Was working on a project for a family member and came across this footage of Brandon in 1956. The video shows the driver coming down First Street. ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition August 19, 2016 As David Suzuki once said, he is in the twilight of his life — the “death zone” as he calls it — so he has little fear in challenging the establishment. The aged scientist and television host, in his never-ending quest to support a cleaner environment, launched a movement to integrate ecological and environmental change. That movement sought to drive ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition Aug. 6. 2016 It may have taken more time than many had hoped, but the Liberals are doing what they promised. A panel of commissioners are in place to move forward on the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women in this country. There has been an appetite in Canada for some time to examine why there was — and continues to ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 22, 2016 Close to six months ago I sat in front of this same, well-worn keyboard putting together a column in response to a tweet from WestJet’s Calgary office. The airline had announced that four times weekly it would provide service from Brandon to Toronto, on a trial basis, beginning in early July. Residents of this region would have the opportunity to ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 2, 2016 “If you want to be a super right-wing conservative Christian, then go and do that, but don’t spread the hate. Just accept that everyone is going to do their thing and accept that if people want to host a big parade with a bunch of rainbows, then they are going to do that.” —Brandon University Students’ Union president Nick Brown ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition March 12, 2016 “When eating an elephant take one bite at a time” U.S. general Creighton Abrams once mused while tackling a particularly difficult situation during the Vietnam war. In the long sought after revitalization of our city’s downtown this analogy may be suit our city’s approach to urban revitalization. Eat slowly, and when the opportunity presents itself it, eat plenty. But never, ...
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