Your Brandon-Souris team was pleased to support all the Brandon University professors who were granted federal funding to conduct research.

Brandon, MB -Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris, and Drew Caldwell, Minister of Municipal Government for Manitoba, announced here today the Brandon Daly Overpass will receive a joint commitment under the New Building Canada Fund.

Brandon, MB - Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris announced the Government of Canada is investing $264,440 and partnering with Ducks Unlimited Canada to restore 45 hectares of wetlands in key areas of wetland loss.

Brandon, MB - Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris announced approximately 90% of the 36,000 homes in Westman will have access to high-speed internet services by 2017. The Government of Canada is delivering on its commitment to rural Canadians to connect households and businesses in rural and remote regions of the country to high-speed internet at minimum speeds of five megabits per second (Mbps).

Brandon, MB - Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris announced an investment in the conservation of the Dominion Exhibit Display Building II National Historic Site of Canada on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada.

Brandon, MB - Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris, was one of the first to get a hands-on demonstration of new heavy-equipment simulators at Assiniboine Community College (ACC) on Thursday morning.

Brandon, MB - Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris announced the Government of Canada is providing $13,000 in funding through the Celebrate Canada program to the Riverbank Discovery Centre to organize Canada Day activities in Brandon on July 1, 2015. About 7,000 people are expected to take part in the Canada Day activities at the Riverbank Discovery Centre.

Brandon, MB - An estimated 7,674 families with children in Manitoba including 370 families in Brandon are eligible to receive money under the Harper Government's proposed enhanced Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB), but are at risk of not receiving the benefit unless they apply. The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with Member of Parliament Larry Maguire, today asked for help from the media and the public to encourage families to apply for the benefit.

Brandon, MB - Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris announced that Prairie Oasis Senior Center in Brandon will receive $25,000 through the New Horizons for Seniors Program to replace flooring, cupboards and purchase chairs to allow seniors to continue to develop and plan programs and activities such as meals and bingos.

Brandon, MB - Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris announced that applications for the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program are now being accepted. Interested groups have until December 12, 2014 to submit their projects.