Looking Back — Feb. 6, 2024
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 06/02/2024 (590 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
W.J. Collier was elected rector’s warden at a meeting of Holy Trinity Church in Miniota, with W.J. Mossop as people’s warden.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Norm Apshkrum, 47, is the new manager of Burns Foods in Brandon.
Dianne Lougheed was chosen carnival queen at the East End Community Centre’s two-day winter carnival. Princesses were Brenda Bourgeois and Wendy Ross.
FORTY YEARS AGO
RCMP in Manitoba breathed a sigh of relief after no one was reported killed in a blizzard that swept through the province yesterday, stranding hundreds of motorists along highways. About 250 people spent the night on cots in the provincial building in Portage la Prairie and 150 in the arena as motels and hotels were overflowing with travellers.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The Brandon Chamber of Commerce is urging federal Finance Minister Paul Martin to hold the line on cigarette taxation. “It is incredible that a bankrupt government would forego current revenues to combat what is actually a law enforcement problem,” president Paul Crane said. The government is considering reducing the tax to combat cross-border smuggling.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Seven pavilions got up and running at 6 p.m. last night for the opening of the Lieutenant Governor’s Westman Regional Winter Festival. Brandonites were out in force at most of the pavilions, where volunteers reported people had been lining up as early as 5:15 p.m.
Not content to hop on the Paul Martin bandwagon, Turtle Mountain Progressive Conservative MLA Merv Tweed will stay true to his party and try to represent it federally in the next election. Tweed, a 47-year-old Killarney resident, announced he will seek the party’s nomination in Brandon-Souris.
TEN YEARS AGO
City police who were called to a disturbance wound up finding a major marijuana grow-op in a downtown home. Police seized hundreds of plants that could generate tens of thousands of dollars.
Be prepared for traffic disruption on Victoria Avenue this summer, as major construction is planned between First and 18th streets. Pavement will be replaced along the 17 blocks of the province-owned Victoria Avenue, and sidewalk accessibility ramps will be added as well.