Today’s top stories
A Sioux Valley woman who fatally stabbed her cousin in 2022 was sentenced on Thursday to nine years behind bars. READ MORE
The provincial government’s new grocery-store legislation meant to combat high prices was triggered by the business practices of a Brandon store, the Sun has learned. READ MORE
Brandon Police Service Chief Tyler Bates said he welcomes the idea of the city having a future 72-hour sobering centre after a facility opened in Winnipeg last week under a new provincial law. READ MORE
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Looking Back
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
Firefighters were summoned to the Manitoba Power Commission’s new hydro plant on Victoria Avenue, where an oil burner exploded and set fire to a quantity of tarpaulin coverings.
Firefighters were summoned to the Manitoba Power Commission’s new hydro plant on Victoria Avenue, where an oil burner exploded and set fire to a quantity of tarpaulin coverings.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The committee of the whole meeting of Brandon City Council last night recommended that council approve a contract for the demolition of the Ackland and Voy buildings on Ninth Street.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
More than 700 people made the rafters of the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium ring with applause last night for the provincial premiere of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s two new dance compositions.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The province must buy three more $1-million CT scanners by 1987 — including one for the Brandon General Hospital — to bring Manitoba up to national standards, a government advisory committee has recommended.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Alex Fraser is retiring his pick following a long and illustrious career in country and western entertainment, but not before he has one more kick at the cat. Alex will be playing for the New Year’s Eve festivities at the Keystone Centre, and all proceeds are going to the western Manitoba branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The Brandon School Division plans to eliminate separate classrooms for special-needs students next year, but some parents say the move is based on a misunderstanding of the law. BSD spokeswoman Amanda Holodryga confirmed that schools in Brandon will no longer offer learning-assisted classrooms, starting in September 2006. The move comes in response to a piece of provincial legislation known as Bill 13, which Holodryga said requires the BSD to get rid of the special classrooms.
TEN YEARS AGO
A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Manitoba teenager whose fate galvanized calls for an inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal girls and women. Tina Fontaine was just 15 years old when her body, wrapped in a bag, was found in the Red River in August 2014. She was supposed to have been in a group or foster home in Winnipeg, but she had run away. Her family expressed relief after learning of Raymond Joseph Cormier’s arrest.
There’s a saying in gambling that the house always wins. But, that’s not the case for Sand Hills Casino in the first nine months of its operation, according to its audited financial statements. Despite taking in $8.9 million in gaming and other revenue, once expenses were deducted the casino lost $1.3 million.
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