Wayne Balcaen
PC candidate in the Brandon West Brandon race.
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Manitoba election 2023 results: Brandon West – Winnipeg
18 September 2023
Global News - ...provincial election on Oct. 3. Visit this page on election night for a complete breakdown of up to the minute results. Candidates PC Manitoba: Wayne Balcaen New Democratic Party: Quentin Robinson Green Party: Bill...
Bergen opens Brandon PC office
6 September 2023
Brandon Sun - ...unveiled their campaign headquarters with a special guest on Tuesday. Joining Spruce Woods candidate Grant Jackson, Brandon West candidate Wayne Balcaen and Brandon East candidate Len Isleifson at 382 Park Ave. East was former federal Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen, who is serving as the...
NDP opens Brandon East campaign office
1 September 2023
Brandon Sun - ...launch event on Tuesday, he told the Sun by phone. Starting at 5 p.m., he, Spruce Woods PC candidate Grant Jackson and Brandon West candidate Wayne Balcaen will hold a barbecue at their joint office at 382 Park Ave. East. Joining them will be Candice Bergen, the former federal Conservative MP for...
Kinew pledges $1M for Brandon community centre
14 August 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...former farmer first announced he was seeking the nomination last month. Robinson will now go up against former Brandon Police Service chief Wayne Balcaen, who retired from his position early to run for the governing Progressive Conservatives, and retired teacher Bill Marsh, who is running for the...
NDP names Robinson their candidate for Brandon West
14 August 2023
Brandon Sun - ...Debbie Dandy called him a “great facilitator and confident spokesperson.” Robinson will go up against former Brandon Police Service Chief Wayne Balcaen, who retired from his position early to run for the governing Progressive Conservatives, and retired teacher Bill Marsh, who is running for the...
Town Centre sells for almost $4M
27 July 2023
Brandon Sun - ...a pair of business partners had owned the mall since 2000. Public disclosure of the sale was first made when former Brandon Police Service Chief Wayne Balcaen spoke at a Brandon City Council meeting on April 3 on a proposal to withdraw $25,000 from the city’s protective services reserve to establish a...
Being tough on crime tough for PCs to resist – Brandon Sun
21 July 2023
Brandon Sun - ...Canadian provinces, with Saskatchewan leading the pack. The situation in Brandon is less clear. Last August, former Brandon Police Service Chief Wayne Balcaen said that with the removal of pandemic restrictions that had deterred criminals, the resulting rise in non-violent crime was still in line with...
Brandon bylaw changes aimed at offences like loitering, panhanding could target homeless people, critics fear
15 July 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...loitering in front of their shops, he said, "but does not in any concrete way address or serve as a long-term solution to helping those in need." Wayne Balcaen, who was chief of the Brandon Police Service when the new bylaw was drafted and first presented to council, is also listed as one of its authors. ...
Brandon man vying for PC nomination withdraws from race to support former police chief – Winnipeg
27 June 2023
Global News - ...a different candidate. James Montgomery was seeking the nomination in Brandon West. He announced on social media that he is withdrawing to support Wayne Balcaen, who just retired as Brandon’s police chief. The seat is currently held by Progressive Conservative Reg Helwer, who announced earlier this year...
Ex-police chief wants to run for Tories in Brandon
27 June 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...— Days after retiring as Brandon police chief, Wayne Balcaen has announced he is seeking the Progressive Conservative nomination for Brandon West in the fall provincial election. His last day as head of the Brandon Police Service was Friday. Balcaen joins James Montgomery, former Brandon Riverbank...