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Brandon Manitoba, a city in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. The surrounding area is often referred to as "Westman". Image File history File links Download high resolution version (509x720, 16 KB) Summary Location of Brandon, Manitoba Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Brandon, Manitoba ...
Map of Canada As shown by the map to the left, the North American nation of Canada is a federation which consists of ten provinces that, together with three territories, make up the worlds second largest country in total area. ...
Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 15, 1870 (5th...
Westman is the name given to the Southwestern area of the province of Manitoba, Canada. ...
Dave Burgess is a politician in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, and has been mayor of the city since 2002. ...
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is located in central Winnipeg, at the meeting point of the Wolseley and Fort Rouge ridings. ...
Scott Smith is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ...
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is located in central Winnipeg, at the meeting point of the Wolseley and Fort Rouge ridings. ...
Drew Caldwell (born April 10, 1960 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ...
The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ...
Brandon—Souris is the name of a federal electoral district in Canada. ...
Mervin Tweed, MP (born August 6, 1955 in Medora, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ...
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Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ...
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Daylight saving time around the world DST used DST no longer used DST never used Daylight saving time (DST), also summer time in British English, is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. ...
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Area code 204 is the telephone area code in the Canadian province of Manitoba, encompassing the whole province. ...
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Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 15, 1870 (5th...
Westman is the name given to the Southwestern area of the province of Manitoba, Canada. ...
The city started as a major junction on the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Assiniboine River and was then incorporated in 1882. An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ...
Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Brandon, the second largest city and service centre in Manitoba behind Winnipeg, is a major hub for the surrounding agricultural area, with a trading area population sometimes estimated between 70,000 and 100,000 people. Brandon's industry reflects its agricultural history; its major industries are related to agriculture and include fertilizer and hog processing plants, as well as retail and government services for the surrounding area of Westman. Brandon is also home to Brandon University and Assiniboine Community College. Nickname: The Peg City, Slurpee Capital, Winterpeg, Portage and Main, The 204 Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Manitoba Region Winnipeg Capital Region Established, 1738 (Fort Rouge) Renamed 1822 (Fort Garry) Incorporated 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Government - City Mayor Sam Katz...
Brandon University is a Canadian university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba with an enrolment of 3383 (2005) full-time and part-time students. ...
Assiniboine Community College is a post-secondary trade college in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. ...
The main political representatives of Brandon are: Brandon's Army Reserve unit is 26th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery and the Canadian warship HMCS Brandon was named after the city. Dave Burgess is a politician in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, and has been mayor of the city since 2002. ...
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The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is located in central Winnipeg, at the meeting point of the Wolseley and Fort Rouge ridings. ...
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is located in central Winnipeg, at the meeting point of the Wolseley and Fort Rouge ridings. ...
The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ...
Mervin Tweed, MP (born August 6, 1955 in Medora, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ...
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The 26th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery is a Canadian Forces militia (Reservist) artillery regiment located in Brandon, Manitoba. ...
HMCS Brandon on a joint minesweeping exercise with the USN. HMCS Brandon and CH-149 Cormorant HMCS Brandon is a Canadian Kingston-class maritime coastal defence vessel. ...
Sports
Brandon is currently home to the following amateur sports teams: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 835 KB) The Keystone Centre in Brandon, MB. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 835 KB) The Keystone Centre in Brandon, MB. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The Keystone Centre is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Brandon, Manitoba Canada. ...
The Provicial Exhibition of Manitoba is an organization in Brandon, Manitoba that produces that citys three annual fairs. ...
Canad Inns is a chain of hotels headquarted in Canada. ...
Brandon has hosted many curling events, including: Brandon University is a Canadian university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba with an enrolment of 3383 (2005) full-time and part-time students. ...
Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ...
Brandon University is a Canadian university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba with an enrolment of 3383 (2005) full-time and part-time students. ...
Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ...
The Brandon Wheat Kings are a Canadian ice hockey team based in Brandon, Manitoba. ...
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
The Western Hockey League is one of the three hockey Major Junior Tier I leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. ...
- The Brier - the Canadian Men's Curling Championship in 1963 and 1982
- The Scott Tournament of Hearts - the Canadian Women's Championship in 1993 and 2002
- 1995 World Curling Championship - Men's and Women's Championship
- 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials - the first ever Canadian trials after curling became an official Olympic Sport
The Tim Hortons Brier is an annual professional Canadian mens curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association. ...
Scott Tournament of Hearts is an annual professional Canadian women curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association. ...
The Ford World Curling Championship is an annual curling event which showcases the worlds best curlers. ...
Events and Exhibitions - The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba is a non-profit organization established in 1872, which is now housed at the city's extensive Keystone Centre complex. It hosts the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, Manitoba Summer Fair, Manitoba Livestock Expo, and other events.
- AgDays - Canada's largest indoor Agricultural Trade Show and Program, and one of the premier shows of its kind in North America. Held in mid January each year at Brandon's Keystone Centre.
The Provicial Exhibition of Manitoba is an organization in Brandon, Manitoba that produces that citys three annual fairs. ...
The Keystone Centre is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Brandon, Manitoba Canada. ...
Media Newspapers - Brandon has two regular local newspapers. The Brandon Sun is a daily paper, and the Wheat City Journal is a weekly paper. The Sun also produces two "community" editions that are distributed throughout Westman on Thursdays and Sundays.
The Brandon Sun a daily newspaper printed in Brandon, Manitoba. ...
The Wheat City Journal is a weekly community newspaper printed in Brandon, Manitoba. ...
Radio Stations FM Native Communications Inc. ...
CBW-FM is the callsign the CBC Radio Two station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...
CBC Radio Two is an FM radio network in Canada, operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ...
Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ...
Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ...
CKX is the call sign of a radio station operating in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. ...
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in Canada and the United States. ...
CBW is the callsign of the CBC Radio One station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ...
CKSB is the callsign of two radio stations in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which broadcast the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations French language radio networks. ...
La Première Chaîne is the news and information service of la Société Radio-Canada, the French-language public broadcaster in Canada. ...
CKXA is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 101. ...
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Assiniboine Community College is a post-secondary trade college in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. ...
Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. ...
AM CKLQ is an AM radio station serving Brandon, Manitoba and the surrounding area. ...
The Brandon Wheat Kings are a Canadian ice hockey team based in Brandon, Manitoba. ...
Television Stations - Channel 2 - CKND-2 - Global, a repeater of Global Winnipeg. Local commercials inserted by CKX
- Channel 4 - CKYB - CTV, a repeater of CKY-TV Winnipeg. Local commercials inserted by CKX
- Channel 5 - CKX - CHUM/CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation affiliate)
- Channel 21 - CBWFT - Societé Radio-Canada, a repeater of CBWFT Winnipeg.
CKND is a television station which broadcasts out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...
Global Television and Global TV redirect here. ...
CKY-TV (also commonly known as CTV Winnipeg) is a television station based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and owned by Bell Globemedia. ...
CTV is a TLA that may stand for: CTV Television Network - a Canadian English language television network Channel Television - the main television broadcaster in the Channel Islands Chukyo TV. Broadcasting - a Japanese TV station in Nagoya This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that...
CKX is a television station in Brandon, Manitoba affiliated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ...
CHUM Limited is a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countryâs national public radio and television broadcaster. ...
CBWFT is the Societé Radio-Canada French language television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countryâs national public radio and television broadcaster. ...
Web Portals Westman is the name given to the Southwestern area of the province of Manitoba, Canada. ...
Westman Communications Group is the operating name of Westman Media Co-operative. ...
Transportation
The Riverbank Discovery Centre - Brandon has an extensive roadway system like most modern cities.
- Taxi service is available from numerous local taxi companies.
- The city of Brandon runs Brandon Transit, which provides daily bus service throughout the city. The system is comprised of 11 routes that operate only six days a week. (Monday to Saturday)
- Brandon is serviced by the Brandon Airport, a municipal airport.
- Brandon has an extensive system of walking / bike trails throughout the city. The trails are paved and divided like roads for two-way traffic.
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 850 KB) The Riverbank Discovery Centre in Brandon, MB, Canada. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 850 KB) The Riverbank Discovery Centre in Brandon, MB, Canada. ...
The Brandon Airport, (IATA: YBR, ICAO: CYBR) also known as McGill Field is a municipal airport located 1. ...
Music and the Arts - Brandon hosts the Brandon Festival of the Arts every February and March. This festival is associate with the Manitoba Festival of the Arts, and participants regularly represent Brandon at the provincial level of the festival.
- Brandon hosts the Brandon Jazz Festival. This non-competitive, education based festival brings in over 3500 participants from schools across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, and the Northern USA. The 3-day festival hosts 20+ adjudicators and performers.
- Brandon hosts an annual Folk Festival. Organized by the Brandon Folk Music and Arts Society, the Brandon Folk Festival takes place every summer 'under the trees' on the Keystone Center. The festival actively pursues local and regional talent. Notable past performers include Big Dave McLean, Murray Evans, Wally Landreth, Crash Test Dummies, Ben Sures, Hugo Torres, Papa Mambo, Scruj MacDhk, Swing Soniq, The Hummers, The Wyrd Sisters, Bill Bourne, Fred Eaglesmith, Harry Manx, Ellen Mcllwaine, Fred Penner, Wailin' Jennys, D Rangers and Bob Evans.
- Brandon regularly hosts numerous musical and non-musical theatre productions every year. There are two local theatre companies (7 Ages Productions & Mecca Productions) that produce shows, and all three high schools (Vincent Massey High School, Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School, Neelin High School) each put on a yearly production.
- Brandon University School of Music hosts an annual 'Pro Series'. Guest artists from across North America are brought in to Brandon to perform at the Lorne Watson Recital Hall. Past performers include Bob Brookmeyer, George Crumb, The Penderetski String Quartet, and Charles Rossen.
- Brandon hosts the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba which hosts exhibitions from artists both local and from across Canada.
Notable Brandonites Samuel Bronfman, CC (February 27, 1891 - July 10, 1971) was the founder of Seagrams and a Canadian family dynasty the Bronfman family. ...
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Thomas Clement Douglas, PC, CC, SOM, MA, LL.D (hc) (October 20, 1904 â February 24, 1986) was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician. ...
James Ehnes is a Canadian violinist. ...
James Freer (1855-1933) was a Canadian film-making pioneer. ...
Mitchell Grobb (born June 22, 1984 in Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian musician (fiddle/violin)currently based in Tokyo, Japan. ...
Ron niggerdick Hextall (born May 3, 1964 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender most often associated with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. ...
Israel Idonije (born November 17, 1980 in Lagos, Nigeria, later immigrated with his family to Brandon, Manitoba) is a Canadian playing defensive tackle for the National Football Leagues Chicago Bears. ...
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Singer-songwriter Mae Moore. ...
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A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...
The Honourable Douglas Dennison Peters, Ph. ...
Sir Clifford Sifton, PC (March 10, 1861 â April 17, 1929) was a Canadian politician best known for being Minister of the Interior under Sir Wilfrid Laurier. ...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ...
Amanda Stott (born on May 10, 1982) is a Canadian country music singer from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. ...
City Issues ACC Relocation to vacant Brandon Mental Health Centre (BMHC) The Brandon Mental Health Centre is a picturesque group of buildings in the city's north end. The facility was abandoned in the 1990s as mental health services were moved from away from an institutional setting, and into the communities of the patients. The provincial government announced in 2005 that part or all of Assiniboine Community College (ACC) would move to the site.
Public Services Building The city's Fire and Police Services both require newer facilities as their main buildings have grown too small for their current uses. There is an ongoing debate on the location of a new complex and whether or not the two services should share a location.
Downtown Revitalization With most of the city's retail activity having moved to the major Eighteenth Street shopping centres, downtown renewal and the viability of the Business Improvement Area (BIA), a downtown development organization with taxation powers, became a larger concern. The BIA was disbanded in 2006, however, the future of the downtown is still under debate.
See also The 26th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery is a Canadian Forces militia (Reservist) artillery regiment located in Brandon, Manitoba. ...
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Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 15, 1870 (5th...
Regions in the province of Manitoba, Canada, showing the census divisions in each. ...
The Winnipeg Capital Region is located in the Red River Valley in the south central portion of the province of Manitoba, Canada, containing the provincial capital of Winnipeg and its surrounding rural municipalities (RMs), cities, and towns. ...
Central Plains is the name given to a region in the Canadian province of Manitoba. ...
Eastman is the name given to a region in the Canadian province of Manitoba. ...
Interlake is the name given to a region in the Canadian province of Manitoba. ...
The Northern Region of Manitoba is situated on the Canadian Shield, and includes Manitobas Hudson Bay coastline. ...
Parkland is the name given to a region in the Canadian province of Manitoba. ...
The Pembina Valley is the name given to the south-central region of the province of Manitoba, Canada. ...
Westman is the name given to the Southwestern area of the province of Manitoba, Canada. ...
Regions in the province of Manitoba, Canada, showing the census divisions in each. ...
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Location of Dauphin, Manitoba Dauphin is a city in Manitoba, Canada, with an approximate population of 8 085. ...
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Location of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Portage la Prairie (pronounced in English) is a city in the Canadian province of Manitoba. ...
Selkirk is a city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 20km northeast of Winnipeg. ...
Coordinates: Country Canada Province Manitoba Region Eastman Established 1874 - City Mayor Chris Goertzen - Governing Body Steinbach City Council - MP (Provencher) Vic Toews - MLA (Steinbach) Kelvin Goertzen Area - City 25. ...
Location of Thompson within the province of Manitoba. ...
City motto: Where People Make The Difference Location in the province of Manitoba Region Pembina Valley Mayor Martin Harder Area - Land - Water 17. ...
Nickname: The Peg City, Slurpee Capital, Winterpeg, Portage and Main, The 204 Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Manitoba Region Winnipeg Capital Region Established, 1738 (Fort Rouge) Renamed 1822 (Fort Garry) Incorporated 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Government - City Mayor Sam Katz...
Communities in the province of Manitoba, Canada See also: list of Manitoba regions, list of rural municipalities in Manitoba. ...
Rural municipalities in province of Manitoba, Canada. ...
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