Brandon News

Canada's Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa March 6, 2012.

If you listened to someone called "the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food" this week, you might think Canada is one sea-to-sea Dickensian workhouse where people go begging for food.

Drugmaker Pfizer's restructuring of its estrogen extraction plant at Brandon, Man.

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However, the timing of some of the cuts seems to ignore the impending needs of a new generation of citizen-soldiers. Cuts to the budget of Veterans Affairs Canada affect one-to-one care that veterans are receiving.

A two vehicle collision on Tuesday morning just south of Bagot claimed the life of a 21-year-old Brandon man when his car crashed head on with a semi.

Cellist Brian Yoon travelled a long distance to capture top spot at the Eckhardt-Gramatt National Music Competition yesterday at the Lorne Watson Recital Hall at Brandon University.

A former youth worker accused of sexually assaulting boys in Brandon, Man., in the 1980s has been arrested in Spain this week, about two years after he went missing.

The federal government is fooling itself if it believes that veterans will increasingly want to go online or on the phone to access services they need, department staff said Tuesday.

Duane Lacquette, 21, was killed in a home in Brandon, Man., on Jan. 16, 2010, according to police.

The Icelandic Canadian Club of Western Manitoba is holding the 93rd annual convention of the Icelandic National League of North America at the Victoria Inn in Brandon from May 3-6. Registered delegates will be arriving from across Iceland, U.S. and Canada.