Today’s top stories
Manitoba’s health agency is asking anyone who attended Manitoba Ag Days — touted as Canada’s largest indoor farm show — to monitor for symptoms of measles this week. READ MORE
The Westman Multicultural Festival concluded on Saturday evening after three days of music, dance and food, drawing thousands of visitors through 11 cultural pavilions across the city and celebrating the region’s growing diversity. READ MORE
The Wheat Kings (34-6-0-3), who are tied for second with the Winnipeg Wild (34-5-1-2) scored a lot of goals in winning a pair of games against the fifth-place Eastman Selects (27-13-1-2) and the seventh-place Pembina Valley Hawks (23-17-1-1) in the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League over the weekend. READ MORE
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Weather
MONDAY: Cloudy. Wind northwest 30 km/h, gusting to 50. High 0 C. Wind chill -10 C in the afternoon. Low -10 C. Wind chill -18 C overnight.
TUESDAY: Sunny. High -3 C. Low -11 C.
WEDNESDAY: Sunny. High 1 C. Low -11 C.
THURSDAY: Sunny. High 2 C. Low -8 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The consumer price index for January rose two-fifths of a point to a record 141.2, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported.
Trustees of Brandon School Division No. 40 will henceforth receive $750 per year and the board chairman will receive $1,000 per year as provided in a permission section of the Public School Act. Previously, the trustees and chairman had been unpaid.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
A long line of huge northwest poplars along Aberdeen Avenue in the city’s south end — a favourite drive and walk of many Brandonites in the summer months — have been cut down. The trees were dead or dying as their roots have been cut when sewer and water services were installed in the area and they were considered to no longer be safe.
Harry Collister’s car has been found in Brandon, but there is still no sign of the former police chief, who has been missing since Nov. 28.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Education Minister Maureen Hemphill announced provincial approval yesterday for a $5.5-million expansion to the Brandon University library. Construction is expected to begin later this year after architectural plans are finalized.
It has taken 20 years of lobbying, but Brandon University is finally getting a school of nursing. Hemphill announced the decision at the university yesterday to applause from faculty, officials and nurses.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Amid swirling dancers, aboriginal singers and a pounding drum, Brandon’s three public education institutions launched Canada’s first comprehensive native elders program. The two elders, Isaac Beaulieu and Calvin Pompana, will work with students from kindergarten to post-secondary in the Brandon School Division, Brandon University and Assiniboine Community College.
Veteran vocal quartet The Nylons took to the stage at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium to entertain an enthusiastic audience this evening.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Many Westman residents north of Brandon will be able to sleep a little easier if portions of a natural gas pipeline are converted to transport oil, as planned for sometime next year. Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. announced last week it intends to build a $2.1-billion US oil pipeline from Alberta though the Prairies, to the American Midwest. The bulk of the job in Canada will be to retrofit 860 kilometres of existing natural gas pipeline to transport oil instead.
Arden’s organic elevator, one of the last remaining wood frame elevators in the province, has been put up for sale. The decision to sell the elevator may also mark the end of Manitoba’s only dedicated organic grain handling facility. Built in 1926, the Arden elevator was close to demolition by April 2000, when then-owners Agricore-United sold the structure to a fledgling organic co-operative — the Canadian Organic Commodity Marketing Company Ltd.
TEN YEARS AGO
To jump-start fundraising efforts, Habitat for Humanity Manitoba has hired a full-time paid professional to work out of the Brandon chapter. Longtime fundraiser Margaret Schonewille will take on the role Feb. 29, and will work at the ReStore office.
Male residents of Garden Hill First Nation are allowing RCMP to collect DNA samples from them with hopes of solving the months-old slaying of an 11-year-old girl. Garden Hill First Nation band Coun. Larry Beardy said Monday he was one of the hundreds of men on the reserve who came forward to give a sample when a team of RCMP officers came last Sunday through Thursday. The remains of Teresa Robinson were found in the bush last May, days after she was last seen leaving a birthday party in the community of 4,000 people.
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