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The NDP government announced Thursday that 18 new doctors have been recruited for Prairie Mountain Health since 2024 — but Doctors Manitoba says the focus should be on retaining doctors in rural areas. READ MORE
Despite some concerns by area residents, 24-hour youth safe space in Brandon will be allowed to operate for at least another two years, Brandon city council decided on Monday. READ MORE
YWCA Westman unveiled plans Thursday evening for an estimated $40-million women’s campus at a community launch in Brandon. READ MORE
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Looking Back
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
Cash awaiting the winners in the All-Canadian Swine Show, which will run as a feature of the 1957 Brandon Exhibition during the city’s 75th anniversary year, was boosted by the addition of $2,245 raised at the Full Fair Swine and Sheep Show.
B.R. Bennett of Deloraine swept the Shropshire sheep classes in the judging at the Brandon Exhibition Sheep and Swine Show and Sale. Champion and reserve rams and ewes all came from the Bennett farm.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Former Elkhorn resident Grenville Bates has been made assistant supervisor of the CBC. Mr. and Mrs. E.A.R. Bates, parents of Grenville, operate a large farm in the Elkhorn district.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Two new senior citizens’ complexes will officially open next week. Oakwood Place, a 12-unit apartment building, costing $263,677 in Oak Lake is already fully occupied. The other complex is Elkhorn Lodge in Elkhorn, costing $269,126.
More than 1,100 people attended the two performances last night at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium by country music greats Wilf Carter and Hank Snow.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The unofficial results of the civic election have Mayor Ken Burgess, 58, polling 6,192 votes to opposition Mr. Allan Bertoria’s 1,762 — a total of 7,958 of 26,780 eligible voters casting ballots for mayor.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Mike Baryluk has a hot idea for dealing with winter’s cold snap. Baryluk has invented The Hot Lid, a tarp-like enclosure that surrounds your vehicle while a propane heater raises the temperature inside the dome to summer-like conditions.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Chocolate bar sales are a sweet form of fundraising for many Brandon schools, but students could see that money melt away if healthy eating policies extend beyond the classroom. As school cafeterias and vending machines move away from junk food, there is concern the ubiquitous chocolate bar sales could send a mixed message.
A sixth-end steal gave Neepawa’s Kelly Robertson enough to slide past Ron Westcott 6-5 in Sunday’s Guild Insurance Brokers Classic October Classic bonspiel final.
TEN YEARS AGO
It was a much quieter bus ride than usual for Bob Riddle as he drove his school bus down the highway on Friday, simulating drop-offs and pickups along the way. The route was part of Southwest Horizon School Division’s first-ever school bus rodeo, a day for bus drivers to refresh on safety and practise their driving skills.
Slowly but surely, work continues behind the scenes on a major development proposal for the southern outskirts of Brandon. It has been nearly a year since VBJ Developments signed an agreement with the City of Brandon and the RM of Cornwallis to study the feasibility of developing 170 acres of farmland into a 50-acre commercial property and 120-acre residential area at the site south of Patricia Avenue and west of Highway 10.
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