Archive for September, 2009

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    Brandon Transit
    The terminal for Brandon’s bus service is located downtown at 8th and Rosser avenue (refer to the map). From that point you can catch a bus to anywhere in town. We have many bus stops all throughout the city and usually within 15-20 minutes a bus pulls up to those locations. Just make sure to exit the bus through the rear door and not the front, and if a transfer...
    by admin at September 9th, 2009 at 03:09 pm
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    Greyhound to End Service in Manitoba
    CBC News reported today that Greyhound will cease operations in Manitoba and Northwest Ontario if it does not receive government aid funding, about 15 million dollars worth. The bus line is losing money in our province due to the large number of smaller communities that need servicing but do not have a lot of commuters. So the government has a few months to step up or...
    by admin at September 4th, 2009 at 04:09 pm
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    Spirit Sands
    Thousands of years ago, most of Manitoba was covered by a great lake. Lake Agassiz was a glacial lake around 12000 years ago that formed by melting and retreating glaciers in Canada. The lake grew to be so huge that if it were to exist today, it’d be bigger then the Caspian Sea. The lake flooded and retreated multiple times. So much so, that some scientists suspect...
    by admin at September 1st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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    Display Building Number II
    There is a sign put up by the Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba that explains the significance of this building. “Established in 1882, Brandon soon became one of the foremost agricultural exhibition centres in Western Canada. In 1913, the city was the site of the Dominion Fair. Display building number II was constructed in that year to promote agricultural...
    by admin at September 1st, 2009 at 12:09 pm