Brandon Sun By: Colin Slark
With mechanical assistance, workers at Behlen Industries start to load a package weighing more than 12 tonnes into a shipping container eventually bound for Haiti. (Colin Slark/The Brandon Sun)
A shipping container full of furniture, doors, beds, mattresses and 27,000 pounds of metal departed Brandon on Thursday morning for a journey that will take it to Canada’s east coast and beyond.
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A shipping container full of furniture, doors, beds, mattresses and 27,000 pounds of metal departed Brandon on Thursday morning for a journey that will take it to Canada’s east coast and beyond.
All of the items are destined for Haiti, contributing to a transitional housing complex being built by Brandon-based charity Live Different.