After seeing three potential locations fall through, the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation opened its temporary overnight drop-in centre this week just in time for the onset of frigid winter temperatures following unseasonably mild weather.
The province has earmarked $350,000 for a 24-hour warming shelter. The new warming shelter was supposed to open soon but the selected location was met with pushback from business owners and ultimately turned down by the city's planning commission on Nov. 1.
A new medicine wheel at the All Nations Sharing Circle in Brandon will be a place for people to gather together, share stories and celebrate Indigenous culture.
A Brandon homeless encampment along the railway was removed by CKCP officers Wednesday due to safety concerns. One of the women affected says it has disrupted her life and some of her things were lost or damaged.
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