Today’s top stories
The Brandon School Division (BSD) has moved into the implementation stage of its updated Risk Response Plan, with a new emergency communication system — known as HZ Alert — now being piloted in six select schools. READ MORE
Farmers Business Network (FBN), North America’s agtech marketplace, is expanding its footprint in Manitoba with the opening of a state-of-the-art distribution centre in Brandon. READ MORE
Christian Murray and Matheus Ruffini scored to lead the Brandon University Bobcats to the 2-0 victory they needed to capture the No. 1 seed for the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference men’s soccer playoffs on Sunday. READ MORE
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Weather
MONDAY: Rain ending in the morning,then cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of rain. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 in the morning. High 7 C. Night cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of rain in the evening. Rain beginning late in the evening and ending before morning. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50, becoming light late in the evening. Wind becoming northwest 20 before morning. Low 0 C.
TUESDAY: Cloudy. High 8 C. Low -3 C.
WEDNESDAY: Sunny. High 11 C. Low -4 C.
THURSDAY: Sunny. High 12 C. Low 0 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Marilyn Sibbald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Sibbald of Rapid City, has been awarded the Rolling River division scholarship for the second-highest aggregate in the division for Grade 12 mathematics, the scholarship for the highest marks in Grade 12 at Elton Collegiate and the Elton student council scholarship for the highest marks in Grade 12.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Direct-dialing service to 10 more southwestern Manitoba communities begins today when the Manitoba Telephone System, with offices at 18th Street and Victoria Avenue, turns on the switches on its latest equipment. The cutover to new equipment marks completion of a major part of the Brandon Toll Project — a $10-million scheme and the largest single project of the phone corporation to date.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Barry Austin of Brandon was the winner of a goat in a fundraising draw sponsored by the Crocus Plains Football Booster Club. Austin decided to return the animal to its breeder outside of town.
More than 50 musicians, ranging from rocker Bruce Springsteen to rappers Run DMC, have released an anti-apartheid record, “Sun City,” which attacks both the South African government and the Reagan administration.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Health Minister Jim McCrae tried to assure Manitobans that Manitoba’s laboratories will continue to be vigilant against hamburger disease and other public health threats.
Brandon University professors have sent their striking University of Manitoba counterparts $1,000 for picket line expenses.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Kevin Bell, a Hamiota resident, is one of only dozens across Canada to be honoured as a blood donor and Canadian Blood Services volunteer — a role he took on with a passion after transfusions helped save the lives of his son and wife. Bell, 41, said his nightmare came true when his son Jayson was diagnosed with leukemia in 1995. Then, cancer struck his wife Wendy in the form of a rare bone marrow cancer called acute myelofibrosis. With the help of transfusions and other treatments, Wendy and Jayson have been in remission for years. Realizing the transfusions kept his loved ones alive, Bell started giving blood. He has donated 20 times in the last seven or eight years, has helped set up Canadian Blood Services donor clinics in Hamiota and is registered as a potential bone marrow donor.
TEN YEARS AGO
Ready or not, a Trudeau is returning to 24 Sussex Drive, completing the first father-son dynasty in Canada’s federal government history. Justin Trudeau, 43, will become Canada’s next prime minister after his party steamrolled to a stunning majority victory Monday night following the longest and most expensive general election in modern times. The Liberal party, which was en route to claiming more than 180 seats in the newly expanded 338-seat House of Commons, becomes the first ever to vault directly from third party status to government.
Brandon-Souris voters chose to “rehire Maguire” on Monday night. The Conservative incumbent was greeted at his campaign headquarters by thrilled supporters cheering and waving signs in support. Just before 11 p.m. Maguire was in the lead by more than 4,000 votes ahead of Liberal candidate Jodi Wyman.
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