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Photos in an album show Emma and Colton Spraggs and their daughter Robyn with their son Jayce, at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Jayce ‘continues to make an impact’

By Tessa Adamski 5 minute read 12:20 AM CDT

A Minnedosa family whose lives forever changed when their infant son died last year chose to honour his legacy by giving back to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the St. Boniface Hospital.

Emma and Colton Spraggs spent 40 days in the Winnipeg NICU with their son Jayce, who was born at 25 weeks and three days old, weighing one pound and eight ounces.

“When you think about it, he was essentially the size of a pound of butter, and we really weren’t sure if he would survive the birth or not,” Emma told the Sun. “It took the health-care team roughly six hours to stabilize him on the ventilator after being delivered.”

The family said their time in the NICU felt scary and uncertain.

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Police respond to a shooting in the Côte-des-Neiges district of Montreal on Monday, June 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Alleged police shooter identified as 25-year-old from Lethbridge, Alta.

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Alleged police shooter identified as 25-year-old from Lethbridge, Alta.

Charlotte Glorieux, The Canadian Press 1 minute read Updated: 11:26 AM CDT

MONTREAL - The alleged shooter in Montreal on Monday has been identified as Seth Scott Hatfield, 25, from Lethbridge, Alta.

His name was released by the Quebec coroner today.

The coroner has also identified the two other people killed — Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, 34, a Montreal police officer, and Michel Mizrahi, 68, a bystander caught in the crossfire.

Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher says officers were met with gunfire after responding to a 911 call about a person with a gun at a Hilton hotel in the Côte-des-Neiges district on Monday morning.

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Updated: 11:26 AM CDT

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1 dead, 1 injured in crash

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1 dead, 1 injured in crash

1 minute read Updated: 10:54 AM CDT

One man has died and another was hospitalized after a single-vehicle collision in the RM of Oakview on Saturday.

RCMP members responded to the collision on Highway 24, west of Rapid City, at around 4:35 p.m.

Police learned that a vehicle travelling west on the highway struck the gravel shoulder, overcorrected and proceeded to cross both lanes, rolling into the ditch, RCMP said in a Monday news release.

A 35-year-old man who was found inside the vehicle died at the scene, police said. A 39-year-old man was ejected from the vehicle and taken to a hospital in Winnipeg with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, Mounties said.

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Updated: 10:54 AM CDT

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An $11-million contract for a construction manager has been awarded to Bockstael Construction, Justice Minister Cameron Friesen announced Friday afternoon. The company will be in charge of making sure the project to renovate and expand the Dauphin Court House proceeds on time and budget. (Winnipeg Free Press)

Loaded firearm lands woman in prison for 3 years

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Loaded firearm lands woman in prison for 3 years

By Skye Anderson 5 minute read Updated: 10:53 AM CDT

A woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after she secretly brought a loaded firearm into a vehicle.

“Members of the public are entitled to expect that their neighbours are not carrying loaded weapons in residential settings. This case represents a troubling departure from that expectation,” Associate Chief Judge Geoffrey Bayly said while delivering his sentence in Dauphin provincial court earlier this month.

Phiona Acoby, 35, previously pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited loaded firearm without a licence.

Crown attorney Samuel Levkov had recommended a prison sentence of three years, while defence lawyer Jesse Blackman argued for a sentence of house arrest, which can only be imposed if the sentence is less than two years.

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Updated: 10:53 AM CDT

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Brandon Mayor Jeff Fawcett prepares to cut a ribbon while surrounded by other dignitaries during an event at the Riverbank Discovery Centre on Monday morning to announce the adding of five city-owned lands to Manitoba’s Protected and Conserved Areas Network. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Land along Assiniboine now protected

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Land along Assiniboine now protected

By Alex Lambert 3 minute read 12:15 AM CDT

Local officials used a giant pair of scissors to cut a light blue ribbon on Monday, marking five sections of land next to the Assiniboine River as protected areas.

The Brandon Riverbank, Dinsdale Park, Eleanor Kidd Park and the newly named Oeti Natural Area and Shunkawakan Onazin Natural Area are all now officially protected areas. The five sections will eventually have placards on site to explain the importance of the natural habitat.

“These lands are far more valuable than we often leave them credit for,” Ingrid Gatin, Brandon Riverbank Inc.’s programming and community co-ordinator, said to about 35 people at a morning press conference at the Riverbank Discovery Centre.

“When many people see a wetland, they simply pass it by, but here on the Prairies, the wetland is like our rainforest. It is the heart and lungs of our landscape.”

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Michelle Lemoine, the new John Howard Society of Brandon (JHSB) executive director, stands in the organization's new transitional housing facility on Saturday. Lemoine, who is expected to assume her new role on Friday, will be succeeding Ross Robinson, who is retiring after leading the organization since 2018. (Abiola Odutola/The Brandon Sun)

Lemoine picked to lead local John Howard Society

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Lemoine picked to lead local John Howard Society

By Abiola Odutola 4 minute read Updated: 10:59 AM CDT

The John Howard Society of Brandon (JHSB) board has appointed Michelle Lemoine as the new executive director of the organization.

Lemoine, who is expected to assume her new role on Friday, will be succeeding Ross Robinson, who is retiring after leading the organization since 2018.

Lemoine, a former board member and longtime educator, said she is eager to begin a new chapter while building on the foundation laid by Robinson.

“I know I have big shoes to fill following Ross, and I am so grateful to him for everything he accomplished for JHSB and Brandon,” Lemoine told the Sun. “I hope to continue working closely with the community, following Ross’s lead, while we focus on opening a sobering centre in Brandon.”

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Updated: 10:59 AM CDT

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

Two people stabbed; necklace stolen; arrest made in assault

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Two people stabbed; necklace stolen; arrest made in assault

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Teen arrested after stabbing

A 16-year-old boy was arrested after allegedly stabbing two people on Saturday.

The Brandon Police Service received a report that multiple people had been stabbed at a home on the 1600 block of McTavish Avenue at around 6 a.m.

When police arrived, they found three people with injuries “consistent with being struck with a bladed weapon,” including the suspect, who was arrested a short distance away, BPS said in a news release.

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Pair arrested after Mountie punched in the head

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Pair arrested after Mountie punched in the head

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Mounties arrested a Dauphin man and a Waywayseecappo woman last week after an officer was punched in the head while responding to a reported assault at a house party in Russell.

Russell RCMP received a report of an assault at a residence on Augusta Street East on Wednesday and responded at around 3:30 a.m.

Officers spoke with the alleged victim, a 20-year-old woman, and found out she had gone to a party at a nearby home, where another woman repeatedly punched and kicked her, RCMP said in a news release on Monday.

Paramedics treated the woman’s injuries, the release said.

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Updated: 11:02 AM CDT

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Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Dale Nally, left, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, announces a voting period for Alberta's new licence plates in Edmonton, on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. The new plate will include the phrase

Alberta nixes booze price hike after Premier Smith, Calgary mayor snipe at each other

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Alberta nixes booze price hike after Premier Smith, Calgary mayor snipe at each other

Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Updated: 9:29 AM CDT

EDMONTON - Alberta is lowering the minimum price for booze following a weekend tit-for-tat social media sniping exchange between Premier Danielle Smith and Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas.

Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally said Monday he has directed the provincial liquor regulator to reverse course on recent hikes to the minimum price of alcohol sold in bars and restaurants.

The increase, which took earlier this month, mandated higher minimum prices on everything from spirits and liquors to wine, beer and cider.

The minimum cost for cans and bottles of beer and 28.5-millilitre shots of spirits went up to $4 from $2.75.

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Updated: 9:29 AM CDT

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People walk by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on Aug. 13, 2023, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)

Human rights museum board trustee resigns over exhibit on displaced Palestinians

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Human rights museum board trustee resigns over exhibit on displaced Palestinians

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Updated: 9:29 AM CDT

OTTAWA - A trustee for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has resigned over an upcoming exhibit at the Winnipeg institution about displaced Palestinians.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Mark Berlin said he has not seen the exhibit himself — the museum's board members oversee the management of the museum, not its operations or curation — and he is basing his understanding of it on what museum officials have told the press and community groups.

"You're only telling half a story because you're not getting the historical context," Berlin said in the Monday interview.

Berlin, who said he was the sole Jewish trustee on the board, submitted a resignation letter to Heritage Minister Marc Miller and the museum's chair which accuses the museum of putting forth "ideology" instead of an accurate history.

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Updated: 9:29 AM CDT

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A Sobeys grocery store is seen in Halifax on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Bureau probes EmpireCo’s use of property controls

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Bureau probes EmpireCo’s use of property controls

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Canada’s Competition Bureau is examining Sobeys’ parent company’s use of property controls across the country, the regulator announced on Monday.

The bureau said it has obtained court orders to advance its investigation into Empire Company Limited, which operates Sobeys, Safeway and other grocery chains, according to a press release.

The company has come under fire in Manitoba for holding contracts that prevent other grocery chains from operating in buildings on which Sobeys has property controls.

A former Sobeys location at 1645 18th St. in Brandon has been empty since 2017, after the company relocated the store across the street. The company renewed its lease for the shuttered location in 2023, in order to stop competition from moving in, a Shindico representative told the Sun in 2023.

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Updated: 11:00 AM CDT