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Wind speeds reached 119 kilometres an hour in Deloraine on Thursday, the fastest registered wind across the country, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. READ MORE
A man accused of attacking a random man on the street with a barbecue fork one week after being arrested for another assault was denied bail in Brandon provincial court on Friday. READ MORE
Fifteen-year-old Jialin Li is one of 12 junior racquetball players set to represent Kurtis Cullen’s Brandon Blasters at the national championships in Burlington, Ont., beginning on Sunday. READ MORE
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Looking Back
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
Official ceremonies will be held today to open the Bullock-Booth Eventide Home, located on the 1300 block of Princess Avenue. The former Ravenscourt apartment has been renovated at a cost of more than $24,000. It was given to the Salvation Army by A.E. Bullock of Vancouver, a former Brandon businessman.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
A kickoff dinner was held at the Prince Edward Hotel for the campaign for funds for the centennial auditorium to be built in Brandon.
Two keyed-up Gemini pilots dashed from great expectations to disappointment in minutes when their Agena space target fell to Earth, scrubbing their vital space adventure for about three weeks.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The strongest earthquake to jolt the Vancouver area in 56 years shook residents awake today as it rumbled through southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington and measured 5.6 on the open-ended Richter scale.
James Harvey Tolton, a master farmer and award-winning seed grower, and Dr. Laurence Cragg, former president of Mount Allison University, will receive honorary degrees from Brandon University at convocation on May 29.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Dr. Henry Morgentaler’s Winnipeg clinic has been turned down for approval as a facility that can perform therapeutic abortions, the college of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba announced yesterday.
The Brandon Fire Department has recently been trying out its $6,000 “state-of-the-art” water rescue equipment. This consists of a four-man Zodiac Cadet 310 inflatable boat, a 10-horsepower outboard motor and four immersion suits.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Canada’s premier precision aerobatics team took to the Brandon skies yesterday as the feature performers of Air Show ’96 at the Brandon Municipal Airport.
Some Brandon school buses will be converted to cheaper natural gas this summer in an effort to beat high gas prices. Nineteen of the division’s 34 buses will be fitted with natural-gas cylinders, but will keep their gas tanks as backups.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
More than $100,000 in unsolicited donations from across the country have poured into Minnedosa to help rebuild the United Church building that was destroyed by fire earlier this year. The church has received nearly $110,000 so far.
Brandon’s downtown core received a $985,780 boost from Manitoba’s Neighbourhoods Alive! program yesterday. The province committed $235,780 in funding for nine of the city’s revitalization projects and is preparing to sign a new five-year agreement with the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation to provide it with core operating funding of $150,000 per year.
TEN YEARS AGO
About 1,000 boisterous Brandon Wheat Kings fans packed the Keystone Centre’s UCT Pavilion on Saturday to welcome the team home and celebrate their WHL championship victory. The Wheat Kings won their first league championship in 20 years by defeating the Seattle Thunderbirds 8-4 on Friday night, wrapping up the best-of-seven series in five games.
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