Posted by Brian Schultz As the Winnipeg Blue Bombers travel west this weekend for the Labour Day Classic in Regina, a few members of the team will make a stop in Brandon first. The Bombers will be at the McDonald’s at 1907 Richmond Avenue on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Long-snapper Chris Cvetkovic, [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein A low-speed, electric utility vehicle will soon be roaming the campus of the University of Winnipeg after a new partnership between the university and the province was announced on Wednesday. The U of W will test the vehicle for limited access to local streets and other vehicle and pedestrian traffic corridors. [...]

The town of Melita needs help naming its 30-foot-tall banana statue that represents the town’s location in southwestern Manitoba’s “Banana Belt” region. The Melita and Area Tourism Committee launched the “Name Our Banana” contest on Tuesday to help find suitable names for the bright yellow fruit. Also needing a name is the blue jay that [...]

A 32-year-old man from McLean, Saskatchewan died on Sunday in a workplace accident near Virden in the RM of Pipestone. RCMP say the man was working at an oil drilling site with large metal pipes when the load shifted. The man was pinned between them before being freed by coworkers. He was transferred to Virden [...]

People in Shamattawa had the unusual sighting of spotting of a polar bear in town over the weekend. RCMP say at around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, a lone polar bear was found swimming in the river. Police launched a patrol boat to monitor the animal until darkness fell, when it left the area. “The bear [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland A former Winnipegger-turned-actor who now resides in Los Angeles raised over $8,000 earlier this month during his walk from Winkler to Winnipeg. Steve Braun began the 150 km walk on August 17 in support of two women’s shelters in the province. Walk For The Shelters took Braun roughly five days to [...]

Posted by David Klassen An 11-year-old Portage la Prairie boy died Friday afternoon after the four-wheel ATV he and another 11-year-old boy were riding on overturned. RCMP were called to a farm property just east of Portage la Prairie at about 3:30 p.m. where they found the boy trapped underneath the vehicle he was operating. [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein Fire up the barbeque and start thawing out the meat, this is one event anyone with an appetite won’t want to miss. The 4th Annual Manitoba Open Barbeque Championship begins today until Sunday in Morden and puts grillers against each other to see who can serve up the best piece of [...]

Construction crews in Brandon punctured a gas line late Friday morning in the 1500 block of Richmond Avenue, sending natural gas spewing into the air. Police cordoned off eight city blocks from 10th Street to 18th Street while Manitoba Hydro worked to contain the leak. Watch (courtesy of our partners at iTVBrandon.com):

The provincial government is investing to protect homes, farms and businesses throughout Manitoba from flooding with a $17.5 million program to fund flood mitigation projects over the next five years. The 2010 Manitoba Individual Flood Proofing Initiative includes $9.8 million in financial assistance for the owners to flood proof their buildings and structures up to [...]

A 58-year-old man died on the job Tuesday after falling from a power pole on a construction site. The accident happened at Vanderveens’ Greenhouses in the RM of Dufferin just before 11:30 a.m. RCMP say the man was an electrical contractor who was unhooking hydro lines at the time. The pole he was working on [...]

Who said finding work in Brandon’s television industry wasn’t an option? Actually, many people said that, but that was after CKX closed. CTV has given hope to at least one lucky person who snags the job as a photojournalist in Brandon. The station posted the position this week on Workopolis and states the successful candidate [...]