Brandon Sun

The Brandon Sun is a daily newspaper published from Monday to Saturday in Brandon, Manitoba. It serves as the main newspaper for western Manitoba, offering in-depth coverage of politics, crime, business, and sports. Additionally, the Brandon Sun releases a weekly Community News Edition, which includes local columns and event listings, and is distributed for free throughout the city.

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Man charged with arson after authorities say he sparked New Jersey Pine Barrens blaze

16 hours ago | brandonsun.com | Bruce Shipkowski

CHATSWORTH, N.J. (AP) — A man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey's Pine Barrens, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting the air quality in the New York City area, authorities said Thursday. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement.
Mediators work on proposal for a long-term truce as Israeli strike on Gaza kills 23

1 day ago | brandonsun.com | Wafaa Shurafa |Samy Magdy

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The death toll from an overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City has risen to 23, a health official said Wednesday. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Already have an account?
‘Star Wars’ fans wave lightsabers as an upcoming film gets announced in Japan

6 days ago | brandonsun.com | Yuri Kageyama

CHIBA, Japan (AP) — The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a “Star Wars” event on Friday where Lucasfilm announced that the next installation in the franchise will hit theaters in May 2027 starring Ryan Gosling. Appearing on stage before a lightsaber-waving crowd at Makuhari Messe center outside Tokyo, Gosling showed a photo of his childhood bedsheets, plastered with illustrations from the space epic created by George Lucas.
Maryland Sen. Van Hollen says he was denied entry to prison where Kilman Abrego Garcia is held

1 week ago | brandonsun.com | Yolanda Magaña |Mary Clare Jalonick |Matthew Brown
Municipal CAOs seek regulation for profession

1 week ago | brandonsun.com | Tyler Searle

WINNIPEG — The group representing municipal administrators is urging the province to create a regulatory body for the profession, warning of a “critical human resource crunch” as a chunk of the workforce prepares to retire. About 300 members from the Manitoba Municipal Administrators participated in a recent survey that found one-third of respondents are planning to leave their positions within five years, and nearly 60 per cent within a decade.
Dakota Plains First Nation

1 week ago | brandonsun.com | Erik Pindera

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba chief appeared in a Saskatchewan court Tuesday on sexual assault charges in relation to incidents that allegedly occurred at a hotel last year. Donald Smoke, 53, of Portage la Prairie was charged with two counts of sexual assault in February, by RCMP in Kindersley, Sask., a town about 200 kilometres of southwest of Saskatoon. Smoke is hereditary chief of Dakota Plains, a First Nation of just about 300 people southwest of Portage la Prairie.
Opinion: Global power struggle reaches outer space

1 week ago | brandonsun.com | Kyle Hiebert

There are rumblings that Elon Musk — ever more a political liability — could exit the Trump administration soon. Indeed, his special government employee status already expires in late May. Yet even if he leaves, the tech tycoon will retain outsize influence over the White House. One reason: Musk’s company SpaceX is America’s biggest asset in the growing space race.
Players grew in 2024-25 WHL campaign

1 week ago | brandonsun.com | Perry Bergson

If adversity was baloney, the Brandon Wheat Kings would be making sandwiches for everybody. The team lost around 225 man games to injury this season, and a couple dozen more to other absences like world juniors. Still, they managed to compile a 38-23-4-3 record despite playing multiple nights with a short bench bolstered by callups.
Province sees rise in ‘critical incidents’

1 week ago | brandonsun.com | Chris Kitching

WINNIPEG — A client died after becoming entrapped in a bed rail and a patient suffered a fatal injury after leaving a Manitoba hospital emergency department without being seen. The two deaths were among 37 critical incidents that occurred in health-care settings, such as hospitals and personal-care homes, between July 1 and Sept. 30, 2024, the province’s latest quarterly report said. In all, 11 people died and 26 suffered a “major” injury.
Province cashes in on industrial carbon tax

1 week ago | brandonsun.com | Erik Pindera

WINNIPEG — The consumer carbon tax is gone, but Ottawa continues to charge big industrial polluters, to Manitoba’s benefit. The province is receiving $26.4 million over the next five years from the federal output-based pricing system that applies in Manitoba, and returns carbon-pollution proceeds to their jurisdiction of origin. In March, Manitoba signed a bilateral agreement to receive a portion of funds collected by the Canadian government from large industrial emitters in the province.