Today’s top stories
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation’s electoral officer Burke Ratté and candidate for chief Vince Tacan say they reject the “unofficial” election results circulated online on Saturday that declare Jennifer Bone the new chief. READ MORE
Assiniboine College culinary arts students Alicia Decosse and Presley Kuharski have been named the top new student chefs in Canada after they won gold at the 2025 Cooks the Books national student cooking competition. READ MORE
The Brandon School Division has warned that local property taxes could rise significantly next year, as it prepares its 2026–27 budget without any indication of how much funding it will receive from the provincial government. READ MORE
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Weather
MONDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming east 20 km/h near noon. High 2 C. Wind chill -11 C in the morning. UV index 1 or low. Night, partly cloudy. Wind east 20 km/h, becoming light in the evening. Low -5 C. Wind chill near -9 C.
TUESDAY: Sunny. High 5 C. Night, cloudy periods. Low -3 C.
WEDNESDAY: Periods of snow or rain. High 5 C. Night, periods of rain. Low -4 C.
THURSDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High 1 C. Night, clear. Low -9 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Brandon City Council last night gave approval to a bylaw amendment making Friday night shopping legal year-round.
Brandon lawyer Joseph Haddad was named president of the Western Manitoba Judicial District Bar Association at its annual meeting in Brandon.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Brandon’s population is very mobile — at least it was between 1970 and 1973. In those three years, 12,232 people left the city, while 14,644 came in for a net population gain of 2,412.
Military officials have called off the search for Brandon pilot John Jaffery, missing in his light aircraft since Nov. 2.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The city’s Christmas lights will be turned on early this year to greet Santa Claus. City council approved spending an extra $393 for electricity to turn on the lights this Friday to coincide with the arrival of Santa Claus downtown this weekend.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Ottawa has not changed its policy on disaster assistance funding and Brandon may be on the hook for $600,000 in costs associated with last spring’s flooding.
Brandon University will cut funding to all departments by one per cent to cope with a budget deficit. The move should cover half of a $361,000 shortfall blamed on incorrect enrolment estimates and incomplete collective bargaining with the faculty.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Opponents of a proposed cellphone tower on Cherry Crescent have succeeded in keeping the transmitter out of their neighbourhood — for now, at least. The Brandon and Area Planning District (BAPD) voided an application from MTS Allstream to build a tower at the intersection of Cherry Crescent and 34th Street.
Developer Mark Fawcett has unveiled plans to take over one stalled downtown project and turn it into the city’s second indoor parkade. Fawcett hopes to transform the former Kullberg’s Big Warehouse property at the foot of the Eighth Street bridge into a combined parkade and commercial space, complete with period architectural touches like light standards and benches. Fawcett said he wants to build a 65-stall indoor parkade and 15,000 square feet of commercial space. Fawcett bought the land after Barry Brooking, who ripped down the Big Warehouse last year to build a mixed-commercial property, left the project incomplete.
TEN YEARS AGO
After years of lobbying, the Brandon School Division finally heard the words it has been waiting for: the province will move forward on a new south-end school. The announcement came on Monday as Manitoba’s NDP government delivered its pre-election throne speech, read by Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon. The new kindergarten to Grade 8 school will be built near the corner of Ninth Street and Maryland Avenue to accommodate the growing south end.
Justin Trudeau’s insistence that he will stick with a plan to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees by year-end — even amid heightened security concerns around the world — has made several provinces nervous about security and prompted Saskatchewan to ask Monday for a suspension of the project.
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