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Province leaving holes in BSD budget

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition February 21, 2015 Budgeting for one of the largest employers in the city while serving a “client base” of more than 8,000 members can be tricky business. It is often the job of CEOs and financial managers in companies and comes with a level of pay befitting the responsibilities associated with that task. It is also a job many communities such as ours ...

Adams has a long road ahead

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition February 14, 2015 Eve Adams sure knows how to make a splash. In a whirlwind, she has gone from a tarnished MP in the ranks of Stephen Harper’s Conservatives to the shiniest new member of Team Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada. ...

Severance disclosure a triumph for Tories

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition February 7, 2015 It must feel pretty good to be in Brian Pallister’s shoes right now. Coming off polls that continue to place him post-election as the heir apparent to the premier’s chair, a freedom of information request has come to light pointing out the close to $150,000 in severance pay made to Premier Greg Selinger’s former chief of staff. ...

Dedicated fund for Keystone makes sense

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition January 30, 2015 When the residents of this city are asked what they believe is the single most important economic driver for the community, many will point squarely at the Keystone Centre. ...

CentreVenture review could have local implications

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition January 24, 2015 As the land deal for a hotel near Winnipeg’s Convention Centre begins to unravel, some of the overarching implications of an impending CentreVenture internal review has placed the downtown development group in the crosshairs of Winnipeg’s new mayor, Brian Bowman. ...

Witnessing the effect of falling oil prices

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition January 16, 2015 As the price of gas continues to drop, many of us happily top up tanks that just a few short months ago may have required financial assistance to fill. Without a doubt, the trip to the pump has been easier on the pocketbook, and for the most part is not seen as a problem by those not directly connected to ...