Rod Sage was named Brandon City Manager in 2018. Article continues below advertisement ↴ Manitoba's Justice Minister says a hospital is updating its policies after misinterpretations caused issues in the investigation of a Brandon Police Board member. In July of 2019, a 30-year-old woman named Christine Mitchell was living in the home of then-city manager Rod Sage in Brandon when she overdosed on purple heroin. Mitchell was brought to the hospital, where she later died. "My heartfelt condolences go out to the family on their loss," Justice Minster Cameron Friesen says in a statement. Sage was placed on paid administrative leave in October. He then retired four months later in February, despite having not completed his five-year term.