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Brandon Sun By: Kyle Darbyson Brandon School Division chairperson Linda Ross invites discussion about the motion to pass the 2020-21 school budget last March. Ross told the Sun on Tuesday that she’s concerned about the potential job losses that will come as a result of the province’s proposed plan to centralize the education system. (File) Westman school administrators are voicing their concerns about the Manitoba government’s plan to reva...

Both Political Sides Pointing Blame for Border Problems We have a bit of an issue going on at the border right now and of course, each side of the political aisle is blaming the other. First, lets start with the right. What point are they making? A 13-member delegation of Republicans led by U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy came to El Paso to tour the Texas-Mexico border and they have deemed the situation a "crisis". McCarthy talked about the US Border Patrol detention facility at Hond...

You Thought The Paisano Exit Was Scary? Welcome to This Nightmare The Juarez port of entry bridge has finally been completed. It opened up for use a couple of weeks ago and while Im sure it helps for those traveling to Juarez- for those of us who wish to stay on this side of the border, it just created another heart attack waiting to happen. The port of entry connects the Patriot Freeway to the Paisano entrance of the International Bridge of the Americas. However, when driving from the Patriot ...

Checkpoints in Maungaturoto and north of Mangawhai effectively cut Kaipara in half.

One deep sleeper of 2020: Novembers Brand New by Honey Made. Chances are the eight-foot scrim in the front window of Waterloo Records didnt register thanks to the graham cracker album art – and maybe just maybe a global pandemic. Inside the CD, producer (Steve Berlin of Los Lobos), engineer (Jim Vollentine), and studio (Texas Treefort) all make the credits roll, yet zero mention appears of the actual group turning soul-infused retro nectar into viscous ear candy. Online, however, behold a no...

It made mother russia a lot smaller though it is still pretty huge too. it also sits on the border separating russia from europe. ukraine is a word that literally means border land and the southern part of it stretches across the black sea, a key water route for ferrying oil and natural gas to europe, which is russias biggest customer for the stuff that keeps the lights on. curb sha and ukraine havent been the friendliest of neighbors since ukraine declared itself an understood pen dindep. ukrai...

It is indeed a place for generations people have lived. it is an area that is stressed and its stressed by this administrations enforcement only policy and this fanciful political politically expeddient border wall. >> for the people who live and work in your district, what roadblocks would this wall create for your residents? >> i think that one of the things the borderland does need, it needs an investment both public and private economic attention. too many people unemployed. too many unmet n...

We just want steel slats and thats what we wanted for a while. no, thats not true. it was a concrete wall during the 2016 campaign and it has been one up until now and now the president is trying to act as steel slates are something different. but its something heef khes come up with and theyre not. >> i do think that this purported national emergency the presidents talking about could be an exit strategy. he could say -- because he signaled this before the shutdown occurred where he said, well,...

As nadine was saying theres really no way to know exactly what trump wants. senator lindsey graham and trump and even nick mulvaney earlier today were trying to says it not exactly a wall, its not exactly a concrete barrier. we just want steel slats and thats what we wanted for a while. no, thats not true. it was a concrete wall during the 2016 campaign and it has been one up until now and now the president is trying to act as steel slates are something different. but its something heef hes come...

Land owners property rights trump even president trumps wall. >> theres nothing compelling or attractive about it for a rural land owner. >> reporter: david represents the texas wildlife association which opposes the wall on private property. >> on these vast rural expanses, it is impractical, interrupts access to water, you have to look at it. >> reporter: in recent months, the department of justice has contacted many texans that own border land, detailing where the government plans to build th...