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Brandon Mayor Jeff Fawcett has listed financial stability and stronger regional partnerships as defining achievements of his first term. READ MORE
A Brandon-based medical physicist has been recognized for his role in expanding access to advanced cancer treatment in western Manitoba. READ MORE
Aemilia Moser has won the 49th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, held April 17-18 at Brandon University’s School of Music. READ MORE
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Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Gary Brawn, newly elected president of the Brandon College Students’ Association, has been chosen as the college’s delegate to this summer’s World University Service seminar to be held in Turkey.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Brandon City Council has decided to pay for property it is assembling for a downtown mall project using part of an unexpected 1975 budget surplus, instead of borrowing the money.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Manitoba’s Clean Environment Commission has warned the City of Brandon to do a better job of cleaning its sewage, but councillors say nothing more can be done until a new treatment plant is built.
Farmers occupied the federal Farm Credit Corporation offices in Brandon this morning as part of a nationwide protest against the federal government in the wake of plummeting grain prices.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Motorists pulling up to local gas pumps are grimacing and bearing the highest prices since the Gulf War with Iraq. Gas prices jumped to 60.9 cents a litre across the city — the third increase since late February, when prices rose from 53.9 cents a litre.
A record for consecutive number of days with snow on the ground — 156 — was set this week. Parts of southern Manitoba were forecast to receive from five to 10 centimetres of snow today. Blizzard-like conditions led to at least four vehicle rollovers on the Trans-Canada Highway near Brandon, while several secondary highways were closed.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Larviciding will once again be the main focus of Brandon’s mosquito-control efforts, according to public works manager Rick Bailey.
Brandon Mayor Dave Burgess wants $26 million from the federal and provincial governments for a new plant to treat wastewater from both city residents and some of Brandon’s largest industrial water consumers.
TEN YEARS AGO
Manitoba changed governments for the first time this century on Tuesday as voters painted the political landscape a solid hue of Tory blue. Brian Pallister’s Progressive Conservatives routed Premier Greg Selinger and the NDP to put an end to 16 years of orange rule. It also marked the demise of Selinger as party leader.
Winds of change were predicted for Brandon East, and as results rolled in on election night, it was clear the Progressive Conservatives would end the NDP’s reign in one fell swoop. Residents voted in favour of Tory candidate Len Isleifson, ousting Drew Caldwell from the seat he has held since 1999 — and ending nearly half a century of NDP power.
A Tory pillar in Westman was bolstered in commanding fashion Tuesday night. The residents of Brandon West returned Progressive Conservative candidate Reg Helwer to Winnipeg with a powerful mandate. As of press time, Helwer took 67.9 per cent of the vote.
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