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By: Perry Bergson at the Brandon Sun Ron Chipperfield nearly didn’t become a Brandon Wheat King 55 years ago. As it turned out, the 71-year-old Vancouver resident from Minnedosa did pick the team he grew up idolizing, set records in the process and was named to the team’s Hall of Fame on Thursday. “Deep down, that’s where I was going to be,” Chipperfield said on Friday afternoon. “It was closest to home and when I was a kid, I was on that radio listening to Henry Stothard. Th

The Brandon Wheat Kings Foundation extends a heartfelt thanks to the many guests, sponsors, alumni, and community partners who made the Black & Gold Gala on Thursday, February 19, 2026, an unforgettable evening. The Black & Gold Gala is an evening dedicated to raising funds in support of the Brandon Wheat Kings Foundation and honouring the legacy that is the Brandon Wheat Kings Hockey Club. The event brought together supporters from across Westman for an evening filled with p

Written by Perry Bergson at the Brandon Sun. The Brandon Wheat Kings Foundation is splitting away from the Western Hockey League team and taking on some new responsibilities as the need for its services grow. The idea first popped up a year ago. “It came from the Memorial Cup bid that it would be a good idea to have an actual separate body looking after the foundation and taking it off the plates of the business staff, who are stretched pretty thin,” foundation co-chair Jason