Looking Back — March 13, 2024
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This article was published 13/03/2024 (957 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The chief of medical services at Assiniboine Hospital has been appointed assistant district coroner by the provincial government. Dr. A.H. Povah took over as assistant to coroner Dr. J.M. Matheson recently.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Vince M. Dodds was re-elected to the presidency of the Big Brothers of Brandon Association executive at last night’s annual general meeting.
The ladies auxiliary to the UCT presented two power saws valued at $300 each to ARM Industries Ltd. and Camroc.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The provincial Department of Education has agreed to supply the Brandon School Division with a bus to transport physically handicapped students.
The 282 bowlers who hit the lanes for the annual Bowl For Millions campaign, including such notables as Brandon-Souris Progressive Conservative MP Lee Clark and Ald. Ross Martin, raised $6,000 for Big Brothers and Sisters.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The Canadian economy rebounded in February to produce 66,000 new jobs and knock the national unemployment rate down to 11.1 per cent from 11.4 the previous month. February’s surge in jobs outpaced an increase of 33,000 in the workforce.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
In most small Westman towns, it’s up to the local RCMP to take care of everything that’s out of line, from illegal parking to aggravated assaults. But an Association of Manitoba Municipalities committee planning to ask the province for more funding for local policing also wants to look at ways to make policing more efficient.
Manitoba doctors are swamped by unprecedented demand for knee and hip replacements — leaving patients suffering in pain for months and sometimes years. According to a new report, Manitoba has the highest rate of knee replacement surgery in the country, and the third-highest rate for hip replacements. The annual report on knee and hip surgery from the Canadian Institute of Health Information shows 90.5 of every 100,000 Manitobans underwent a total knee replacement in 2001-02, the highest rate in Canada.
TEN YEARS AGO
Brandon’s not a bad place to live, but it’s an even better place to settle if you’re a newcomer to Canada, according to a popular annual ranking. The city has rebounded in this year’s edition of MoneySense magazine’s Best Places to Live in Canada ranking. It climbed to 42nd out of 201 cities after falling to 91st out of 200 cities last year.
Prior to the release of the 2014 budget last week, the Manitoba government quietly revealed plans to eliminate the Council on Post-Secondary Education and merge its existing members with the department of education.
More than 3,600 classic rock fans flocked to Westman Place on Wednesday night to see ZZ Top perform.