Today’s top stories
City hall is on the brink of ending the decade-long vacancy of a major property in downtown Brandon, thanks in part to an aggressive strategy to trigger development. READ MORE
Neepawa’s Dr. Nichelle Desilets has a warning for people in rural Manitoba about unstable emergency room hours of operation this summer — and she’s urging people to plan ahead. READ MORE
Brandon Wheat Kings forward Roger McQueen’s big day has finally arrived. He’s widely expected to go in the top 10 picks tonight when the National Hockey League hosts the first round of its entry draft. READ MORE
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Weather
FRIDAY: Mainly cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers or thunderstorms. Wind becoming south 20 km/h in the morning. High 26 C. Humidex 32 C. Low 15 C.
SATURDAY: Sunny. High 28 C. Low 15 C.
SUNDAY: Sunny. High 24 C. Low 15 C.
MONDAY: Sunny. High 27 C. Low 14 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The cold temperatures today at the opening day of the Provincial Exhibition dropped the attendance figures almost out of sight, as only 6,000 people came through the gates.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour created extensive minor damages but no major incidents as a few trees were uprooted, several windows were broken and a young lady was blown off her bicycle.
Dr. J.E. (Ed) Andrews, a former director of the Brandon Research Station, was one of four professional agrologists named as fellows of the Agricultural Institute of Canada at the AIC annual meeting in Brandon this week.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Lynne Little, 44-year-old vice-president of Canadian Motors Ltd., collected 257 votes, with 33 per cent of the University ward’s 2,380 eligible voters turning out at the polls in yesterday’s byelection.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Jim Welsh, a Brandon senior, has been recognized for his work in getting kids off the street and into the gym. Welsh was presented with the Gregory Solvassom memorial award by the John Howard Society of Brandon.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
HMCS Brandon crew members have put another nail toward building a foundation in their namesake city. Six of the navy ship’s crew members travelled from their Esquimalt, B.C., base to Brandon to work on Habitat for Humanity’s latest housing project. Today, the crew was ready to help lay the floor of Habitat’s first duplex, which will be the organization’s 16th and 17th interest-free homes in the city.
TEN YEARS AGO
When Shaynese Harder stepped up to the podium yesterday to give her valedictorian address at the annual Crocus Plains graduation, it was a surprise to everyone when she said that she wanted to encourage all of her classmates to fail. “I think the most important thing that I want to send off to my fellow peers is just an encouragement that even if they fail in life, it’s not a failure. It’s a step towards success,” Harder said.
There’s a lot to look forward to at Dauphin’s Countryfest, even if the twang of country music isn’t your cup of tea. The 2015 festival is a good example of how the lineup at Canada’s longest running country music festival has diversified over the past 26 years. This year, 60 bands will perform on the festival’s three stages. The lineup features a mix of big-name country sensations, like Miranda Lambert and Jake Owen, rock ‘n’ roll groups and an eclectic buffet of smaller acts — like hip-hop DJs Co-op and Hunnicut from Winnipeg and legendary children’s performer Fred Penner, who is playing a lesser-known set from his adult-targeted catalogue.
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