Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition November 15, 2014 You had to know it was coming. Westman has officially kicked the holiday season into high gear and you can already feel the amped-up anticipation of the impending candy-cane hangovers all around us. The look of storefronts changes as shops peddle their holiday wares, downtown streets take on an extra glow with some colourful lights and the festive season gets ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition October 4, 2014 Just as fortunes began to look up for Premier Greg Selinger, a revelation by Progressive Conservative MLA Kelvin Goertzen has left the NDP cancelling its order for rose-coloured glasses while the Tories smell blood in the proverbial political waters. ...
It was an announcement many in the community had hoped would come for a long time. But for a select few in the political realm — where timing is everything — the airport renovation project hit smack dab in the centre of a political target they had been aiming for, buoying their fortunes for the foreseeable future. Few can dispute that our airport is a mere shadow of some of ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 19, 2014 For anyone who reads this column, it is not often I laud the work of the Harper government or its members. For the most part, I find the combative approach of this government over the past decade to be more than a little off-putting. Canadians have had their doubts at times with the politicians representing them, and our local political ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 11, 2014 “City at its best during difficult time…” As another storm ripped through Brandon last weekend, many weather-weary city staff and residents once again took up the charge to protect the city. The hammering our region has taken over the past three weeks is unprecedented, but the reaction by residents and civic officials is a true show of the character present ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 5, 2014 The names continue to trickle in as potential candidates register for the big run. Having been there myself, both at a civic level and then provincially, it is an exciting time and as a candidate you want to instantly go madly off in a plethora of different directions. Pamphlets are designed, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts begin to pop up, ...
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