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05122024 Brandonites watch as Shawnee Kish performs during the CPKC Holiday Train stop in Brandon on Thursday evening. The annual holiday train has been running since 1999 and raises money for food banks in North America. According to CPKC more than $24.3 million and more than 5.3 million pounds of food has been donated. During the performance a check for $8000 was presented to Samaritan House Ministries. Non-perishable items were also collected for the food bank. The Holiday train made earlier stops in Portage la Prairie and Carberry on Wednesday. It continues west today with its first stop in Virden. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)