The Brandon Police Board is inviting residents to come meet the Wheat City’s new police chief this Friday, but the event is by invitation only.

New Brandon Police Service Chief Tyler Bates will be present from 4 to 6 p.m. in the foyer of Brandon City Hall, according to a release sent out Tuesday.

But on Wednesday, city communications officer Merrilea Metcalf clarified that the event is only open to invited stakeholders in the community. The Sun was not aware of the nature of the event and incomplete information appeared in Wednesday’s newspaper.

Metcalf said a public open house will be held later this fall to introduce Chief Bates once he gets settled. Bates is expected to start in his new role on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

MONDAY’S LUCKY NUMBERS

DAILY GRAND: 16, 17, 18, 23, 46 GN 4

PICK 2: 2, 3

PICK 3: 3, 6, 2

NEW YORK — He had some help: Morgan Wallen tops the 2024 Country Music Association award nominations with seven.

For a third year in a row, Wallen is up for both the top prize — entertainer of the year — and the male vocalist categories.

Rounding out the entertainer of the year categories are Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson.

Post Malone’s massive radio hit, “I Had Some Help,” which features Wallen, is the main reason why the country singer leads the pack this year. It is up for single, song, musical event and music video of the year. His last nomination is a second one in the musical event category, for his collaboration with Eric Church, “Man Made a Bar.”

A dog named Bravo is up for adoption by the Brandon Humane Society. Incorrect information appeared on A1 of the Sept. 9 e-edition of The Brandon Sun.

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SASKATOON — The family of a 15-year-old girl who was lit on fire at a Saskatoon high school has asked people to wear purple Tuesday when classes resume.

“It is her favourite colour,” the girl’s grandmother said in an interview.

“It’s going to be a very long recovery, and we’ve put it out there just to let her know that people are thinking of her and praying for her.”

Students are to return to Evan Hardy Collegiate on Tuesday, where last week a witness said the girl had liquid from a black canister poured onto her head which was then lit on fire.

MONTREAL — The deaths of a provincial police sergeant and the mentally ill man who fatally stabbed her were avoidable, a Quebec coroner has concluded, saying health-care workers and police should have communicated better.

Géhane Kamel’s report, released Monday, includes 38 recommendations for various health, public security and law enforcement groups in connection with the deaths of Sgt. Maureen Breau and Isaac Brouillard Lessard.

On March 27, 2023, Brouillard Lessard fatally stabbed Breau with a kitchen knife and seriously injured another officer before being shot dead by police in his apartment building in Louiseville, Que., about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal. Brouillard Lessard, 35, suffered from schizoaffective disorder and was killed while police were attempting to arrest him for uttering threats to a family member and breaking probation.

The coroner’s inquest heard of numerous failings in the assessment and supervision of Brouillard Lessard, who had been found not criminally responsible because of mental illness five times for offences in 2014 and 2018, and had been followed by the province’s mental health board. Witnesses testified that Brouillard Lessard was resistant to treatment and wasn’t following court orders regarding his medication.

FRIDAY’S LUCKY NUMBERS

LOTTO MAX: 5, 16, 18, 20, 23, 28, 39 BONUS 8

WESTERN: 7, 12, 14, 25, 37, 42, 43 BONUS 18

PICK 2: 2, 1