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Antoinette Gravel-Ouellette was teary-eyed as she pointed to multiple photographs stapled to trees in Coronation Park in Brandon on Monday, honouring people she knew who’ve died of substance-related harm. READ MORE
Gervan Fearon, who made Canadian history as the country’s first Black university president when he was appointed to lead Brandon University in 2014, was honoured Saturday as part of the city’s inaugural Emancipation Day celebration. READ MORE
Rockin’ The Fields of Minnedosa is all about memories, and three Canadian acts and one of the world’s biggest stars for a while made sure music fans went home with some great new ones on Sunday. READ MORE
Weather
TUESDAY: Mainly sunny. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 21 C. Low 8 C.
WEDNESDAY: Sunny. High 25 C. Low 10 C.
THURSDAY: Sunny. High 28 C. Low 12 C.
FRIDAY: Sunny. High 26 C. Low 11 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
In a colourful and impressive ceremony last night on the Oak Lake Indian Reserve, Dr. John Robbins, president of Brandon College, was made an honorary chief of the Sioux Indians and was renamed Wambdi Iyotanke, or Sitting Eagle, after a member of the Pipestone reserve who died 15 years ago.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Employees of the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission returned to work yesterday after walking off their jobs last week in protest of a federal wage rollback order.
Merry’s Jay, owned by Hugh G. Jackson of Souris, became the first Manitoba-bred horse in almost 40 years to win the Manitoba Derby in a romping 10-length victory over Laissez-Passer and Le Gaspesien.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Manitoba Pool Elevators expects to beef up its livestock business by taking over the Melita Auction Mart for three years. Arthur MLA Jim Downey, who owns the market along with his wife Linda and son Ryan, leased the mart to Manitoba Pool effective Aug. 1.
Burton Cummings, formerly of Winnipeg rock group The Guess Who, played to a sold-out Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium audience on his western leg of a 90-date tour.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
City solicitor Robyn Singleton has been asked to investigate the possibility of drafting a bylaw that would require the mandatory use of helmets by cyclists, even though he believes it would be difficult to enforce.
The NDP wants the provincial government to cough up money to reconnect the Farm and Rural Stress Line. The line, operated by the Canadian Mental Health Association, was shut off July 26 after funding ran out.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Thieves who took off with a gigantic bobblehead — a head-turner that was stolen once before from atop a local hair salon — really should give their heads a good shake, a Brandon businesswoman says. It’s the second time in less than four months that the $5,000 bobbin’ noggin has gone missing from its perch on the roof of Hair That Roxx hairstyling shop on 18th Street.
Manitoba’s new provincial driver’s licence, unveiled yesterday by the government and Manitoba Public Insurance, will begin distribution in September to new drivers, some rural Manitobans and urban drivers whose photo cards are up for renewal. After Nov. 14, every Manitoba driver will start getting the new version when their licence comes up for renewal. The new licence will remain a two-piece product, but it is smaller than the old one, both pieces fit into a single plastic sleeve, and it will slip in and out of a wallet like a credit card.
TEN YEARS AGO
The city is preparing to deploy the fogging trucks for the first time this season. The latest numbers show mosquito populations are in the medium range; however, the count in one trap (2,592) has met the threshold for fogging. According to the city, this week’s weather forecast is not conducive to the application of malathion. The city cannot fog for mosquitoes if it is raining, if the evening temperature dips below 13 C or if the wind speed is in excess of 15 km/h.
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