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Advance voting in Brandon has increased to levels not seen in 12 years — with two days of voting already producing nearly as many ballots as were cast during all three days of advance voting in 2014. READ MORE
Charges were stayed for a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in an abandoned house mid-trial after the youth admitted she was lying about what happened during cross-examination. READ MORE
If the universe’s timing was just a little different, Owen Corkish would be skating with the Brandon Wheat Kings and hoping his younger brother Mason would be joining him next season. READ MORE
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Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The best swinemen in a declining world of 4-H gilt competitions hailed from Kenton and Forrest at the provincial gilt show in Brandon. Grant Moffatt of the Forrest 4-H Beef, Swine and Tractor Club won the P.A. McPhail trophy for champion showman of the competition, while Lawrence Daniel of the Kenton 4-H Swine Club won the Manitoba Pool Elevators trophy, earned with his champion gilt.
A special ribbon-cutting ceremony on the western outskirts of Minnedosa marked the official opening of Agristeel Limited’s new million-dollar plant today. Deftly wielding the scissors that cut the red ribbon was 84-year-old Victoria Warren Gordon, one of the first investors in the six-year-old company.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
A small crowd of 1,000 showed up at the Keystone Centre last night to see Canadian rock band Rush with opening act Max Webster.
Wage increases negotiated this year by two groups of city workers and by teachers at Brandon University have been rolled back by the federal anti-inflation board. The AIB announced it has rolled back to eight per cent from 11.11 per cent the increase negotiated by city police.
FORTY YEARS AGO
U.S. President Ronald Reagan is going to sign a bill imposing a surtax on imports from Canada, though the fee may be illegal for the first 10 months under international trade rules.
Manitoba was the only province to record an increase in the cost of gasoline during the summer months. On Oct. 17 in Winnipeg, the price of gas at self-serve stations was 45.4 cents a litre. In comparison, in St. John’s, N.L., the price was 53 cents a litre; Quebec City, 46.2 cents; Toronto, 39.5 cents; Calgary, 36.5 cents; Vancouver, 39.4 cents. The price in Regina, where a gas war is taking place, was 32.5 cents.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Winnipeg businesswoman Ginny Hasselfield eked out a 21-vote victory over Liberal MLA Kevin Lamoureaux yesterday to take over the leadership of the province’s Liberals.
The equivalent of a hockey team will be benched when Canada Post gets out of the junk mail game. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says 18 local, part-time employees have been penalized by the Chrétien government’s recent directive to stop delivering unaddressed flyers except in areas where there is no alternative delivery.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Shortages of both nurses and doctors will continue to challenge the Assiniboine Regional Health Authority this year as in previous years, according to CEO Penny Gilson. The ARHA held its annual general meeting in Glenboro on Wednesday night, and officials told a crowd of about 100 people that staffing levels are still a major issue. Gilson said there are eight physician vacancies within the health region right now, with just five potential candidates to fill them. The ARHA will place newly hired doctors where they are most needed.
TEN YEARS AGO
Police say they seized more than $250,000 worth of illicit drugs, including crystal meth, during a series of raids in the Brandon area made as part of a seven-month, multi-agency investigation. While he didn’t specify how, Brandon Police Service Deputy Chief Randy Lewis said there is a link between arrests made in connection with the investigation and recent gun violence in Brandon.
Rossburn’s police station now sits vacant without any police officers to open its doors. Brian Brown, head of council in Rossburn Municipality, said the community’s two RCMP corporals transferred out of the detachment in August. He is not optimistic they will be replaced. As a substitute, Brown has proposed installing six to eight strategically placed cameras in town, which would serve as a hollow consolation.
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