Brandon's 2022 budget calls for a 6.9% property tax increase, Brandon Keystone Centre posted a modest surplus in 2021, you'll no longer receive COVID contact tracing notifications from your children's schools, and Brandon police arrested 4 people to end a drug trafficking investigation. These stories and more in today's update.

BSD working on a remote-learning option for kindergarten to Grade 8 students, health orders have forced Manitoba Potato Production Days to cancel in Brandon this month, no 'unvaxxed tax' in Manitoba just yet, Brandon liquor stores to start charging for paper bags next month, and a Dauphin Beach man hit it big on the lottery. These stories and more in today's update.  

Could this work in Manitoba? Quebec wants to tax the un-vaxxed, MB Liquor & Lotteries is looking to expand online gaming, Brandon police warn about another phone scam, and Brandon's cross-country ski and snowmobile trails have opened. These stories and more in today's update 

COVID outbreaks have been declared at Brandon and Neepawa hospitals, the province is not extending remote-learning beyond this week, the NDP are suggesting a one-time payment for families to help cover the costs of at-home schooling, Canada Post is dealing with COVID staff shortages - and Huzzah! The luxury car market had a banner year in 2021. These stories and more in today's update.

MB COVID health orders have been extended until Feb 1, there are COVID outbreaks at two Brandon personal care homes, the paramedic shortage in Westman is burning out those still on the job, cockroaches are getting tougher, and scientists got a closer look at that cube-shaped object on the moon. These stories and more in today's update. 

Brandon pharmacists urge those with COVID symptoms to visit a provincial test site rather than pharmacies, Stony Mountain prison officials seized a package from a 'Bad Santa', a blow to short-term rental businesses near Riding Mountain Park, and applications are now open for the horse competitions at the upcoming Royal Manitoba Winter Fair in Brandon. These stories and more in today's update.

Rapid tests instead of PCR tests now at Brandon's COVID test sites, Brandon police have some officers off work due to COVID unlike Winnipeg police who've declared a state of emergency, gas prices have been pretty steady in Brandon while in Vancouver they might see $1.71.9-a-litre today, and Leon's, which has a store in Brandon, changed the name of one of its products after seeing a Manitoba man's Tweet. These stories and more in today's update. 

Brandon liquor marts are expecting some KN-95 masks this week, a Brandon teacher faces sex charges involving a teenage student in 2010, Ottawa has announced a multi-billion dollar compensation plan for First Nations children and their families, and Westman farmers will love a new John Deere tractor showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.  

Brandon has 1,033 active COVID cases, Manitoba teachers are calling for a return to remote-learning as COVID cases rise, a report from the Brandon Riverbank Discovery Centre at city council tonight, and the speed limit on Durum Drive in Brandon is now 40 k-an-hour down from 50. These stories and more in today's update. 

Brandon is getting federal money to expand and create COVID isolation sites, Brandon West MLA Reg Helwer has been appointed infrastructure minister taking over from Ron Schuler, Brandon's Sportsplex pool reopens today, and MPI rebate cheques will average $328 when they arrive in your mailbox in mid-February. These stories and more in today's update.