Three of the four recent homicides in Brandon, a city of 51,000, occurred in the downtown core. The growing number of deaths in the community is creating a cycle of endless grief, says Janis Irvine, Brandon co-ordinator for Community Mobilization Westman, a network of social service providers.
Brandon Sun By: Tyler Clarke
Past Brandon University School of Music dean Glen Carruthers is seen at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he took a job in 2010. (Wilfrid Laurier University)
He left Brandon University 10 years ago, but faculty members say Glen Carruthers’ legacy lives on in various ways.
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The past School of Music dean died recently at age 66 as a result of cancer.
Flags were to be lowered to half-mast at both Brandon University and Wilfrid Laurier University, where he most recently served as dean of the Faculty of Music.
Born and raised in Winnipeg, Glen studied with lifelong mentor Lorne Watson at Brandon University in the 1970s, returning a couple of decades later to serve as a faculty member from 1998 to 2010.