Today’s top stories
A Brandon city councillor has apologized for making a Facebook post through a community centre group page joking about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Tuesday morning. READ MORE
Renovating the Brandon Library/Arts Building and city hall will cost more than $32 million, council heard this week. READ MORE
Tyra Lasuik knows the Assiniboine College Cougars are entering uncharted territory, and that she’s a big reason why. READ MORE
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Weather
THURSDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. Fog patches dissipating in the morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -20 C, with -34 C wind chill in the morning and -27 C wind chill in the afternoon. Low -29, with -34 C wind chill overnight. Risk of frostbite.
FRIDAY: Sunny. High -19 C. Low -24 C.
SATURDAY: Snow. High -6 C. Low -11 C.
SUNDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High -9 C. Low -21 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Temperatures today were far below normal from the Rockies to Winnipeg. In Brandon, it was –48 F at the Experimental Farm at 8 a.m.
Respect was paid to a longtime member and the 1966 executive of the Brandon branch of the Canadian Red Cross was elected at their recent annual meeting. Laurie V. Smith, MC, was made honorary president of the local branch of the international organization.
Prime Minister Lester Pearson reiterated that there is no possibility of Canadian military aid being sent to Vietnam.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The 1975 Criminal Code amendment bill passed through the House of Commons yesterday. It partly repeals the 1972 bail reforms to make it difficult for killers, drug dealers and repeaters to get bail. It opens drivers to mandatory acceptance of roadside police checks for signs of intoxication.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Phil Schwarz, a Birtle-area farmer, was nominated to run for the New Democratic Party in the Virden constituency in the next provincial election.
The Brandon School Division and its 443 teachers have settled on a 1986 contract that provides for a three per cent pay increase.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
A fire completely destroyed the Bedrock Autobody Shop in Killarney. Damage is estimated at $200,000.
They call it Friendly Manitoba, but the province holds the ignoble distinction of having the highest rate of auto theft in Canada in 1994. Manitoba’s rate of 12 thefts for every 1,000 registered vehicles is higher than the national average in both Canada and the United States.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The Corral Centre is now 93 per cent leased with the confirmed addition of Michaels, which will be located beside Winners, and Kelsey’s. The foundation for Michaels is already underway. Moores is moving from the Mall Annex on 18th Street to the Corral Centre. Dollarama has also been reported to be joining the tenants, but no word as to when they will open. Winners is expected to open in May. There are only seven vacancies left.
Officials breathed a huge sigh of relief today when they were able to determine that all 70 miners trapped by an underground fire at a potash mine in southeastern Saskatchewan were safe and healthy.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Brandon Police Service is reminding drivers to slow down in construction zones if they want to avoid a hefty ticket. Traffic officers have been monitoring the city’s construction zones, and in the last two weeks, two drivers were fined more than $1,000 in the 3500 block of Richmond Avenue East for going 98 km/h and 105 km/h in a 60 km/h zone.
Manitoba is looking at overhauling the layout of 10 emergency rooms — including at the Brandon Regional Health Centre — across the province after the death of an Indigenous man during a 34-hour wait. But the family of Brian Sinclair, who died in a Winnipeg emergency room in 2008, says changing the configuration of ERs won’t address the reason why the 45-year-old died without treatment.
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