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 Rempel on a roll for Neepawa
Garrett Rempel struck out 11 batters and held the Carberry Cougars to two hits as the Neepawa Tigers won their Zone 7 high school baseball semifinal 15-2 Wednesday in Carberry.
Rempel, who walked one batter in his seven innings, came around to score twice. Kyle McDonald and Riley Kolesar also
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 Virden opts for Oil Capitals
The new Virden team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League will be known as the Oil Capitals.
The Virden ownership group unveiled its new name on Wednesday, adopting red and black colours on a logo that features hockey sticks and oil pump jacks reflective of the booming industry in the area.
The
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 Vikings complete series sweep
Clark Whelpton was happy to take the ice-bucket shower from his teammates with good humour as long as he got to celebrate the win to go with it.
Whelpton earned every last cube, leading the way on the mound and at the plate, as the Vincent Massey Vikings repeated as city high school baseball...
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 Malchuk made the most of his time at RPI
Not that long ago, Joel Malchuk knew next to nothing about Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
This spring, the 23-year-old Brandonite will graduate from RPI with his master’s degree and five years of fond memories from his time with the Engineers hockey team.
After winning a national
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 New rules protect renters
The Manitoba government will require landlords to provide tenants with an estimate of future rent increases before they do extensive renovations to a building.
The new provision is one of several amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act proposed this week in a bill before the
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 Allan expels math exam
Good news for kids heading into Grade 12 this fall -- Education Minister Nancy Allan is subtracting the provincial math test.
The test, usually worth 30 per cent of a student's final math mark, will be replaced next year by course work.
That's just one effect of a plan to strengthen the
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 Seven years for beating friend to death at drinking party
IT was supposed to be a fun-filled long weekend in Winnipeg. But the addition of alcohol -- lots of it -- quickly turned the mood from festive to tragic.
Arnold Harper, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday for beating his friend to death during a May 2011 party at a downtown hotel.
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 Possible Strand conflict probed by city
Brandon’s city clerk’s office has now requested a legal opinion on whether Mayor Shari Decter Hirst has breached conflict of interest legislation with regards to the Strand Theatre project.
“We wanted some legal advice with respect to whether Her Worship was in fact, as head of
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 Fatal accident near Virden
RCMP are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at Highway 257 and PR 252, about 13 kilometres west of Virden Wednesday evening.
The highway was shut down around 8 p.m. after a collision between a dirt bike and a vehicle.
The male driver of the dirt bike was killed. The highway was...
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 Forrest residents should boil water
A boil water advisory was issued by the Medical Officer of Health, Manitoba Health and the Office of Drinking Water, Manitoba Water Stewardship May 16 for the Rural Municipality of Elton.
Residents in Forrest who are hooked up to the water system are being advised to boil their water.
The water
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 Quebec announces emergency law to restore order, more windows get smashed
MONTREAL - Legislation could be introduced as early as today in Quebec aimed at quelling student protests which have rocked the province for the past three months.
While sticking to his planned tuition hikes, Premier Jean Charest said he would table emergency legislation aimed at ending the
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 Criticism prompts museum to raise age of admission for sex exhibit
OTTAWA - Canada’s Science and Technology Museum has abruptly raised the age limit for a controversial sex exhibit amid calls to have the exhibit shut down.
The move follows concerns raised by Heritage Minister James Moore's office and dozens of complaints about the exhibit called
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 Transgender contestant to make history with Miss Universe Canada contest
TORONTO - Jenna Talackova is set to make history as the first-ever transgendered contestant to compete at the Miss Universe Canada pageant.
The Vancouver beauty, who was born a man but underwent sex-change surgery four years ago, is among 62 contenders vying for the crown.
It all starts tonight
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 Fred Green resigns as CEO of Canadian Pacific
CALGARY - A months-long battle between the leaders of Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) and its largest shareholder resulted in the resignation of CP chief executive Fred Green on Thursday shortly before the company's annual meeting.
The departure of Green and five other CP directors, announced...
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 Police confirm body in river was missing man
City police have confirmed that a body found in the Assiniboine River is that of a man who was reported missing three weeks before.
On April 21, a man walked out to the cement ledge at the dam near Dinsdale Park, sat down and pushed himself into the water. According to witnesses, he was last
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 Let's Do Something - May 17, 2012
Thursday (May 17)
• 6 p.m. — Crusin’ the Dub gets an early start with cruise night in downtown Brandon on Rosser Avenue between Sixth and 13th Streets. People wishing to show their vehicles are encouraged to enter the event at the intersection of Rosser Avenue and 13th Streets.
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 Trucks pulled out of service during inspection
A couple of commercial trucks were pulled off the road on Wednesday for having faulty brakes and an insecure load — and one driver was sent to jail for an alleged immigration violation.
Despite that, city police said that, in general, the trucks and cars pulled over for a random inspection
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 Cleanup slow process
SOURIS — The flood of 2011 has left a lasting impact on the town of Souris, with efforts now shifted to cleanup and restoration.
“Everywhere you look where we had water, it still looks like the water just left,” said Sven Kreusch, the town’s emergency measures
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 Holiday closings -- Victoria Day weekend
The Brandon Sun would like to wish readers a happy and safe Victoria Day long weekend.
Here's a list of operating hours for some businesses and important services this holiday weekend:
Your newspaper
o The Brandon Sun won't publish on Monday, but returns on Tuesday.
City of Brandon
o The
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