 in 2024-25 to 759, according to the report.

Indigenous people experiencing homelessness declined from 638 people to 512 — only seven above the target of 505 individuals.

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Matthew Atkinson, a farmer in the Neepawa area, was acclaimed reeve of the Rural Municipality of Rosedale after no other candidates registered before nominations closed on Tuesday. (The Brandon Sun files)

Atkinson acclaimed in Rosedale

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Atkinson acclaimed in Rosedale

By Connor McDowell Local Journalism Initiative 6 minute read 12:05 AM CDT

The newly acclaimed reeve of the Rural Municipality of Rosedale said he ran for office partly because of the wind turbine project that has been proposed in the area.

Matthew Atkinson told the Sun on Thursday he wants to ensure “good governance” if the Fleury Winds project moves ahead in the RM north of Neepawa.

Atkinson — who was acclaimed reeve after no other candidates registered before nominations closed on Tuesday — is slated to lead council from 2026-30, when the Manitoba Métis Federation hopes to roll out the massive infrastructure project in the area.

“It definitely influenced my decision,” Atkinson, a farmer in the Neepawa area, said in a phone interview. “I want to ensure that it’s a proper process that is followed and everybody who deserves a say gets a say.”

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Rick Pauls, the NDP candidate for Turtle Mountain in the next provincial election, speaks at a nomination meeting in Killarney last March. Pauls has registered to run for re-election as a municipal councillor on Oct. 28. (Alex Lambert/The Brandon Sun files)

Turtle Mountain NDP candidate running for council

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Turtle Mountain NDP candidate running for council

By Alex Lambert 4 minute read Yesterday at 11:59 PM CDT

Despite being nominated as the Turtle Mountain NDP candidate, Rick Pauls has registered to run for re-election as a municipal councillor on Oct. 28.

Pauls officially became a candidate for councillor in Killarney-Turtle Mountain after the withdrawal period ended on Wednesday.

Even though Section 53(2) of Manitoba’s Elections Act bars Pauls from being a candidate in the next provincial election if he holds municipal office, Pauls said he believes he can take a leave of absence from council and still run for the NDP provincially.

“You only have to step down if you win provincially,” Pauls told the Sun on Thursday, saying a municipal official gave him that information.

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The Brandon Police Service crest. (File)

Bear spray blows back on attacker during midnight robbery

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Bear spray blows back on attacker during midnight robbery

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Brandon police are asking the public’s help to locate the suspect in a robbery that took place near Southern Avenue and First Street just before midnight on Thursday.

The victim told police he had been robbed after meeting with an unknown male to sell personal items.

During the robbery, the suspect attempted to use bear spray on the victim but “contaminated” himself instead due to the wind blowing it in his direction, police said in a news release Friday.

The suspect fled westbound with the victim’s belt, a Louis Vuitton side bag containing a bank card, and identifcation.

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Mounties target ‘prolific offenders’ in Dauphin

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Mounties target ‘prolific offenders’ in Dauphin

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Eight people were arrested in Dauphin this week as part of a targeted operation focused on “prolific offenders,” RCMP say.

The initiative was part of ongoing efforts to curb retail theft.

The arrests, which took place on Sept. 18 and Tuesday, involved mutiple Dauphin residents:

• A 22-year-old man wanted in connection with a recent robbery in Dauphin. Police say they seized two knives after searching the suspect. He was charged with possessing weapons for a dangerous purpose and was remanded into custody.

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Over 60,000 Manitobans relying on food banks

By Scott Billeck 3 minute read Yesterday at 2:00 AM CDT

WINNIPEG — Linda Smith first turned to Harvest Manitoba in the early 1990s when her husband became permanently disabled. Now, on a fixed income, she continues to access the food bank to make ends meet.

Smith is one of more than 60,000 Manitobans now relying on food banks each month as demand continues to grow, a new report by Harvest Manitoba reveals.

The organization said in its 2025-26 impact report, released Thursday, that 61,188 people accessed a food bank in the province in March. Nearly half of them were children. The number of people accessing food banks in the province since 2020 has ballooned by more than 150 per cent, including more seniors, like Smith, than ever before.

Smith, a mother of five now in her 70s, first went to Harvest Manitoba in 1991 when he husband was disabled, and then again in the mid 2000s following a major car accident that led to a brain stem injury that forced her out of the workforce.

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Manitoba premier Wab Kinew announced funding for geothermal heating in new developments at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Manitoba premier says time changes are officially over with proclamation signing

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Manitoba premier says time changes are officially over with proclamation signing

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WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says time changes are officially over in Manitoba.

The premier says the proclamation he signed Friday in Selkirk, Man., makes it so.

Kinew announced last week that the province would be moving to keep daylight time year-round.

He said the decision came after hearing overwhelming support from a recent survey to ditch the time changes.

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump rejects Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and other Mideast news

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Trump rejects Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and other Mideast news

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if the U.S. meets certain conditions.

Meanwhile, Iranian media outlets said the country's president has left New York after the United Nations gathering of world leaders that included Iran's indirect talks with the United States. And Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted another missile it blames on Iran -backed Houthis in neighboring Yemen.

Here is a look at the latest news from the Middle East on Saturday. More coverage of the U.N. General Assembly is available here.

Trump rejects Iran proposal to reopen the Strait

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Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd on the Champs Elysees avenue before a mass at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

Pope Leo draws 800,000 people to central Paris for open-air Mass on iconic square

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Pope Leo draws 800,000 people to central Paris for open-air Mass on iconic square

Nicole Winfield, Samuel Petrequin, Sylvie Corbet And John Leicester, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: 3:00 PM CDT

PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to attend an open-air Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church’s enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.

The Vatican estimated that 800,000 people attended — about 200,000 more than the number who had registered in advance. The turnout testified to the church’s lasting influence in France despite declining attendance and secularizing trends that have emptied churches across Europe.

The American pope greeted the flag-waving, cheering throngs from his popemobile during a 2-kilometer (1.2-mile) parade along the grand boulevard leading to the Place de la Concorde for Mass, essentially the heart of Paris and a symbol of the French republic.

In his homily, Leo asked the crowds not to keep their faith to themselves, but to instead “let it overflow, so that those you meet may be refreshed and their thirst satisfied.”

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Alberta referendum mail-in special ballots are seen in Calgary, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

A look at the questions on the Oct. 19 referendum in Alberta

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A look at the questions on the Oct. 19 referendum in Alberta

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EDMONTON - Here are the questions Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is sending to a provincewide vote on Oct. 19.

Question 1: Do you support the government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans first priority on new employment opportunities?

What you need to know: Smith has said she wants to see Alberta have a similar accord as Quebec, which has an agreement with Ottawa that lets the province set its own eligibility requirements for economic migrants.

She said in February a "normal" and "sustainable" level of immigration would represent less than one per cent of the population, or about 50,000 newcomers per year, but critics have said Smith has failed to plan for the population growth it invited with a countrywide ad campaign in recent years.

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