Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition November 22, 2014 In a time when all signs point to bolstering the population downtown as a revitalization tool, you have to wonder why a concept to make the property at Ninth Street and Princess Avenue greenspace made it as far as it did. ...
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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 ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition November 1, 2014 It’s well past high noon — and to say the very least this has not been a good couple of weeks for “Today’s NDP.” Slumping numbers, calls for the premier’s job, a pair of trouncings for known NDP members in civic mayoral elections and a handful of high-ranking NDP MLAs speaking out against their captain in the media is just ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition October 25, 2014 Well, nobody ever said it would be easy. As the dust settles from Wednesday’s municipal election, Rick Chrest will trade offices from his west-end business to the heart of the city for the next four years. The former city councillor’s ascension to becoming the city’s quarterback has been in the making the better part of the past year, culminating in ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition October 18, 2014 Members of the Manitoba legislature are not short on ideas for spending the increased PST that came into effect under the Selinger government. From Tory promises to scrap it to NDP reaffirmations of its value to Manitobans, MLAs throughout the legislature and staffers within the parties have spent plenty of time crafting their response to the political dynamite that the ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 27, 2014 The winding journey that was the life of the new civic services complex downtown seems to have written what is hopefully the final chapter, as the city is poised to move some planning and community services to the newly renovated structure at the corner of Seventh Street and Princess Avenue. ...
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