The Province and Ottawa have announced close to $77-million dollars in funding for water and wastewater projects. The goal is to improve infrastructure to allow for more home construction. Projects in Brandon and Boissevain will get a total of $28.5 million.
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A new report into the schools in Brandon School Division has pointed out the obvious – most of the buildings are pretty old. 75-percent are 50 years or older…only one is under 35. New Era is the oldest, built in 1906. The report also outlined the division’s maintenance strategy – most of the work is fixing unexpected problems like plumbing leaks.
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Farm equipment supplier AgWest is reportedly close to finishing its expansion in Brandon. Its new facility is expected to open on January 1st. AgWest’s new location will more than triple the company’s current shop and support space – and there are plans to hire more employees.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce new plans for Canada’s steel industry today. Steel imports from countries we don’t have free trade deals with will be cut from 50-percent to 20. This will allow our own steel producers to meet the demand instead, which will bring in about $854 million dollars.
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Premier Wab Kinew has a plan to crackdown on the meth trade. He wants to set up a group to help police fight the distribution of the drug, something he alluded to in the recent Throne Speech. Few details have been released so far, but Kinew promised new provincial resources for the plan.
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The final report on the Red Dress Alert program is calling for it to be implemented in Manitoba no later than next June. The alert, similar to an Amber Alert, would send out notifications about missing Indigenous women and two-spirited persons. If approved, the project could be implemented nationally.
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World champion curler and broadcaster Colleen Jones died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. She was 65. Jones won six national titles, including four in a row from 2001 to 2004, two world championships and one world senior championship. Jones, a native of Halifax, was also named to the Order of Canada in 2022.
