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Bruce Bumstead
Riders move in formation during the RCMP Musical Ride performance at Westman Place during the North American Belgian Championships.Bruce Bumstead
Riders move in formation during the RCMP Musical Ride performance at Westman Place during the North American Belgian Championships.Bruce Bumstead
Spyros Peter Doulias of Robert McCasuland Lts., of Toronto, works with his assistant to install the final sections of stained glassin the west ceiling window of Central United Church. The scene of the Resurrection, depicted in the multi-section window, took two days to install but more than six months to createBruce Bumstead
A green wheat field stands in contrast to that of a bright yellow canola field growing near Forrest.Bruce Bumstead
A group of youth play a game of pick-up basketball on the courts at Linden Lanes school.Bruce Bumstead
A Delaware Skipper butterfly rests on a flower near the Spirit Sands trail in Spruce Woods Provincial Park.Bruce Bumstead
A trio of friends from Brandon spend get the lines set up on on the ice on Lake Wahtopanah, near Rivers, Man., on Jan. 2, 2012.Bruce Bumstead
Evening sunset at Kakabeka Falls, often referred to as “Niagara of the North” outside of Thunder Bay.Bruce Bumstead
A Canada goose takes to the air from the open water on the Little Saskatchewan River, down stream from the dam at Lake Minnedosa.Bruce Bumstead
The moon is silhouetted in front of the sun as a red winded black bird sits perched on an old piece of farm equipment during the last partial solar eclipse in Brandon, in May 2012.Bruce Bumstead
Gulls and snow geese take flight from a large wetland area near Maple Leaf Foods.Bruce Bumstead
A Swainson's hawk sits perched on a fence post along a grid road west of Brandon.Bruce Bumstead
The ice-cleaning duties fell upon Team Black following a scrimmage loss to Team Gold during an open-air hockey practice for the Brandon Wheat Kings at the West End Community Centre.Bruce Bumstead
Lt.-Col. Michael Wright, commanding officer, 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, leads his soldiers on parade at City Hall during the Freedom of the City ceremony.Bruce Bumstead
Spotlights follow Johnny Reid as he makes his way through the crowd at Westman Place.Bruce Bumstead
Spotlights follow Johnny Reid as he makes his way through the crowd at Westman Place.Bruce Bumstead
Henry Lawrence has been fighting a loosing battle with asbestosis which has affected his lungs and mobility.Bruce Bumstead
Jannelle Tacan kisses her new born daughter, Tacoah Tacan-Bone, in the neo-natal unit at the Brandon Regional Health Centre on Jan. 2, 2012. Tacoah was the New Year's baby born at the BRHC.Bruce Bumstead
Madison McLay, 4, smiles as the leaves fall on her as she and her sister, Alexis McLay, 2, her their mother with raking the front yard of their 26th Street home.Ilarion Bonhomme sails through the air as he snakes his way past a high-flying Benny Iko during a university match-up at the new BU Healthy Living Centre.Bruce Bumstead
Lucas Canart, 6, keeps cool under the water at the outdoor Keystone Y pool. Above water, temperatures in the Wheat City hit a record 37 degrees.