Today’s top stories
Candidate Shawna Mozdzen swept the competition Thursday night, winning more than half the votes in a seven-person contest for a Brandon School Division trustee seat, unofficial election results show. READ MORE
A Brandon-based economic development initiative will receive $575,000 from the three levels of government over three years to create jobs and attract more business investments to western Manitoba. READ MORE
Chase Surkan got the show started with a power-play goal as the Brandon Wheat Kings scored five unanswered goals to storm past the Kamloops Blazers 6-3 on Thursday night in Western Hockey League action. READ MORE
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Weather
FRIDAY: Rain ending near noon then cloudy with 30 per cent chance of showers. Amount 5 mm. Wind becoming west 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon. High 11 C. Low 3 C.
SATURDAY: Sunny. Windy. High 9 C. Low -2 C.
SUNDAY: Increasing cloudiness. High 11 C. Low 4 C.
MONDAY: Showers. Windy. High 9 C. Low -1 C.
Looking Back
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
Disastrous floods hit the United States with 34 dead in the wake of hurricane Diane.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The unemployment rate fell last month to 2.5 per cent, the lowest since the summer of 1956.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Manitoba Crop Insurance Corp. is receiving the largest claims for hail damage in its five-year history this year. Claims will likely reach $1.3 million, compared with premiums of only $900,000.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Fifteen years after it was last invoked and stripped Canadians of their civil rights, the federal government is about to soften the War Measures Act. The Mulroney government plans to pass “less draconian” legislation that will “guarantee more protection of civil rights.”
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Today could be the last day of classes for many of the more than 22,000 students at the University of Manitoba, where professors are set to strike.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Minnedosa residents are rallying to save a 95-year-old Canadian Pacific Railway station that sits in the centre of town, describing the building as an integral part of their history. The station, as it currently stands, was built in 1910, but a train station has stood on that spot since 1885. The original station was destroyed by fire. Today, the station sits on a still-active railway line, but has been empty and unused for nearly a decade. The building has become rundown recently, after vandals smashed the windows and neglect took its toll. The station was designated as a Heritage Railway Station by the federal government in 1992, and as a Municipal Heritage Site by the Town of Minnedosa in 2001. But in July, town council decided against purchasing the station.
TEN YEARS AGO
On Dec. 4, Westoba Credit Union branches in Onanole, Shilo, Belmont and Bruxelles will shutter their doors. Westoba president and CEO Jim Rediger said approximately 1,700 members and 12 employees will be affected by the decision, which was unanimously approved by the board of directors.
From the ballot box to the voting booth, École secondaire Neelin High School’s library looked exactly like an Elections Canada polling station on Friday. Students acted as deputy returning officers and poll clerks for the mock election, joining 7,500 schools across Canada in the Student Vote initiative. “I think it’s really important so that the kids actually understand what they will have to go through when they actually do vote for their first time,” said Neelin teacher Kerri Malazdrewicz.
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