EDMONTON – Prime Minister Mark Carney continues his pro-Canada campaign in Alberta as the clock ticks down to a referendum on whether the province should break up with Confederation. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb

OTTAWA – Former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland says it’s important for national security reasons that Canada do everything it can to diversify trade away from the United States. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

For the second day in a row, the federal government is announcing plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to train more skilled workers in Canada. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

WINNIPEG – A First Nations ceremony consisting of prayer, smudging sage and sweetgrass, and a drum song closed out a lengthy inquest on Thursday into the fatal police shooting of a 16-year-old Ojibwa girl in Winnipeg. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb

OTTAWA – Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds aerial aerobatics team are set to perform their final air show Friday in Moose Jaw, Sask., before their decades-old Tutor jets head into retirement. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb

A small number of ballots were rejected from a vote-counting machine during the first advance polls in Brandon on Wednesday. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb

Outgoing Brandon Coun. Glen Parker plans to bring forward a motion at his final council meeting on Monday for staff to look at lighting up Rideau Park. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb

WINNIPEG — Revenue from the province’s new electricity levy on cryptocurrency businesses and large AI data centres will go toward offsetting residential bills, rather than the coffers of cash-strapped Manitoba Hydro. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb

Brandon city council has given first reading to a bylaw that would pave the way for informal council “educational sessions.” www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb

Former City of Brandon employees have been raising concerns over payroll discrepancies and staffing issues for more than a year, the Sun has learned. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb

A tough season for the Crocus Plains varsity football team in the Winnipeg High School Football League continued with a brutal 70-0 loss to the undefeated Oak Park Raiders at Neelin on Thursday. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2026/... #bdnmb

Today's editorial page cartoon. #bdnmb #Alberta #referendum

TORONTO – Joni Mitchell may have just become an American citizen, but she insists she’ll never stop being Canadian. #bdnmb www.brandonsun.com/entertainmen...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia on Thursday defended her legal background and justified her truncated inaugural briefing as she navigates a rocky first week as the president’s chief spokeswoman. www.brandonsun.com/entertainmen... #bdnmb

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The Virden Oil Capitals sit atop the Manitoba Junior Hockey League standings and are rapidly climbing the Canadian Junior Hockey League rankings thanks to a seven-game winning streak to start the 2026-27 season. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2026/... #bdnmb

NEEPAWA — The Waywayseecappo Wolverines defeated the Neepawa Titans 6-1 on Tuesday night to take the top spot in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League away from their divisional rival the Virden Oil Capitals. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2026/... #bdnmb

The Assiniboine College Cougars know how hard it is to climb to the top. They inched their way up year by year until finally winning the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference women’s volleyball title last season. www.brandonsun.com/sports/2026/... #bdnmb

SEATTLE – A grand jury in Washington state has indicted an alleged co-conspirator in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/1... #bdnmb

CALGARY – The silence from many Alberta business leaders on the upcoming provincial referendum comes as no surprise to one corporate governance expert. www.brandonsun.com/business/202... #bdnmb