Today’s top stories
A $3-billion combustion turbine facility is proposed for Westman as Manitoba Hydro anticipates power shortages in the coming years. READ MORE
The electoral officer for Sioux Valley Dakota Nation has filed a report disputing the election results for chief and council that were announced Monday. READ MORE
Grayson Burzynski scored twice, including the game-winner, as the Brandon Wheat Kings defeated the Moose Jaw Warriors 6-4 in Western Hockey League action at Temple Gardens Centre on Tuesday. READ MORE
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Weather
WEDNESDAY: Mainly cloudy. Fog patches dissipating near noon. High 3 C. Low -5 C, with -12 C wind chill and 30 per cent chance of showers or flurries overnight.
THURSDAY: Sunny. High 5 C. Low -9 C.
FRIDAY: Sunny. High 3 C. Low -3 C.
SATURDAY: Clearing. High 6 C. Low -8 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Tony, a cross-bred cocker spaniel-terrier dog, is being credited for saving the lives of 10 members of a Brandon family when a serious fire broke out in their home at 253 Ross Ave. Tony roused seven-year-old Kelly Whitemore, who spread the alarm that got her entire family safely out of the house at 5 a.m. The house owned by W.J. Ernest Parker is reportedly the oldest original structure on the North Hill built before the turn of the century.
The way has been opened for speedy processing of applications by television stations to start broadcasting in colour by mid-1966.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
About 75 air cadets were presented with the wings they have earned from Brandon Flying Club. Jim Aitken of Neepawa was announced winner of an award for the highest combined mark for flight and ground training.
Microwave ovens today are seriously challenging conventional ranges for a spot in Canadian kitchens. Kullberg’s presents a microwave oven demonstration this week.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Highway travel ground to a halt and schools closed throughout much of southern Manitoba today as the region was pounded by a blizzard.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev met today in the first superpower summit in six years and agreed that a successful outcome depends on a willingness from both sides to reconcile their differences.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Nelson River Construction of Winnipeg has been awarded the contract to build two wells along the Assiniboine riverbank and pipelines leading from them to the intake at the city’s water treatment plant.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The 2006 Special Olympics Summer Games hit the jackpot yesterday as Manitoba Lotteries Corp. committed $50,000 toward making sure the games — scheduled for Brandon next summer — are successful. Lotteries Minister Scott Smith made the presentation to the Special Olympics organizing committee at Brandon City Hall yesterday morning. The donation — which will be broken up into two $25,000 chunks — will cover the cost of hosting more than 2,000 athletes, coaches and volunteers who arrive for the four-day competition next July.
TEN YEARS AGO
A long-awaited mental health court is set to become a reality in Brandon. Local judges have long wished for such a court, like the one that runs in Winnipeg, and Attorney General Gord Mackintosh announced yesterday that they’ll get their wish. The new court is part of a five-year strategy under Manitoba’s new Restorative Justice Act that was put into effect on Wednesday.
The Selinger government apologized Wednesday for a slur hurled by an NDP cabinet minister at a Progressive Conservative MLA in the legislature the previous day. During debate on a motion Tuesday, Municipal Government Minister Drew Caldwell, the NDP MLA from Brandon East, used the term “fascist” in heckling Brandon West Tory MLA Reg Helwer while Helwer was speaking. Government house leader Dave Chomiak apologized for the remark Wednesday, calling it “reprehensible,” after Helwer raised the matter in the legislature prior to question period.
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