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SIXTY YEARS AGO
The black timber wolf, which has been on display at the Kinsmen Zoological Garden for the past month, made a brief bid for freedom today, which ended when the animal was shot south of the city.
Canada’s population increased an estimated 421,000 in the year, bringing the total to 14,430,000.
Nearly 100 district farmers attended the annual harvest machinery field day held in the exhibition grounds today. Representatives of eight machinery companies co-operated with officials of the extenuation service and members of the North Brandon Crop Improvement Club to give the farmers a picture of the different types of farm combines.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Fire causing extensive damage broke out at the Monarch Lumber Co., Rosser Avenue at Second Street this afternoon.
Sid Segal of Brandon was appointed to the board of directors of the Manitoba division of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Fire last night destroyed a Manitoba Pool Elevator at Rounthwaite and threatened the farm of Rudy Navid.
The Montreal Expos are conducting a baseball clinic and tryout camp at Kinsmen Stadium today.
Global Communications Ltd. of Toronto was given permission by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission to set up a third national television network. The new network will help overcome the influence of the three big American television networks — NBC, ABC and CBS.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Brazil signed a new three-year wheat agreement with Canada calling for the purchase of at least three million tonnes over three years at a minimum cost of $600 million.
The Polish regime released 1,227 interned dissidents today, hours after Premier Wojeciech Jaruzelski announced a relaxation of martial law and said military rule could be lifted by the end of the year.
Former Brandon alderman Ron Cayer failed to stop the construction of two buildings near former landfill sites.
The Bank of Montreal will close its St. Lazare branch later this month due to a poor economy and a lack of firm plans for potash development.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The auctioneer’s bark will once again be heard in the southwestern Manitoba community of Melita. A co-operative has been formed to buy the Melita Auction Market, which closed a half-dozen years ago when owner Jim Downey closed the facility.
By month’s end, work is expected to begin on a mural that will completely cover the west wall of the recently constructed Real Canadian Superstore.
TEN YEARS AGO
Mosquito surveillance for the West Nile virus is being stepped up across the province after a second Manitoba crow tested positive for the West Nile virus this week. Health officials say this positive test will not be the last. The latest afflicted crow was discovered in the southern portion of the RM of St. Andrews July 12 and the positive test came back Thursday night. It will be retested over the weekend to confirm the result.
Canadian troops have begun leaving Kandahar to begin the journey home after nearly six months in Afghanistan. The first flight took off late last night on its way to an undisclosed location, where the troops will eventually transfer to a charter flight that will take them to Guam in the western Pacific. Another took off early this morning. Soldiers of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry battle group will then spend several days in Guam to decompress after an austere life in the southern Afghan desert.
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 21, 2012
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SIXTY YEARS AGO
The black timber wolf, which has been on display at the Kinsmen Zoological Garden for the past month, made a brief bid for freedom today, which ended when the animal was shot south of the city.
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SIXTY YEARS AGO
The black timber wolf, which has been on display at the Kinsmen Zoological Garden for the past month, made a brief bid for freedom today, which ended when the animal was shot south of the city.
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