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Man found guilty of killing mother with hatchet

By Tessa Adamski 3 minute read Preview

Man found guilty of killing mother with hatchet

By Tessa Adamski 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 10:06 PM CDT

A Brandon man has been found guilty of killing his 71-year-old mother with a hatchet in the fall of 2023 after his defence lawyers argued he should be held not criminally responsible during his trial.

Court of King’s Bench Justice Elliot Leven provided counsel with his written decision that found 47-year-old Gabriel Heymans guilty of second-degree murder on Monday.

The document containing the reasons for the decision was not made available to the Sun.

Heymans, who listened to the hearing by phone from the Brandon Regional Health Centre, will be sentenced at a later date.

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Updated: Yesterday at 10:06 PM CDT

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Keystone Centre CEO Connie Lawrence stands in front of a video sign advertising the Wheat City Fall Festival this weekend. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)

Wheat City Fall Festival kicks off Friday

By Rylee Gerrard 3 minute read Preview

Wheat City Fall Festival kicks off Friday

By Rylee Gerrard 3 minute read Yesterday at 9:53 PM CDT

Brandonites are invited to a jam-packed weekend at the Keystone Centre where a plethora of events and activities will be held for people of all ages with all interests.

The inaugural Wheat City Fall Festival, which starts on Friday, features local vendors, artists and food trucks, and is a “one-stop shop” welcoming people back to the city after summer, said Connie Lawrence, chief executive officer and general manager of the Keystone Centre.

“There’s lots of excitement going around the Keystone. You definitely won’t be bored,” Lawrence told the Sun.

Throughout the weekend, the fall festival will have midway rides in the south parking lot and food trucks in the southwest parking lot. There will also be live performances by Daisy Chain, Nite Life, and The One/ders.

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The City of Brandon's acting director of transportation, Greg Brown, speaks at the Sept. 8 city council meeting. (Alex Lambert/The Brandon Sun)

New bus routes for North Hill take effect next month

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New bus routes for North Hill take effect next month

By Alex Lambert 3 minute read Yesterday at 9:52 PM CDT

Two new Brandon Transit bus routes are scheduled to come into effect Oct. 5, replacing the two current North Hill loops.

One of the two new routes will stay on the North Hill, initiating the city’s five-year plan to move away from the current “hub and spoke” model in which all loops meet downtown, Greg Brown, the city’s acting director of transportation, said on Friday.

“It’s a big deal,” Brown told the Sun.

The other route will also continue to serve the North Hill, but will travel south to make connections at the downtown terminal.

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Convenience store fracas in Neepawa leads to 19 charges

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Convenience store fracas in Neepawa leads to 19 charges

2 minute read Yesterday at 9:51 PM CDT

An 18-year-old man is facing more than a dozen criminal charges after allegedly backing into a police vehicle and attempting to flee the scene with a shotgun in a stolen vehicle in Neepawa.

Spruce Plains RCMP were called to a convenience store in Neepawa around 3:05 a.m. on Sunday for a report of possibly intoxicated man acting aggressively toward staff, RCMP said in a news release on Monday.

Officers drove up behind a parked truck located on Main Street West that was believed to belong to the suspect.

Moments later, the suspect began to back up the truck into the parked police vehicle while an officer was inside, Mounties said.

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

Man arrested for domestic assault with plastic ‘brass’ knuckles

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Man arrested for domestic assault with plastic ‘brass’ knuckles

1 minute read Yesterday at 9:47 PM CDT

A man has been arrested after an assault against a woman at a restaurant in Brandon on Sunday evening.

Police officers were called to the business on the 300 block of 10th Street at 8 p.m. for a report of a woman with facial injuries, police said in a news release on Monday.

The 24-year-old woman alleged her boyfriend punched and kicked her, police said. The suspect was arrested at his residence on the 300 block of 10th Street.

Officers found he was in possession of plastic “brass” knuckles, which is a prohibited weapon, police said.

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Tom Wenham, manager for what is now called Elevate Print House, takes a moment to reflect during an interview in his Fifth Street office on Monday morning. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)

Carberry Signs rebrands as Elevate Print House

By Rylee Gerrard 2 minute read Preview

Carberry Signs rebrands as Elevate Print House

By Rylee Gerrard 2 minute read Yesterday at 9:46 PM CDT

Two years after Carberry Signs expanded into Brandon, the locally owned business is now dropping the Carberry name and rebranding as Elevate Print House.

The company will operate under the same owners and management in both the Brandon and Carberry locations.

The only thing that has changed is the name, says manager Tom Wenham.

“This really just gives the local feeling — it doesn’t have that ‘Carberry’ kind of marker on it, so it gives us the ability to be able to market in Brandon,” Wenham said in an interview after the new name was announced.

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Enver Naidoo was replaced as the executive director of Westman Immigrant Services earlier this month. (Alex Lambert/The Brandon Sun files)

WIS sees change in leadership

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WIS sees change in leadership

By Alex Lambert 2 minute read Yesterday at 9:45 PM CDT

The head of Westman Immigrant Services in Brandon has parted ways with the organization.

Enver Naidoo was replaced as the organization’s executive director earlier this month. Hannah Stollery is listed as the acting executive director on WIS’s leadership directory.

“It was a great five plus years with WIS, with a lot of significant community impact, and I’m very proud of the work the team has done,” Naidoo said in a text message to the Sun on Monday.

Naidoo, who is currently the only registered candidate in Ward 3 in next month’s civic election in Brandon, took over as executive director in 2021 after previously serving as the organization’s local immigrant partnership co-ordinator.

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The Brandon Police Service headquarters sports a boarded-up window on its front entrance after a man wielding a sledgehammer broke it over the weekend. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)

Bail granted to man accused of smashing police station window

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Bail granted to man accused of smashing police station window

By Tessa Adamski 2 minute read Yesterday at 9:44 PM CDT

A 41-year-old man was released on bail on Monday after he allegedly smashed a window at Brandon’s police station using a sledgehammer and assaulted an officer.

Aaron Dietz faces several charges, including mischief over $5,000, assaulting a police officer with a weapon and resisting arrest, police said in a news release on Sunday.

Police allege Dietz swung a sledgehammer at one of the large police station windows, shattering both the outer and inner panes, around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Dietz was immediately confronted by police, who say he refused to stop walking away and drop his weapon when officers ordered him to.

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Family awaits answers after fatal animal attack

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Family awaits answers after fatal animal attack

By Chris Kitching 5 minute read Yesterday at 9:43 PM CDT

WINNIPEG — The family of a 21-year-old man who was fatally attacked by an animal in western Manitoba is waiting for answers after investigators ruled out a bear attack based on their preliminary findings.

Moses Campeau was walking on a road to a friend’s house in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, about 600 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, when he was fatally injured Sept. 9, his mother, Paula Campeau, said Monday.

“Moses was a kind and gentle giant,” she said. “He was a person who (people) would ask to come and help them, and he would go without even hesitating.”

Manitoba RCMP said officers from the Swan River detachment responded to a report of a suspicious death at about 3:10 a.m. The scene was held and the RCMP’s major crime services took over the investigation.

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A pump at a gas station is seen in Toronto, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keito Newman

Inflation holds at 3% in August as high oil prices not spilling over: economists

Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Preview

Inflation holds at 3% in August as high oil prices not spilling over: economists

Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:06 PM CDT

OTTAWA - Canada's inflation rate held steady in August, suggesting higher energy costs have yet to spill over significantly into broader consumer prices.

The consumer price index report released Monday by Statistics Canada showed the annual rate of inflation was unchanged at three per cent last month.

The inflation reading was in line with economists’ forecasts and could ease speculation of a Bank of Canada rate hike next month, said Benjamin Reitzes, BMO's managing director of Canadian rates and macro strategist.

He said there was little in the inflation report to push the central bank toward an interest rate increase, potentially cooling market expectations of an October hike.

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Updated: Yesterday at 12:06 PM CDT