Around 100 people attended a public town hall meeting in Brandon Thursday evening at the Backyard on Aberdeen featuring both Mayor Jeff Fawcett and Brandon East MLA Glen Simard. Topics ranged from infrastructure and housing to public safety and health-care. Simard also said the Maryland School expansion is expected to be completed in 2026 increasing student capacity from 450 to 900.
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Brandon School Division has received over one million dollars to provide meals and snacks to students. The funding is part of the NDP government’s $30-million universal school nutrition program which local school board members say will address a critical need among students.
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The federal cap on international students could lead to higher university and college tuition fees for domestic students, and Manitoba premier Wab Kinew wants Ottawa to help keep that from happening. He says international students pay higher fees, and to make up the shortfall, Manitoba students could end up paying more.
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The City of Brandon is modifying a program aimed at dealing with lead found in the water in parts of the city. Some older homes and businesses have higher than normal levels due to lead solder used for indoor plumbing until 1990. The city says it’ll bump up a rebate to install lead-removing filters from $100 to $250.
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The City of Brandon is taking part in a national effort this October to measure homelessness. The data collected by the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation will help local agencies, and the government, refine their approaches to funding programs and services.
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Brandon University art professor Lisa Wood is looking for nude models. Wood says four people are needed to pose nude for students in her ‘figure drawing class’ on Thursdays from 2 to 5 pm – and it pays $25-dollars a hour. Wood says the students don’t care about your body – they’re simply learning to draw.
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and there’s a new trend taking over the internet – ‘silent walking’. You leave behind your music, your phone…and anything else that might divert your attention from the natural surroundings. Some say they feel more connected to their bodies and to the sounds of nature. Others say, ‘it ain’t ‘silent walking’ – it’s just called walking.
