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15112022 Manitoba Hydro power line technician trainees practice climbing utility poles at the Manitoba Hydro facility on Victoria Avenue East 15 times in a row on a grey Tuesday to practice and improve their stamina. Seven students are in the fourth week of five weeks of training in Brandon. From there they will spend five month’s training with their instructors in the field around Brandon and apprentice for four years in the field. After warming up the students practiced hanging a transformer. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)