Today’s top stories
Brandon businesses have been hit with a new challenge after Canada Post’s unionized workers stopped delivering flyers across the country on Monday. READ MORE
In the last three years, the Prairie Mountain Health region has seen a steep increase in the number of people with HIV — from six to 75 reported cases since 2022. READ MORE
The 11th season of WHL Notebook begins with the annual grab bag of facts and figures for the Western Hockey League’s 60th season and the 59th campaign in the WHL for the Brandon Wheat Kings. READ MORE
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Weather
TUESDAY: Mainly cloudy with 30 per cent chance of showers late in the afternoon and risk of a thunderstorm. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 20 C. Humidex 25 C. Low 10 C.
WEDNESDAY: Increasing cloudiness. High 19 C. Low 9 C.
THURSDAY: Cloudy with 40 per cent chance of showers. High 16 C. Low 10 C.
FRIDAY: Rain. High 18 C. Low 10 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Heavy snows in Alberta and Saskatchewan yesterday again set back harvesting of the Prairies’ record grain crop.
Florence English of Hamiota has just returned from a two-year teaching engagement at a girls’ secondary school in Saltpond, Ghana.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Henry Schol has been chosen above 37 other applications from across the country as the new manager of the Keystone Centre. He is currently employed with the Brandon Chamber of Commerce.
The Brandon Mental Health Centre held its 52nd graduation exercises at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium. Twenty-eight psychiatric nurses received their diplomas.
FORTY YEARS AGO
About 250 people went through the gates of Brandon’s first Folk Music and Arts Festival at Brandon University. Festival organizers had expected 400 people to turn out for the event.
Motorists are jumping to the pump today after most service stations in Brandon dropped the price for gasoline by six cents a litre. The price of regular gas went down to 44.0 cents a litre from 50.4 cents.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Lois Fjeldsted has decided to put down the gavel for good. Fjeldsted, who has opened Brandon school board meetings for the past two years, revealed she will not be seeking re-election.
Ten regional health authorities will be established in rural and northern Manitoba to allow more local control over the planning and delivery of health care, Health Minister Jim McCrae announced yesterday.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Three Brandon residents and 15 in the surrounding area have contracted West Nile virus, according to Manitoba Health. To date in Brandon, one patient has developed the West Nile virus non-neurological syndrome, another the more serious neurological syndrome and the latest case remains under investigation. In the Assiniboine Regional Health Authority, eight suffered the non-neurological syndrome, three the neurological syndrome and four remain under investigation.
Westman residents can debate the value of a name on Oct. 12, when the Keystone Centre hosts a public forum about selling the rights to its name to a private company. The session will give the public a chance to learn more about how the centre could benefit financially by selling its name.
TEN YEARS AGO
A large surplus in the Brandon School Division’s budget has some school board trustees debating how the money should be spent. The BSD revealed at its Monday board meeting that a surplus of $977,000 in the operating budget was incurred over the last fiscal year, which ended this past June.
All four Brandon-Souris candidates faced off in their first debate Tuesday evening, answering questions on topics ranging from the closure of Veterans Affairs offices to income-splitting and taxation. But the biggest issue seemed to centre around health care.
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