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Central United Church will be hosting a bittersweet celebration Sunday as the congregation marks its final service ever in the community. The church is closing due to a dwindling number of members paired with financial problems. READ MORE
In its 2022 budget, the province is doubling funding for the Building Sustainable Communities program to $25 million. The program supports initiatives across Manitoba communities. READ MORE
One person pleaded guilty and another had their charge stayed Thursday in the September 2020 stabbing at the skatepark in downtown Brandon. READ MORE
With a mix of rain and snow in the forecast this weekend, there is a chance for overland flooding for parts of southern Manitoba, the province warned Thursday. Fifty to 80 millimetres of rain and/or snow is expected for some regions. READ MORE
Community leaders pressed the municipal relations minister at the AMM convention Thursday. Municipalities are asking the province to increase core basket funding since levels have been frozen since 2016. READ MORE
Weather
FRIDAY: Snow changing to rain in the morning. Risk of freezing rain in the morning. Wind east 30 km/h. High 2. C Wind chill -8 C in the morning. Low 0 C. READ MORE
SATURDAY: Rain. Windy. High 2 C. Low -2 C.
SUNDAY: Snow. Local blowing snow. Windy. High -3 C. Low -9 C.
MONDAY: Sunny. High -2 C. Low -12 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO: Scout commissioner Gordon Crow presented the highest badge in scouting — The Queen’s Scout badge — to three city Boy Scouts — Brian Brown, 14, Henry Henson, 14, and Douglas Sheardown, 15 — at a ceremony at St. George’s Church last night.
FIFTY YEARS AGO: Environment Minister Jack Davis said yesterday a total ban on commercial fishing of Atlantic salmon by Canadians will last for 10 years or until the population reaches a natural level.
FORTY YEARS AGO: Brandon city officials are concerned about methane gas detected inside two Victoria Avenue East buildings situated on a former landfill site. The floor inside McGavin Foods Ltd. has dropped in the middle, and the sidewalks and parking lots have sunk up to 12 inches since the building was built in 1978.
THIRTY YEARS AGO: A spacecraft has discovered the largest and oldest structures in the universe, wispy clouds that show how creation’s “big bang” led to formation of stars and galaxies, scientists in California said yesterday.
TWENTY YEARS AGO: Two students from Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College are off to Vancouver next month to take part in the National Skills Competition. The computer systems technology students won gold at the recent Manitoba Skills Competition in Winnipeg, earning them the right to compete in the national contest. James Fisher won gold in the electronics category and Armand Lowe earned gold in PC network support. They’ll compete against students from across the country at the national competition at Vancouver’s B.C. Place.
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