Looking Back — Jan. 12, 2024
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This article was published 12/01/2024 (976 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Hon. Jean-Paul Deschatelets, minister of works, announced the award of a $20,400 contract to the Gotthard Peterson Construction Company Limited of Cypress River, for the construction of a post office building at Reston.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Gayton Labossiere of Virden suffered a dislocated hip as a result of being pinned under a bulldozer that had fallen while being loaded on a low-bed about one-half mile south of the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 10.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Community Welcome, a year-old association of former patients from the Brandon Mental Health Centre, has received $210,000 in grants from the federal government.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The Brandon School Division’s cost per pupil is one of the lowest in the province and about $1,000 less than the provincial average. Brandon is spending $4,837 per student this school year. The provincial average is $5,830.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
When Duane LaCoste picks up the gavel and calls Minnedosa town council to order next week, he’ll be picking up right where he left off. LaCoste, 62, has been acclaimed as Minnedosa’s new mayor after nominations closed yesterday afternoon. The former RCMP officer has been serving as acting mayor since October, when former mayor Rick Everett died after less than a year in office.
TEN YEARS AGO
An inquest into the death of a man during a 34-hour emergency room wait will turn its attention to hospital overcrowding and delays rather than focus on assumptions made about the Indigenous double-amputee. Judge Tim Preston says he expects to hear from about a dozen witnesses as the Brian Sinclair inquest moves into its next phase.
A man who allegedly waved a knife at police officers, who had to draw their guns before he was arrested, now faces additional charges related to a failed robbery and a failed carjacking. He’s one of three men who were arrested Wednesday night after police descended on a downtown hotel where a patron said three people tried to steal a case of beer at knifepoint.
Sunrise Credit Union and Sandy Lake Credit Union have entered into discussions with the intention to merge by May. Because a merger with Sandy Lake Credit Union would account for less than a 10 per cent increase in assets, the merger can be approved by the Sunrise Credit Union board of directors without a full membership vote. Sandy Lake Credit Union members, however, will have the opportunity to vote at their next annual general meeting in Sandy Lake on Jan. 27.