Brandon police arrested a man on Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend in a business parking lot the previous day.

The Brandon Police Service responded to reports on an assault in the parking lot of a business on the 1600 block of 18th Street on Monday at around 2 p.m. and determined that a man had assaulted his 28-year-old girlfriend, BPS said in a news release.

The man was driving in the parking lot when he hit a parked vehicle and proceeded to hit the woman and kicked her out of the vehicle, BPS said. Police said she sustained “significant bruising and swelling” on her face.

When officers got to the scene, the man had already left, BPS said.

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba government deputy minister was paid by both the province and the city even though he left his civic position more than a year ago.

The Winnipeg’s public disclosure compensation report revealed the extent to which two levels of taxpayers were on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary payments to Michael Jack, who is Manitoba’s deputy minister of business, mining, trade and job creation and formerly the city’s chief administrative officer.

Jack resigned as city CAO on July 15, 2024 and was paid $410,769 that year — 43 per cent more than his previous year’s salary, $286,782.

In 2025, after Jack was appointed deputy minister at a starting salary of $184,554, he also received $164,007 in compensation from the City of Winnipeg, although he did not work for the city that year.

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WINNIPEG — A $1-million security enhancement fund for places of worship and cultural centres announced in January has been fully allocated, but the funds have not yet flowed, Justice Minister Matt Wiebe said this week.

“It’s really about just ensuring that the right resources are going to the areas where we’re going to have the biggest impact to keep people safe,” Wiebe said in an interview.

The province announced the fund to support Manitoba communities facing acts of hate, targeted intimidation and vandalism by helping community organizations strengthen safety measures, improve preparedness and install security infrastructure to meet specific needs.

It followed a series of hate-motivated attacks targeting Jewish and Muslim communities.