Looking Back — Nov. 13, 2023

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This article was published 13/11/2023 (1037 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

SIXTY YEARS AGO

Undefeated in 11 straight Manitoba Junior Hockey League games, the Brandon Wheat Kings added another notch to their growing list of achievements at the Wheat City Arena yesterday as they trounced the Brandon College Caps 7-3.

The Brandon Gun Dog Club held its second informal trial of the season in the Ninette area recently with 31 dogs competing in three stakes.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Egyptian and Israeli negotiators reached agreement today on several issues of the tenuous Mideast ceasefire which a UN source described as a “breakthrough.”

First to win a grand champion at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto was a big Clydesdale stallion called Aspiration, owned by the Brandon Clydesdale Syndicate and being shown at the Royal by Wayne Moore of MacGregor.

FORTY YEARS AGO

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers, hungry for a Grey Cup berth, whetted their appetite yesterday as they mauled the Edmonton Eskimos 49-22 in the Canadian Football League’s Western Division semifinal.

Soviet leader Yuri Andropov has still not been seen in public since August and the condition of his health has caused speculations on who will succeed him.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

In an effort to woo back transit riders and stop the hemorrhage of red ink, city councillors have endorsed the return to the 30-minute, 10-route city bus schedule instead of the 40-minute, eight-route schedule they had changed to 22 months ago.

A funding crisis has forced the cash-strapped Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council to shut down its entire police force, leaving eight southwestern Manitoba reserves without regular policing services.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Hospitals and public health officials in Manitoba are bracing for a strain of the flu called A Panama, which hits children first and hardest. Health Canada’s Flu Watch surveillance system is reporting widespread influenza activity in the Northwest Territories, Alberta and Saskatchewan. One case of flu has been reported in Manitoba.

Some examples of gas price comparisons within Manitoba and the rest of Canada show Hi-Way Esso in Brandon at 67.9 cents per litre; Portage la Prairie, 66.9; Elkhorn, 68.9; Winnipeg, 61.7; Calgary, 59.9; Vancouver, 75.9; Mississauga, Ont., 69.9; Halifax, 74.9.

TEN YEARS AGO

The Selinger government took a page out of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s playbook during the throne speech yesterday, focusing on jobs, the economy and infrastructure in the province. Lt.-Gov. Phillip Lee delivered the 23-page speech from the capital, referencing jobs 36 times, the economy 31 times and infrastructure 30 times. The biggest boon for Brandon was the announcement the Daly Overpass — a three-lane bridge over the railway along 18th Street that has been much maligned as the largest bottleneck in the city — will be “redeveloped” in partnership with the city.

Veterans affairs, marijuana, seniors housing and abolishing the Indian Act were just a few of the topics discussed by candidates at a debate hosted by the Brandon Friendship Centre on Tuesday. But it was the missing Conservative candidate, Larry Maguire, who continued to receive attention throughout the two-hour forum. Maguire was slated to attend the race’s first all-candidates forum on Tuesday afternoon. But late Monday afternoon, Maguire’s campaign staff cancelled his appearance due to a “scheduling overlap.”