Today’s top stories
A Deloraine woman who stole more than $53,000 from two community-based organizations was sentenced to just under two years of house arrest. READ MORE
Three outreach programs in Westman will receive almost $1.1 million in federal funding for harm-reduction efforts aimed at addressing the overdose crisis. READ MORE
The Brandon University Bobcats saw a streak snap last season, one they’d like to restart in a hurry. READ MORE
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Weather
WEDNESDAY: Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon. Fog patches dissipating in the morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High 10 C. Low -2 C.
THURSDAY: Sunny. High 12 C. Low -3 C.
FRIDAY: Sunny. High 15 C. Low 2 C.
SATURDAY: Sunny. High 17 C. Low 3 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Forty cents a pound was the price paid for the supreme market lamb as the sheep portion of the sheep and swine show and sale concluded. Guy Laliberte, manager of the Prince Edward Hotel, bid the top price for the cross-bred lamb contributed by A.J. Poole of Kemnay.
Manitoba’s harvest is more than 95 per cent complete. A report said almost all the wheat is in the bins and about 75 per cent of the flax is threshed.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The RCMP has been asked to police Boissevain as of January 1976 when present Boissevain police officer Ed Couling retires.
Pelican Lake Petey II and his trainer, Cec Leech of Brandon, were honoured last night at Brandon City Council’s regular meeting. Petey II became the youngest dog ever to win the Canadian National Retriever Championship at Williams Lake, B.C. Mayor Elwood Gorrie presented Leech with a city certificate of merit.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Brandon’s downtown core should be redesigned to favour people, not cars, a study conducted this summer recommends. Rosser Avenue should be turned into an “open street mall” from 11th Street to Sixth Street to make the area more hospitable to pedestrians and dispel its poor public image, the study says.
Health Minister Jake Epp announced a $1.5-million advertising program yesterday to combat smoking one week after the government committed $90 million to help hard-pressed Ontario tobacco growers.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Tracks believed to be made by a cougar were found just outside Riding Mountain National Park’s northern boundary. Plaster casts were made of the prints and sent to cougar experts in Alberta.
Patrons at Chicago Joe’s Restaurant in the Royal Oak Inn were asked whether merchants should have the right to open on Sundays. A total of 114 people said yes, while 45 were opposed.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
A suspected gangster has been tossed from the city by a local judge, making him the fourth person in five months to be run out of town by the justice system.
It should come as no surprise that at least one name will definitely be on the 2006 Brandon civic election ballot. But it looks like many more are sure to follow. Mayor Dave Burgess has confirmed this week he will seek another term. The mayor, who enters his third year at the helm and his seventh on city council this weekend, says he will let his name will stand for re-election when Brandonites cast their ballots in October 2006.
TEN YEARS AGO
A redrawing of school catchment areas may mean that some elementary students in the city could have to move schools next fall. Currently, both Riverheights and King George schools are over capacity due to the busing of students from other areas of the city. That could lead to moving some students who are currently being bused to the schools to other schools that are under capacity.
Word that four companies are interested in mining for potash in the western portion of the province has a Westman mayor excited. Russell-Binscarth Mayor Len Derkach says a decision to develop the potash properties in his area is as close as it has ever been.
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