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PARIS (AP) — Two Renoir paintings stolen from a museum in southern France last month have been found, and six people arrested, local authorities said Friday. www.brandonsun.com/entertainmen... #bdnmb
2 Renoir paintings stolen from a French museum have been found, 6 arrested
PARIS (AP) — Two Renoir paintings stolen from a museum in southern France last month have been found, and six people arrested, local authorities said Friday.
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Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers faced pressure over U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada during a heated debate that could sway voters in a consequential midterm race where neither candidate ruled out future duties. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Michigan Republican faces pressure during heated debate on Trump's Canada tariffs
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers faced pressure over U.S. President Donald Trump
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WINNIPEG – Canadian Mennonite University says it was hit by a cyberattack that accessed the personal details of employees, as well as past and current students. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Hackers access decade worth of personal data at Canadian Mennonite University
WINNIPEG - Canadian Mennonite University says it was hit by a cyberattack that accessed the personal details of employees, as well as past and current students.
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Be prepared to be scared — or not. It’s entirely up to you as you tread trepidatiously through the Haunted Forest at Lucky Break Ranch and Tack on Mayne Road just off Highway 250 near Rivers this October. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Haunted Forest more than just thrills and chills
Be prepared to be scared — or not.
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The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years... www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Pentagon says execution will be livestreamed
WASHINGTON — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s economy posted a second consecutive month of job losses in September, pushing up the unemployment rate and offsetting what had been a hot streak for the labour market earlier in the year. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb
Canada sheds 68,000 jobs, unemployment rate up to 6.5% in September
OTTAWA - Canada’s economy posted a second consecutive month of job losses in September, pushing up the unemployment rate and offsetting what had been a hot streak for the labour market earlier in the…
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WINNIPEG — The Progressive Conservatives renewed calls to put Manitoba’s child and welfare system under the microscope Thursday, tabling a motion that urged the province to appoint a commissioner to lead a public inquiry. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Tories renew calls for CFS inquiry
WINNIPEG — The Progressive Conservatives renewed calls to put Manitoba’s child and welfare system under the microscope Thursday, tabling a motion that urged the province to appoint a commissioner to…
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Brandon police arrested a suspect on Wednesday after a girl reported she was chased by an unknown man wielding a knife while she was walking home from school. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Girl chased by man with knife during walk home from school
Brandon police arrested a suspect on Wednesday after a girl reported she was chased by an unknown man wielding a knife while she was walking home from school.
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WARD 5 Profile: Businessman Bhavesh Patel is challenging Coun. Greg Hildebrand for the Ward 5 seat. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1...
Bhavesh Patel takes on Hildebrand in Ward 5
Until election day, The Brandon Sun will be running profiles on each of the city’s 10 electoral wards, asking candidates to identify the most important problems facing their ward.
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A youth accused of severely injuring a student in a targeted sword attack at a Brandon high school detailed a “mass murder suicide plan” months before the incident, mimicking a racially motivated school killing of three immigrants in Sweden. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Youth acted on ‘mass murder suicide plan’
A youth accused of severely injuring a student in a targeted sword attack at a Brandon high school detailed a “mass murder suicide plan” months before the incident, mimicking a racially motivated…
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Amaya McLeod hopes last season was the step back she needs to leap two steps forward in 2026-27. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2026/... #bdnmb
McLeod aims for big year with Bobcats
Amaya McLeod hopes last season was the step back she needs to leap two steps forward in 2026-27.
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The latest instalment of the rivalry between the Vincent Massey Vikings and Crocus Plainsmen on Thursday afternoon will go down in history due to late-game heroics on both sides. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2026/... #bdnmb
Massey edges Crocus in wild finish
The latest instalment of the rivalry between the Vincent Massey Vikings and Crocus Plainsmen on Thursday afternoon will go down in history due to late-game heroics on both sides.
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MONTREAL – When former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne watched the results of Quebec’s election come in, she says she couldn’t help but draw parallels between herself and Christine Fréchette. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Outgoing Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette pushed off 'glass cliff' in election
MONTREAL - When former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne watched the results of Quebec’s election come in, she says she couldn’t help but draw parallels between herself and Christine Fréchette.
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Vibrant fall colours are reflected in Minnedosa Lake on a calm Thursday morning. The recent mild weather is expected to continue until Saturday and then turn cooler, with Environment Canada forecasting a high of just 8 C on Sunday and 7 C on Thanksgiving Monday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun) #bdnmb
Whole cranberry sauce is one of those pantry items you might only buy twice a year – Thanksgiving and Christmas. At both those meals, it tends to be treated like a condiment so each person might only eat a tablespoon or so. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
A few ideas for that leftover Thanksgiving cranberry sauce
Whole cranberry sauce is one of those pantry items you might only buy twice a year - Thanksgiving and Christmas. At both those meals, it tends to be treated like a condiment so each person might only…
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Rising diesel fuel costs have impacted how a Westman farmer is planning his work this autumn season. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Farmers stomach high diesel prices
Rising diesel fuel costs have impacted how a Westman farmer is planning his work this autumn season.
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Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation has installed bilingual street signs in order to promote the Dakota language and increase increase public safety. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Birdtail Sioux adds bilingual street signs with Dakota language
Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation has installed bilingual street signs in order to promote the Dakota language and increase increase public safety.
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Check out The Brandon Sun's weekly guide to events taking place in Brandon and around western Manitoba: Let's Do Something. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Let’s Do Something for Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026
For those wishing to have their item listed in upcoming editions, there is now an earlier deadline for publication, so items are needed at least two weeks in advance of the date of your event. Please…
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OTTAWA – Canada’s oil and gas sector accounted for a lower level of emissions in 2025, despite boosts in production, while the country’s overall emissions ticked up thanks to increased reliance on natural gas to heat homes. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb
Oil and gas emissions dropped in 2025 despite increased production: report
OTTAWA - Canada
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REGINA – The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan are shutting down a suggestion from U.S. tech titan Elon Musk that the two provinces should split from Canada. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Alberta, Saskatchewan premiers shut down tech titan Elon Musk's call for separation
REGINA - The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan are shutting down a suggestion from U.S. tech titan Elon Musk that the two provinces should split from Canada.
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WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s premier spoke almost exclusively in French for the third consecutive day in the legislature on Wednesday in a move welcomed by the province’s francophone community. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Premier sticks to French for third day
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s premier spoke almost exclusively in French for the third consecutive day in the legislature on Wednesday in a move welcomed by the province’s francophone community.
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WINNIPEG — Three Indigenous leaders were encouraged after discussing reconciliation and the need to confront residential school denialism with Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour, while she began her first official visit to Manitoba Wednesday. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Arbour meets with Indigenous leaders
WINNIPEG — Three Indigenous leaders were encouraged after discussing reconciliation and the need to confront residential school denialism with Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour, while she began her first…
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WINNIPEG — The premier and two New Democrat caucus members have denied they conspired to defame another politician as an excuse to oust him from the party. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Kinew, two NDP caucus members file lawsuit defence
WINNIPEG — The premier and two New Democrat caucus members have denied they conspired to defame another politician as an excuse to oust him from the party.
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The race in Ward 2 is tied for the busiest in the city, with four candidates vying for the downtown seat. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Four candidates vie for downtown ward
Until election day, The Brandon Sun will be running profiles on each of the city’s 10 electoral wards, asking candidates to identify the most important problems facing their ward.
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EDITORIAL: We’re glad to see the province actively addressing the growing ALC patient issue. But Manitoba-wide problems require Manitoba-wide solutions, and it’s more than a little disappointing to see the lack of investment in rural Manitoba on this issue. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2026... #bdnmb
Opinion: ALC patient issue needs Manitoba-wide solution
“My constituents understand members opposite may talk a big game, but they are carrying on the NDP way, ignoring rural Manitoba … Residents are far more likely to see STARS air ambulance in real life…
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for “bold and inventive” works that fuse the classical and the modern and blur the boundaries of poetry and prose. www.brandonsun.com/entertainmen... #bdnmb
Canadian author Anne Carson wins literature Nobel for 'bold and inventive' works that blend genres
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for “bold and inventive” works that fuse the classical and the modern and blur the…
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EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the fact the provincial election authority is helping voters correct errors in about 3,000 mail-in ballot packages shows the system is working. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Smith says voters' ability to fix errors in mail-in ballot packages show system works
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the fact the provincial election authority is helping voters correct errors in about 3,000 mail-in ballot packages shows the system is working.
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A Manitoba judge reserved his sentencing decision for a man accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated 14-year-old girl after he invited her back to his home when he was kicked out of a Brandon bar. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb
Crown calls for five years in ‘major sexual assault’
A Manitoba judge reserved his sentencing decision for a man accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated 14-year-old girl after he invited her back to his home when he was kicked out of a Brandon…
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