Looking Back — Feb. 14, 2024

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SIXTY YEARS AGO

Brig. Harold E. Brown, OBO, ED, CD of Brandon, will be appointed senior military component of the Canadian delegation to Vietnam in September. He is now serving as commander of Central Ontario Area with headquarters in Oakville, Ont.

Jack Anderson and his rink compromised of Art Skodstod, Roy Inglis and Jack Hazelwood swept top honours in the first event in the annual Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Unit No. 10 bonspiel at the Brandon Curling Club.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Health ministers voted unanimously yesterday to ask the provincial government for laws to make compulsory the wearing of seat and shoulder belts in cars.

A fire early today destroyed the Community Inn Motor Hotel in Swan River. The hotel was only two years old.

Mayor Bill Wilton said yesterday the federal and provincial government’s Neighbourhood Improvement Program to preserve and enhance predominantly residential areas could be of terrific benefit not only to the city but to homeowners in the selected areas.

FORTY YEARS AGO

Saluted by volleys of gunfire and whistle shrieks across the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov was laid to rest today in Red Square at the foot of the Kremlin wall among other heroes of the Soviet Union. Mourners included Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, U.S. Vice-President George Bush and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

At a board meeting last night, trustees passed a motion authorizing the distribution of information pamphlets about the high school French immersion program this fall, with an eye toward starting it at Neelin High School this fall.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

The Real Canadian Superstore is urging Brandon customers to call city council and voice opinions on its decision not to allow wide-open Sunday shopping.

Edi Podivinsky of Edmonton won the bronze medal in the men’s downhill ski event on Day 2 of the Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, Norway.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Minnedosa’s ethanol plant will soon produce 700 per cent more fuel with a multimillion-dollar boost in funding from the federal government. The Husky Oil Marketing Company, which operates an ethanol plant in Minnedosa, was one of seven fuel companies nationwide that received grants yesterday under Ottawa’s $100-million Ethanol Expansion Program.

TEN YEARS AGO

Infrastructure projects in communities with fewer than 100,000 residents will be able to tap in to a $1-billion Small Communities Fund, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Thursday. Harper unveiled much-anticipated details of the New Building Canada Fund, a $14-billion, 10-year infrastructure plan.

An internal investigation by Winnipeg’s health authority has found a city hospital did nothing wrong when it sent two patients home by taxi who later died on their doorsteps. Arlene Wilgosh, CEO of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, said the critical incident reviews didn’t find any problems with the medical decisions to discharge both men. Both patients were suffering from underlying medical conditions that caused their sudden deaths, she said.