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SIXTY YEARS AGO
A polio survey showed that there have been 721 cases and 40 deaths to date in the four western provinces.
The Canadian government today officially declared Canada free of foot and mouth disease. Today’s official action removes all quarantines and restrictive measures.
Rust, always a problem for grain growers, has become a major menace to the sunflower growers who once had one of Manitoba’s most promising industries.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Lt.-Gov. Errick F. Willis, smashed a foil-wrapped bottle of champagne to officially christen a shopping centre in Shilo — Brandon House No. 4.
Brandon College directors announced the awarding of a $321,748 contract to Pearson Construction Co. for a music building to be built on the northeast corner of the College’s 18th Street campus.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Two powerful bombs blasted Belfast early today and threatened to carry Northern Ireland into a fresh path of blood and destruction.
After nearly a year of construction, Brandon’s First Street Bridge opened yesterday to traffic, almost two weeks ahead of schedule. About 300 people were out yesterday for the official opening of the 712-foot bridge, constructed at a cost of approximately $1.4 million.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Assiniboine Community College has a new director, Lois Britton, the former head of The Pas’ Keewatin College. Britton will temporarily replace Al Loveridge who is leaving for the Seychelles Islands on Sept. 1.
Manitoba’s deficit for the current fiscal year will likely be at least $373 million, or $38 million higher than originally forecast.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Brandon will be the fourth Manitoba community to announce a Grow Bond sale. Funds raised through the bonds will help a local company expand.
The Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium will get $200,000 from the province for a renovation project, Culture Minister Bonnie Mitchelson announced yesterday.
TEN YEARS AGO
Both recruits and family members alike were beaming as the new soldiers became the first graduates of Canadian Forces Base Shilo’s Communication Reserve Basic Recruit Training School yesterday. About 108 new recruits, aged between 16 and 40, marked the end of a seven-week communications training school program at CFB Shilo with a parade yesterday morning in front of friends, family and local dignitaries, including Brandon Mayor Reg Atkinson.
Monday marks the 60th anniversary of the Dieppe raid, in which more than 900 Canadian soldiers were killed. Today, the Brandon Sun remembers Dieppe by talking with a veteran who took part in the raid, as well as taking a look back at what life was like in Brandon 60 years ago.
Brandon voters will have a say in whether Sioux Valley Dakota Nation can build a casino in the city. City council approved a motion last night to hold a plebiscite on the Oct. 23 civic election ballot asking voters if they support a casino.
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition August 18, 2012
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SIXTY YEARS AGO
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