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A Cross Lake woman who lit a fire in a Brandon hotel room, causing an estimated $18,000 in damage and the evacuation of around 150 people, was sentenced to a year and half in jail on Friday. READ MORE
The City of Brandon will explore planting native plants along roads and on boulevards instead of regular grass, council agreed on Monday. READ MORE
The National Farm Animal Care Council has drafted a new code of practice for beef producers and is looking for feedback from the public. READ MORE
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Looking Back
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
The main street of MacGregor is under a foot of water from the rampaging Beaver Creek.
Brandon City Council again deferred plans for the building of a civic auditorium.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Authorities suspect a burned-out axle caused the derailment of part of a westbound CPR freight train early yesterday morning. Twenty-two freight cars jumped the CPR main line near the centre of the village of MacGregor and plugged the rail yard with wreckage.
Green Acres School was closed all day today owing to a bomb scare received on the telephone at 8:45 a.m. by school principal J.R. Coates.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
As of yesterday morning, the level of the Assiniboine River at the water treatment plant in Brandon dropped four inches. The Souris River dropped five inches at Souris, while Plum Creek at Highway 2 has gone down 1.13 feet.
The Souris Lions Club has presented a $500 cheque to Souris town council to start a fund for the rebuilding of the historic Souris swinging bridge.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Brandon police are currently investigating pyramid scams that con people into investing hundreds and thousands of dollars with the promise of huge payoffs.
The plunge in world oil prices has sent ripples through the southwestern Manitoba oilpatch, resulting in layoffs, wage rollbacks and reduced exploration.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Brandon teachers left another school board meeting empty-handed. It was the third time local school trustees refused to say whether they support locking out teachers as part of contract talks. Trustees failed at previous attempts to reach a consensus on the provincial government’s controversial proposal to legalize right-to-strike or lockout provisions.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Five no-spray zones have been established so far under Brandon’s new pesticide bylaw, but according to new rules the city can’t say where they are. Councillors voted unanimously last night to amend the three-week-old bylaw and keep the location of the so-called “buffer zones” private.
More than $58 million in rebate cheques will be mailed to all Manitobans who had Autopac policies in the 2004-05 insurance year. For most people, it will be about $100. It’s the second premium rebate from Manitoba Public Insurance in five years.
TEN YEARS AGO
RCMP are investigating a fatal collision between a pedestrian and a semi truck that took place at the junction of the Trans- Canada Highway and PR 110, about five kilometres east of Brandon, just before midnight on Saturday. The initial investigation has revealed that two 25-year-old men from the area were standing on the side of the highway when one of the men walked into the path of the eastbound semi truck. A witness, and evidence from the scene, confirm that the 37-year-old truck driver attempted to avoid the collision without success.
Police are searching for two suspects spotted in the area just before a massive $4.5-million inferno destroyed three residential properties in Wolseley around 3:45 a.m. Saturday.
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