Author Archives: Rob Mahon

With wildfire danger continuing to be in the high to very high range for much of the province, and with the number of active wildfires still well over 100, the provincial government has extended the S...

In his interviews, Giorgos Pantelas is thoughtful, honest, often self-deprecating, and seemingly immune to the cliches that define so much of hockey discourse. So when he says he was surprised to make...

If you need to register or update your information to vote in the coming provincial byelection in Spruce Woods, you have until tomorrow to do so in order to make sure you get your voter information ca...

Ten days after a shooting on Keeseekoowenin First Nation that killed a 33-year-old woman and wounded a 26-year-old man, Yellowhead RCMP are releasing more details about a suspect. RCMP said they are l...

Parents of young men in their late teens and early 20s will tell you it can be tough to get them out of bed before noon in the summer. Brandon Wheat Kings forward Nicholas Johnson, however, has been b...

All summer long, the Brandon Wheat Kings had watched as their counterparts around the Western Hockey League suffered losses to the NCAA. High end scorers, top-pair defensemen, and starting goaltenders...

The Manitoba Wildfire Service advises that fire danger remains high to very high across much of the province today. A number of communities have made the decision to evacuate due to the risk of wildfi...

Dry conditions in many regions in Manitoba have been worrying farmers, and at least one WestMan community is facing conditions troubling enough to declare a state of emergency. In a post on their Face...

As the August Long Weekend approaches and Manitoba families prepare to head out on the lakes and rivers, an advocacy group is asking them to stay sober as long as they are boating. In a release, the L...

The City of Brandon has awarded the largest construction contract in its history to get things started on a new Membrane building at the Water Treatment Facility and construction has now officially be...