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Boy, 14, charged in stabbing of woman on First Nation; domestic violence

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Woman stabbed

Manitoba RCMP charged a 14-year-old boy with aggravated assault after a woman was stabbed on Saturday in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation.

Mounties were called to a residence around 11 a.m. in the community northeast of Swan River for a report of a stabbing, RCMP said in a news release on Monday.

When police arrived at the scene, they found a 19-year-old woman who had been stabbed multiple times.

Architecture student Rebecca Grant and landscape architecture student Anastasia Zonenberg, both with the University of Manitoba, installed a bench as part of their Downtown Outdoor Art Grant creation Station Bloom along Pacific Avenue in Brandon just west of First Street on Monday.

The fourth-year architecture students applied for the grant earlier this year and their project was chosen as one of several successful downtown arts projects being created this summer.

The project is funded by the City of Brandon, Brandon Downtown Biz and the Brandon Area Community Foundation.

The bench and adjacent planters are meant to vaguely resemble the look of a train, as homage to the train yard directly behind the site of the installation. The brick flower bed on the left side of the bench also slopes, pointing toward Brandon’s downtown business district.

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Officer who shot aggressive dog dead won’t face charges

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Officer who shot aggressive dog dead won’t face charges

By Scott Billeck 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 9:35 PM CDT

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba First Nations police officer will not face charges for fatally shooting a dog last year, despite the Crown describing the officer’s conduct as “concerning.”

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba announced it would not recommend charges Monday, more than a year after the incident was reported to the police watchdog.

A Manitoba First Nations Police Service officer went to a home in Swan River First Nation to make an arrest in June 2025, the IIU said. No arrest was made as the person police were looking for was not there. As the officer was leaving, a dog chained outside bit him.

The officer later returned with a carbine rifle and shot and killed the dog.

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Updated: Yesterday at 9:35 PM CDT

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The Dock on Princess general manager Erin Wells stands in front of the restaurant in June. (Abiola Odutola/The Brandon Sun files)

The Dock to screen Tragically Hip’s final concert

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The Dock to screen Tragically Hip’s final concert

By Abiola Odutola 2 minute read Yesterday at 9:34 PM CDT

The Dock on Princess is set to host a free screening of The Tragically Hip’s final concert this Saturday to mark the band’s 10th anniversary farewell performance.

The screening, beginning at 7 p.m., is part of a Canada-wide CBC rebroadcast of “The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration,” which commemorates the band’s final show with frontman Gord Downie in Kingston, Ont., on Aug. 20, 2016.

The broadcast will feature a special introduction by filmmaker Mike Downie, Gord Downie’s brother, along with previously unseen behind-the-scenes footage and interviews before the full concert is rebroadcast.

Dock manager Erin Wells said the restaurant decided to participate after CBC invited venues across the country to screen the concert.

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Teen admits assaulting mall security

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Teen admits assaulting mall security

By Tessa Adamski 5 minute read Yesterday at 9:33 PM CDT

A teenage boy was sentenced to 70 hours of community service on Monday after he admitted to committing nine offences, including assaulting two Brandon mall security officers last fall.

The 16-year-old pleaded guilty to assault, disguise with intent, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, failing to attend court and comply with multiple conditions of his probation, and other charges.

The offences occurred between September 2025 and August 2026.

Provincial court heard the teen, who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was part of a group of boys who got in a fight with security officers at the Shoppers Mall in Brandon on Sept. 19 around 1 p.m.

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Manitoban lied about abduction: N.D. police

By Scott Billeck 2 minute read Yesterday at 9:32 PM CDT

WINNIPEG — U.S. authorities say a Manitoba man falsely claimed he had been kidnapped and taken across the Canada-U.S. border over the weekend.

Roderick Garson, 37, is being held in a county jail near Alexandria, Minn., after he was arrested and charged with falsely reporting a crime.

The arrest stems from a report police received Saturday that a man had been abducted with a weapon in Manitoba and taken across the border into the United States.

The investigation led U.S. authorities to Alexandria, about two hours northwest of Minneapolis, where police located the reported victim and suspect after the latter ran into a local store claiming he had escaped from his 31-year-old unnamed captor.

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The under-construction BMO building on Park Avenue east of 18th Street in Brandon on Monday. BMO clients will begin receiving service at the bank's new building on Oct. 26, while RBC will consolidate its operations at its existing branch at 661 18th St. on Oct. 16. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

BMO, RBC set dates for downtown exit

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BMO, RBC set dates for downtown exit

By Abiola Odutola 3 minute read Yesterday at 9:26 PM CDT

Two of Canada’s major banks are set to leave their long-standing downtown Brandon locations in October.

BMO is set to close its branch at 1000 Rosser Ave. and move to a new location at 1650 Park Ave., while Royal Bank of Canada’s branch at 740 Rosser Ave. will be consolidated with the existing RBC branch at 661 18th St.

BMO clients will begin receiving service at the bank’s new building on Oct. 26. RBC will move clients and employees from its Brandon main branch to its 18th Street and Van Horne Avenue location on Oct. 16.

Neither bank owns its downtown property or could say what will happen to the buildings after they vacate.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador reach tentative energy agreement worth billions

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Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador reach tentative energy agreement worth billions

Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 4:54 PM CDT

ST. JOHN'S - Leaders in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador unveiled details of an ambitious new energy plan on Monday, which Prime Minister Mark Carney described as the largest clean energy investment in North America.

The province's utilities are eyeing up to 14,000 megawatts of new and existing hydroelectric developments in Labrador and along the Churchill River. The federal government is also pitching in, and Carney was on hand for the announcement on a pier at the St. John's Port Authority.

"Today's announcement will produce enough clean electricity to power every car, truck, motorcycle and bus in Canada," the prime minister said. "It will generate enough power to light, heat and cool the homes in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver combined."

It may also end decades of tension between Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec — if negotiators can hammer out final, binding agreements amid an election campaign in Quebec and the possible installation of a new provincial government.

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Updated: Yesterday at 4:54 PM CDT

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A gas pump is shown at a filling station in Montreal, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

July’s inflation rebound not enough to sway the Bank of Canada: economists

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July’s inflation rebound not enough to sway the Bank of Canada: economists

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:18 PM CDT

OTTAWA - Inflation reaccelerated in July after another volatile month for global energy prices. But economists argue the latest data was mild enough that the Bank of Canada can focus on looming trade risks rather than fears of spreading price hikes.

Statistics Canada said Monday that the annual rate of inflation rose to three per cent last month, up from 2.8 per cent in June and a tick above economists' expectations.

Global energy volatility was primarily to blame for the increase. A ceasefire agreement struck between the United States and Iran in June started to unravel in July, undoing much of the recent progress in taming global oil prices.

Gas prices were up 25.7 per cent year-over-year in July, StatCan said, marking an acceleration from a 20.5 per cent annual hike in June.

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Updated: Yesterday at 12:18 PM CDT

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Gregory de Crescenzo, full professor in Polytechnique Montreal's Department of Chemical Engineering, left, and PhD student Benjamin Serafin demonstrate the protein purification process in the pandemic preparedness lab, in Montreal, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Inside the Montreal lab working to prepare Canada against future pandemics

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Inside the Montreal lab working to prepare Canada against future pandemics

Erika Morris, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 8:21 AM CDT

MONTREAL - In a biomedicine laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal, animal protein grows in a bubbling orange solution as researchers in white lab coats take samples with large syringes.

Neatly-labelled glass bottles filled with clear liquid line the shelves next to computer monitors, where the scientists examine the antibodies produced by the cells.

In a room down the hall, a large cryogenic freezer is filled with tubes containing samples of proteins and cells that can be used to develop vaccines and medicines.

Six years after the spread of COVID-19 caught the world by surprise, the Polytechnique lab is spearheading efforts to prepare Canada against future pandemics.

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Updated: Yesterday at 8:21 AM CDT