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Critical care centre opening delayed

By Tessa Adamski 4 minute read Preview

Critical care centre opening delayed

By Tessa Adamski 4 minute read Yesterday at 10:26 PM CDT

Equipment delays have pushed the opening date for the critical care centre at Brandon’s hospital to mid-June.

The new space was scheduled to be providing patient care last month.

The associate chief medical officer for Prairie Mountain Health said the delays have to do with safely transitioning patients and staff from the current 10-bed Intensive Care Unit into the new building.

“My understanding is there is equipment being put in place and (a) delay is appropriate for patients and staff to ensure all is transitioned correctly and safely,” said Dr. Kyle Conrad, who’s also a family physician and anesthetist at the hospital.

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Wally Daudrich, who narrowly lost the Manitoba Progressive Conservative leadership race last year, has purchased the party’s former headquarters in Winnipeg. (Alex Lambert/The Brandon Sun files)

Tories say Daudrich can’t run for party in Turtle Mountain

By Carol Sanders 3 minute read Preview

Tories say Daudrich can’t run for party in Turtle Mountain

By Carol Sanders 3 minute read Yesterday at 10:21 PM CDT

WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives won’t allow the man who nearly won the party leadership in 2025 to seek the nomination in Turtle Mountain.

“The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba has advised Wally Daudrich that he will not be permitted to seek the party’s nomination in Turtle Mountain,” the party said in a brief statement issued Wednesday night.

Daudrich, who owns a home near Morden, Lazy Bear Lodge in Churchill and the former PC headquarters on Kennedy Street next door to the legislative building, was seeking the PC nod in the western Manitoba constituency.

The next provincial election must be held by Oct. 5, 2027.

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Mike Stuart, a refinisher with nearly 30-years experience working at Persnickety, brushes glue onto the joints of a filing cabinet that a customer is having repaired. The cabinet is branded for an old company in Aberdeen, S.D. called News Printing Co., and features solid wooden dividers for organizing files. Stuart completely disassembled the piece, which was warped and non-functional, and repaired it by hand, filling in imperfections, sanding it into shape, and buffing down brass accents so that they shine again. (Connor McDowell/The Brandon Sun)

Antique repairs are about memory and detail

By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative 5 minute read Preview

Antique repairs are about memory and detail

By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative 5 minute read Updated: 9:00 AM CDT

RM OF CORNWALLIS — The world of antique furniture restoration is all about detail and sentiment, and those values are reflected in the people who do the work and request it at a local shop outside Brandon.

On the one hand there’s Mike Stuart, a technical-looking fellow who refuses all but one type of glue when he’s working on a project. Stuart has spent much of his life focused on the ins and outs of wood furniture, staring, gluing, sanding, hammering — happily.

“I remember faces and I remember furniture,” he says from his quarters at the shop southeast of town. His workspace is strewn with gadgets, glue and confusing objects, which can all be explained as useful and necessary upon request.

Stuart has been reviving antiques for nearly 30 years with Persnickety Furniture Refinishers. He is one of three woodworkers on staff, who also work together with an upholsterer.

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Heather Symbalisty, executive director of Samaritan House Ministries, stands in Brandon’s Safe and Warm Shelter. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun files)

Samaritan House appeals for essentials

By Jae Murray 3 minute read Preview

Samaritan House appeals for essentials

By Jae Murray 3 minute read Yesterday at 10:26 PM CDT

Samaritan House Ministries in Brandon has put a call out for donations of socks and other essentials — and a Brandon car dealership is pitching in with a fundraiser later this month.

Heather Symbalisty, executive director of Samaritan House, noted a decline in physical and financial donations from the community over the past year, pointing to rising gas and grocery prices. At the same time, she said the impacts of inflation have led to new people accessing their services.

“We’re seeing more individuals who haven’t accessed our services before,” Symbalisty said on Tuesday. “We’re recognizing that things are not easy out there, especially when it comes to the high price of groceries.”

Currently, the organization is seeking donations from the community of socks, coffee, tea and disposable cups and cutlery, which are handed out and used at its Safe and Warm shelter every night.

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A rendering of the 20-unit apartment building proposed for the corner of First Street and Park Avenue. The rendering was given to council members in the Monday meeting’s agenda. (City of Brandon)

City approves rezoning for 20-unit apartment block

By Alex Lambert 4 minute read Preview

City approves rezoning for 20-unit apartment block

By Alex Lambert 4 minute read Yesterday at 10:25 PM CDT

A proposed apartment block on First Street in Brandon will help alleviate the city’s housing shortage, the building’s designer said.

City council approved a rezoning to allow the 20-unit facility at the corner of First Street and Park Avenue at its Monday meeting, after a previous open hearing received pushback from multiple community members.

Construction of the building at 856 and 862 First St. could break ground as early as this fall. The site is currently occupied by a house and a vacant lot.

Kate McKenzie, owner and senior designer of McKenzie Design Solutions, said the apartment block has been designed to fit with the surrounding neighbourhood, which is mainly single-family homes.

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

Time served for ‘exceptional offender’ who robbed Tims

By Skye Anderson 4 minute read Preview

Time served for ‘exceptional offender’ who robbed Tims

By Skye Anderson 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 10:25 PM CDT

A man who robbed a Brandon Tim Hortons while armed with a knife was sentenced on Wednesday to almost two years of time served.

Dallas Morrisseau, 26, previously pleaded guilty to robbery with violence and breaching a release order.

Crown attorney Yaso Mathu and defence lawyer Manny Bhangu jointly recommended the sentence of 672 days of time already served, which Judge Patrick Sullivan imposed in Brandon provincial court.

Sentences for this type of offending normally range from two to four years, Mathu said.

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Updated: Yesterday at 10:25 PM CDT

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Langford Community Pasture manager Patrick Robinson brands a 2,000-pound bull Charolais cow. Robinson, as well as his team of riders, need to be able to identify the bull from a distance at the community pasture in order to track his behaviour and health. (Photos by Connor McDowell/The Brandon Sun)

Community pastures shift into gear for the summer

By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative 3 minute read Preview

Community pastures shift into gear for the summer

By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative 3 minute read Updated: 9:00 AM CDT

RM OF NORTH CYPRESS LANGFORD — The cattle “summer vacation” period opened at the Langford Community Pasture last week, prompting hundreds of animals to be dropped off by their owners to graze for the summer season.

Pasture manager Patrick Robinson received roughly 160 cattle on the morning of May 27 at the pasture, which is tucked roughly four kilometres down two dirt roads off Highway 5 south of Neepawa.

The 17 C breezy morning turned to a sweaty 30 C in the early afternoon before multiple semi-loads of cattle had been accounted for, organized and released to graze.

The work at the corral included branding as well as tagging some cattle, herding them and counting them before releasing the animals out to the fields, where they will be stewarded until October.

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Murray Auto Group chief executive officer Doug Murray will be recognized during Assiniboine College’s graduation ceremony on June 12 at Assiniboine Credit Union Place. (Submitted)

Murray to receive honorary diploma

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Murray to receive honorary diploma

2 minute read Yesterday at 10:24 PM CDT

Assiniboine College is set to award Doug Murray with an honorary diploma in automotive trades.

The chief executive officer of Murray Auto Group will be recognized during the college’s graduation ceremony on June 12 at Assiniboine Credit Union Place.

Murray will be recognized not only for his leadership in Canada’s automotive industry but also his commitment to building stronger communities, the college said in a press release Tuesday.

The release said the third-generation business owner has helped grow Murray Auto Group into one of the country’s most respected dealership networks, spanning more than 30 locations across Western Canada.

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Brandonites listen to Hearts Desire perform at Princess Park as part of the 2023 Music in the Park summer music series. Performances take place at Princess Park every Tuesday evening during the summer months. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun files)

Let’s Do Something — June 4, 2026

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Let’s Do Something — June 4, 2026

17 minute read Yesterday at 10:18 PM CDT

TODAY

• 1:30 p.m. — Taoist Tai Chi meets every Thursday afternoon at Trinity United Church (1515 Sixth St.) until 3 p.m.

• 4 p.m. — The Manitoba Summer Fair returns to the Keystone Centre grounds with thrilling midway rides, live entertainment, family-friendly attractions. a vibrant trade show and the always delicious fair food. Hours today: 4 to 11 p.m. In the Rocking The Dome Summer Saloon: Seniors Tea and Dance from 1-3 p.m with music by Highway 25 Repaved; Wayne Lee Hypnotist; DJ Dirty Bird.

• 6 p.m. — Grad Cruise Night on Rosser Avenue between Sixth Street and 13th Street from 6 to 9 p.m. People wishing to show their vehicles are encouraged to enter the event at the intersection of Rosser Avenue and 13th Street. All vehicles are welcome. Free to participants and spectators. Presented by Brandon & Area Car Enthusiasts (BACE), Kelleher Ford, Cal Jackson of Integral Realty and Off The Wall Signs. Tonight’s event is also for the Class of 2026 with mocktails, photo-ops and a grad parade.

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Business

President Donald Trump listens as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, right, speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One while en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Things to know about Donald Trump’s forced labour claims against Canada

Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Preview

Things to know about Donald Trump’s forced labour claims against Canada

Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Updated: 8:50 AM CDT

OTTAWA - Canada is facing the prospect of entirely new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration after Washington claimed Ottawa has a poor track record on preventing importation of products of forced labour.

The move comes as Canada's biggest free trade pact, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, is up for renewal.

What is the Trump administration upset about?

The last time Canada renegotiated the continental free trade agreement, during the first Trump administration, Ottawa changed the wording in a customs law on forced labour rules in 2020.

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Updated: 8:50 AM CDT