Looking Back — June 21, 2023

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This article was published 21/06/2023 (1224 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

SIXTY YEARS AGO

In a startling move, Finance Minister Walter Gordon withdrew his budget’s controversial 30 per cent takeover tax on large-scale sales of Canadian stocks to foreign investors.

In an age-old ceremony, the College of Cardinals today elected Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini, Archbishop of Milan, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He chose the name of Paul VI as a symbol of Christian unity.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Taking part in the sod-turning for the new senior citizens’ apartment block to be built on the southwest corner of 15th Street and Princess Avenue were Laurie Smith, president of the Princess Park Resident Association; Olga McLachlan, president of the Princess Towers Resident Association; Len Evans, minister of Industry and Commerce; and Bob Jarrett, assistant manager of the Manitoba region of the MCHC.

FORTY YEARS AGO

Horace Young, a 67-year-old pensioner, set out in May expecting 2,000 people to sign a petition against the proposed rate increase by Plains Western Gas Ltd. He now has 4,134 names on the petition and will present it at a Manitoba Public Utilities Board hearing.

A quick, powerful thunderstorm struck Winnipeg and southern Manitoba yesterday, ripping up trees, shingles and power lines. Worst hit was the Pine Ridge Trailer Court north of Winnipeg, where eight mobile homes were destroyed or damaged.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

Twelve Brandon University professors are recent recipients of the prestigious Natural Science and Engineering Research Council grants. The grants total $153,452 and are awarded to Canadian researchers annually.

Valleyview residents lost the first round in their fight to save the Sacred Heart school property, but the battle is far from over.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

The city is scrapping any immediate plans to sell the Wheat City Golf Course and use the proceeds to fix up the Canada Games Sportsplex, Mayor Dave Burgess says. After talking with fellow councillors in the past week, Burgess says the city’s community services department will back away from bringing a plan to council this summer on selling the publicly owned golf course west of the city.

Scotia Towers residents are likely waking up with smiles this morning, refreshed after sleeping in their own beds for the first time in two weeks. Renters and commercial tenants were forced out two weeks ago when a water main broke and flooded the basement of Brandon’s largest high-rise.

TEN YEARS AGO

Fifty-seven employees of the City of Brandon made more than $100,000 last year. The city released its annual compensation disclosure report on Thursday, which lists all employees who made $50,000 or more — a requirement under Manitoba’s Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act. A total of 359 employees made more than $50,000 — adding up to roughly $27.3 million. The top earner was city manager Scott Hildebrand, whose compensation was $190,934.30 in 2012.

A Waywayseecappo First Nation family that lived with a rocket in their backyard for more than a year finally saw it hauled away by a bomb squad. According to the family’s mother, Bernadette Sumner, the three-foot shell was first unearthed three years ago after her late father dug it up while cultivating his nearby lawn. After he passed away, her son dragged the assumed explosive device home, leaving it in her yard.