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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew laughs in the background while a straight-faced Brandon Mayor Jeff Fawcett cracks a joke on Friday morning, while taking questions from the media at the Brandon Chamber of Commerce building on Rosser Avenue. The province announced the establishment of a Westman regional cavinet office that will act as a liason between families, businesses and community organizations in Westman and the Manitoba government. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)