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12:40 a.m. — A late night employee of the Mac store on First Street replaces the stock of cigarettes on Nov. 1. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)12:55 a.m. — Brandon University student Sabina Rzazade prepares for an upcoming music history midterm with a late night cram session in McMaster Hall. (Erin DeBooy/The Brandon Sun)1:35 a.m. — The city of Brandon skyline as seen from a vantage point along a bend in the Assiniboine River where it bumps up against First Street, north of the First Street bridge. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)1:45 a.m. — Dhara Patel, manager at Brandon's new Papa John's, begins her closing duties for the night. She's been working split shifts to cover the night shift, as they are open weekdays until 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Despite the long hours, Patel said the restaurant's first few weeks of being open has been really good. (Erin DeBooy/The Brandon Sun)1:59 a.m. — At the Kristopher Campbell Memorial Skate Plaza at 1:59 a.m. on Nov. 1 with Rowan Bonin, who recently moved to Brandon. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)2:30 a.m. — Brandon Police Service's Const. Amanda Conway sets up her cruiser before heading out on an early morning patrol during her 12-hour overnight shift. (Erin DeBooy/The Brandon Sun)2:41 a.m. — The moon is reflected in the calm waters of the Assiniboine River at 2:41 a.m. on Nov. 1, with the city skyline seen in the background. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)3:02 a.m. — A Dominos Pizza employee at the 18th Street restaurant cleans up after a busy night. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)3:33 a.m. — A gas-hauling semi driver fills the underground storage tanks at the Heritage Co-op gas and convenience store on 18th Street. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)4:15 a.m. — Harold Kuiper sets aside batches of dough destined to be loaves of brown bread to rise. (Erin DeBooy/The Brandon Sun)4:50 a.m. — Rick Randall, who's been delivering The Brandon Sun to citizens for almost 30 years, loads bundles of newspaper into his van to be delivered to businesses and homes across the city. (Erin DeBooy/The Brandon Sun)5:30 a.m. — Early morning exercisers get a jump on the day at Anytime Fitness on Victoria Avenue. (Erin DeBooy/The Brandon Sun)7:40 a.m. — BDR Services employee Jesse Lenton paints a sprinkler pipe in the basement of the Brandon Regional Health Centre. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)8:03 a.m. — The Brandon Regional Health Centre found a steady stream of people flow in and out around 8 a.m., during which many shift workers were dropped off in a continuous loop of vehicles pulling through the drop-off area at front. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)8:20 a.m. — Brandon Mayor Rick Chrest and his wife Karen start the day off with their morning routine - drinking coffee and catching up on the day's news. Macy the cat decided to join them. (Jillian Austin/The Brandon Sun)8:21 a.m. — Ready to take on the world, these men meet at the Tim Horton's by the Canadian Tire every morning to crack jokes, from the sounds of it. They'd initially started out as two separate coffee groups, until a renovation at the coffee shop resulted in one of their tables being inaccessible, drawing the two groups together into one super-group. From left is Ernie Galatiuk, Bill Stephens, Marv Robinson, Rob Haresnape, Dean Stewart, Bob Fraser, from left. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)8:43 a.m. — Jason Potter- Acting Lieutenant and firefighter/paramedic with Brandon Fire and Emergency Services goes through morning inspection of all the equipment at Fire Hall #1 on 19th Street North. Every morning and evening all the equipment is checked over to ensure it is in place and in proper working condition. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)8:47 a.m. — Mike Tiel, a firefighter/paramedic with Brandon Fire and Emergency Services goes through morning inspection of all the equipment at Fire Hall #1 on 19th Street North. Every morning and evening all the equipment is checked over to ensure it is in place and in proper working condition. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)9:15 a.m. — Sherry White, Heritage Co-op supervisor, stocks up the produce section at the local grocery store. (Jillian Austin/The Brandon Sun)9:31 a.m. — Tom Cameron, a machinist with Atom Jet Industries Ltd., works at the company's plant. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)9:50 a.m. — Jacob Unger, a Brasier and Team Leader with Atom Jet Industries Ltd. works at the company's plant. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)10:11 a.m. — The Brandon Sun's weekly community boardroom meeting sparks a rousing debate, during which those in attendance typically strive to solve the world's problems; or, perhaps more accurately, gripe about them. From left is Drew Caldwell, Kerry Auriat, Glen Parker and Rick Borotsik. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)10:15 a.m. — The Very Reverend Don Bernhardt leads parishioners of St. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral in a Wednesday morning service. (Jillian Austin/The Brandon Sun)11:05 a.m. — A scientist works at the Brandon Research Station on the North Hill.11:12 a.m. — Sara Keeble, a research assistant for the Brandon Research and Development Centre on Grand Valley Road, tests weights on bread wheats on Wednesday morning. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)11:20 a.m. — Mildred Racine takes part in a painting class at Prairie Oasis Senior Centre. (Jillian Austin/The Brandon Sun)11:22 a.m. — Assiniboine Community College instructor Lance Seib with the Industrial Metal Fabrication program at the Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology explains machining procedures to Grade 9 Vincent Massey High School student Ben Garbutt, who was participating with Take Our Kids to Work Day. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)11:34 a.m. — First-year machining student Adam McLeod adjusts a metal lathe while making a soft-face hammer at the Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology at 11:34 a.m. on Nov. 1. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)11:35 a.m. — Crocus Plains High School student, Memphis, while participating in the Take Our Kids to Work Day with The Brandon Sun, takes an image with a film camera as part of a school project for her teacher, former Brandon Sun photographer Bruce Bumstead. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)11:40 a.m. — George McGregor and Rhea Chudy work on a puzzle while they wait for bridge to begin at Prairie Oasis Senior Centre. (Jillian Austin/The Brandon Sun)11:44 a.m. — A sign taped to the glass of the Industrial Metals Fabrication shop at the Assiniboine Community College's Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)11:51 a.m. — Purolator employee Joel Snyder delivers a parcel in downtown Brandon ever-careful not to slip as snow collects on the ground. (Tyler Clarke/The Brandon Sun)11:59 a.m. — A construction worker walks along the southbound lane of the First Street Bridge under construction at 11:59 a.m. on Nov. 1 with the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks in the background. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)12:03 a.m. — A construction crewman gives the thumbs up to the camera while working on the southbound lane of the First Street Bridge. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)12:38 p.m. — People wait in the Arrivals area at Brandon Municipal Airport as Westjet's daily flight to Brandon taxis on the runway after landing. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)12:45 p.m. — The Women's Resource Centre marked the official grand opening of its new location at 729 Princess Ave. The group also announced additional supports for victims of sexual assault. (Jillian Austin/The Brandon Sun)12:54 p.m. — Brandon Wheat Kings forwards Tanner Kaspick and Evan Weinger walk into the Sportsplex after changing into their gear in the team's dressing room at the Keystone Centre on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. With the ice at Westman Place being put back in after a rodeo and agriculture event at the facility last week, the team practised across town. (Perry Bergson/The Brandon Sun)1:04 p.m. — A man loads the back of a pickup with old clothes and boxes in the 700 block of Rosser Avenue. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)1:09 p.m. — Benny, the four-year-old Shih Tzu of Chris Cooper, art educator at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, is momentarily blinded as a toque shroudes the dog's vision. He goes for a quick walk to Princess Park with his owner every work day. (Ian Froese/The Brandon Sun)1:14 p.m. — A worker de-ices a Westjet aircraft during it's stop at the Brandon Municipal Airport. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)1:25 p.m. — Grade 8 Riverheights School student Janelle Ewen places a cross in front of a tombstone at the Dressing of the Graves Ceremony at Brandon Cemetery. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)2:30 p.m. — Buddy gets a fresh cut by Kayla Fisher at Grassroots Grooming. (Jillian Austin/The Brandon Sun)3:16 p.m. — Young ballerinas take part in an open class taught by Alexander Gorbatsevich, National Audition Tour Manager and ballet teacher with Canada's National Ballet School at Steppin' Time Dance Studio. The school held auditions the following day for dancers hoping to attend the school this summer for a month-long secondary audition. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)3:37 p.m. — Young ballerinas take part in an open class taught by Alexander Gorbatsevich, National Audition Tour Manager and ballet teacher with Canada's National Ballet School at Steppin' Time Dance Studio. The school held auditions the following day for dancers hoping to attend the school this summer for a month-long secondary audition. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)3:43 p.m. — Young ballerinas take part in an open class taught by Alexander Gorbatsevich, National Audition Tour Manager and ballet teacher with Canada's National Ballet School at Steppin' Time Dance Studio. The school held auditions the following day for dancers hoping to attend the school this summer for a month-long secondary audition. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)4:10 p.m. — Emily Simon, vice-president internal of the Brandon University Students' Union, organizes food gathered from the Halloween Food Drive the night before. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)4:36 p.m. — Laura Ellis balances on the bars at the Brandon Eagles Gymnastics Centre. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)4:38 p.m. — Piper Frison flies through the air while coach Alex Empey and fellow students Laura Ellis, Payton Ainsworth and Brenna Wiseman look on at the Brandon Eagles Gymnastics Centre. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)4:53 p.m. — Nathan Wilson and Luca Wilson, who work with Livinstone Landscaping, plant a tree near Linden Lanes School. The brothers are part of a three-man crew, which includes their other brother Lailand Wilson, which plants trees throughout the city. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)4:57 p.m. — Lailand Wilson ties a new tree off near Linden Lanes school. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)5:09 p.m. — Shane McKay and David McDonald take part in a class at Crossfit Rocked. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)5:11 p.m. — David McDonald (foreground) uses a rowing machine while taking part in a Crossfit class at Crossfit Rocked. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)5:15 p.m. — Brandon Police Service announced veteran officer and longtime Brandonite, Wayne Balcaen, is its new police chief. (Jillian Austin/The Brandon Sun)5:16 p.m. — Jean Bramley is in deep concentration during a power yoga session at Zen Zone on 10th Street. (Ian Froese/The Brandon Sun)5:23 p.m. — Sheri Lupier-Roziere works out during a class at Crossfit Rocked. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)5:28 p.m. — Mary Hutchings watches her granddaughter, Emily Gabrielle, swim at the Sportsplex's pool. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)5:30 p.m. — Emily Gabrielle (top in the water) looks at her instructor at the Sportsplex's pool. Gabrielle comes from Onanole to swim. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)5:36 p.m. — Members of the Brandon Bobcats women's volleyball team watch tape of another's university's team to learn their strength's and weaknesses prior to practice at the BU Healthy Living Centre on Thursday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)5:41 p.m. — Lucas Newman, 9, ties his skates before practice at the Sportsplex with the 10AA Atom Wheat Kings. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)5:50 p.m. — Lucas Newman, Ethan Stewart, Brady Low, Josh McGregor, Felix St. Pierre and Cole Temple ham it up before practice at the Sportsplex. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)5:55 p.m. — A pedestrian crosses 18th Street at Louise Avenue near Brandon University amid flurries on the first day of substantial snowfall for Brandon. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)8:01 p.m. — Brandon University Bobcats coach Grant Wilson goes over some last minute details the day before the team gets ready to fly to Alberta for weekend series. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)8:12 p.m. — Girece Kazumba laughs after using his phone to time a group of kids during a series of drills at the Health Living Centre. Kazumba, who plays with the Brandon Bobcats, was helping run the 'Future Stars' basketball development camp. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)6:14 p.m. — Michele Routhier, who runs a boarding house on 10th Street, shares a laugh with her tenants, including Peter Tully, a 21-year-old from Portage la Prairie who is studying welding at Assiniboine Community College. (Ian Froese/The Brandon Sun)6:15 p.m. — Michele Routhier, centre left, who runs a boarding house on 10th Street, speaks with a few of her tenants, clockwise from left, after serving them dinner, Josh Delaronde, Peter Tully and Dylan Laybolt. (Ian Froese/The Brandon Sun)
hares a laugh with her tenants, including Peter Tully, a 21-year-old from Portage la Prairie who is studying welding at Assiniboine Community College. (Ian Froese/The Brandon Sun)6:15 p.m. — Brandon firefighters pack up after responding to a tripped fire alarm at Waverly Park School. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)6:55 p.m. — Jordan Heaman instructs Kelton McDougall, 7, on how to play the guitar during a lesson at Faders Music. McDougall is learning how to play the "Happy Birthday" song. (Ian Froese/The Brandon Sun)7:29 p.m. — Olivia Bauer and Curtis Seaton pay for their tickets to see the horror film Jigsaw at Landmark Cinema. (Ian Froese/The Brandon Sun)7:45 p.m. — Thomas Goossen of the Neelin Spartans flexes after his team won the first game during their sweep of the Crocus Plainsmen in the junior varsity boys' semifinal at Neelin. (Perry Bergson/The Brandon Sun)7:45 p.m. — Chairperson of the Brandon School Division Dr. Linda Ross hears from students at a public consultation at Riverheights School on middle years programming. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)8:08 p.m. — Artist Shane Robins explains a painting technique during 'Paint Night' at Prairie Firehouse. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)8:16 p.m. — About 40 women take part in 'Paint Night' hosted by artist Shane Robins at the Prairie Firehouse. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)8:20 p.m. — A hare seen outside the Hyundai dealership on Victoria Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)8:22 p.m. — John Grant puts away some food at Prairie Firehouse while fellow line cook Steve Mertens looks on. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)8:27 p.m. — Niki Myker pours a drink at Prairie Firehouse. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)9:05 p.m. — Nolan Brennan is all smiles as he lets a dart fly in a league at the ANAF building. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)9:15 p.m. — Dwayne Bales is all business as competitors line up to throw during dart league action at the ANAF building. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)9:21 p.m. — Darvin Robertson leans for encouragment after throwing a shuffleboard stone down the table while Vic Thomson looks on. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)9:30 p.m. — Jeff Fortier sinks the eight ball to beat Kevin Mitchler at the ANAF's pool league. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)9:51 p.m. — Lead vocalist with Left of Centre Cory Badger performs at the City Centre with fellow bandmates Alex Hammond, Travis Woloshen and Ben Oleson-Hodges. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)10:09 p.m. — Spectators watch curling at the Brandon Curling Club. (Charles Tweed/Brandon Sun)10:39 p.m. — Registered nurse Karly Woods checks the settings on an infant warmer in the maternity ward of Brandon Regional Health Centre. (Charles Tweed/Brandon Sun)10:46 p.m. — Registered nurse Karly Woods takes the pulse of Hopie Amotte's first baby. Amotte, who is from Rolling River First Nation, was approximately two- to five- centimetres in labour. Her partner, Tyrrell Mecas, from Waywayseecappo First Nation, looks on in the background. (Charles Tweed/Brandon Sun)11:09 p.m. — Dayna Cooper holds one-day-old Bailee Stowe at the Brandon Regional Health Centre. Bailee was born on Halloween and her parents, Cooper and Tyler Stowe, were excited to take her home to Moosomin. (Charles Tweed/Brandon Sun)11:59 p.m. — The lights from vehicles cause streaks on 18th Street in a long exposure photograph on the city's North Hill. (Charles Tweed/The Brandon Sun)
