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Brandon Sun By: Colin Slark
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Brandon s newest city councillor, Sunday Frangi (Meadows-Waverly), smiles after officially being sworn in at Monday s virtual council meeting. Frangi won the May 5 byelection to replace John LoRegio.
Brandon City Council’s ranks were bolstered on Monday with the swearing-in of Sunday Frangi as the new councillor for Ward 5, Meadows-Waverly.
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Brandon City Council’s ranks were bolstered on Monday with the swearing-in of Sunday Frangi as the new councillor for Ward 5, Meadows-Waverly.
Frangi prevailed in a May 5 byelection by a margin of 50 votes to 42 against competitor Gordon McRae in the race to replace John LoRegio, who stepped down to focus on his fight against multiple myeloma cancer.
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Drug overdose deaths nearly doubled in Brandon in 2020, a trend mirrored across Manitoba.
In 2019, there were seven deaths attributed to drug overdoses reported in the city, according to Brandon police, but in 2020 that jumped to 12.
Brandon and Area Overdose Awareness chair Antoinette Gravel-Ouellette, left, and Samaritan House Ministries executive director Barbara McNish in 2020. Drug overdose deaths nearly doubled in Brandon in 2020, a trend mirrored across Manitoba. (Submitted)
Manitoba as a whole experienced 372 overdose deaths in 2020, an 87 per cent surge over the year before, according to data from Manitoba’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The increase is staggering, said Brandon and Area Overdose Awareness chair Antoinette Gravel-Ouellette and the pandemic is largely to blame.
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