Today’s top stories
A man was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Monday after he struck a 67-year-old man in the back of the head with a baseball bat in “a random, unprovoked assault in broad daylight.” READ MORE
Brandon Seniors for Seniors Co-op Inc. hosted its “Grandkid and Gingerbread House Party” on Monday morning to strengthen family bonds while imparting lessons. READ MORE
In an annual rite of passage in this space, this year’s crop of Brandon Wheat Kings rookies were asked what they enjoy about playing in the Western Hockey League. READ MORE
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Weather
TUESDAY: Increasing cloudiness with 30 per cent chance of flurries in the afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -19 C with -33 C wind chill in the morning. Risk of frostbite. Temperatures rising overnight to -15 C by Wednesday morning.
WEDNESDAY: Increasing cloudiness. High -14 C. Low -17 C.
THURSDAY: Cloudy. High -11 C. Low -16 C.
FRIDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High -9 C. Low -17 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Information concerning every home, store, building and street in the city of Brandon will be fed into a computer in Saskatoon early in January as the first step of an urban renewal study for the city proceeds.
United States and South Vietnamese military commanders today ordered a 30-hour ceasefire by their forces during Christmas unless attacked by the Viet Cong.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
After eight months of sporadic negotiations, Manitoba’s fee-for-service doctors appear no closer to a new contract than when they started.
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation has approved a $1,148,044 loan to the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation to provide for the building of three four-bedroom, 10 three-bedroom and 16 two-bedroom housing units in Brandon. The units are to be built on Westaway Bay by Jacobson and Greiner Limited.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The union representing Brandon Eaton’s workers has filed charges of unfair labour practices against the company and is demanding $5 million in compensation.
Massachusetts Sen. Edward (Ted) Kennedy announced yesterday he will not be running for the White House in 1988.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The generosity of southwestern Manitobans will put dinner on the plates of up to 1,800 area families this Christmas. Contributions to the Brandon Westman Christmas Cheer Registry hit the $60,000 mark yesterday.
The city is owed approximately $280,000 in assorted fees this year, but a good chunk of that debt has been written off. As a result of passing its annual write-off bylaw, city council said goodbye to more than $150,000 in charges, including outstanding ambulance fees, business taxes and landfill accounts.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
RM of Whitehead Reeve Wayne Dobbie says the Kemnay underpass is a disaster waiting to happen. Two semi-trailers in two days — one of them hauling dangerous goods — hit the structure that hangs over Highway 1A, about 12 kilometres west of Brandon.
TEN YEARS AGO
An animated short film featuring the music of a Brandon University graduate is hitting all the right notes with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Julian Beutel was the composer and musical director for filmmaker Seth Boyden’s “An Object at Rest,” one of 10 entries shortlisted for the Academy Award in the category of best animated short film.
Pitchers and catchers don’t report to Major League Baseball spring training camps until mid-February, but a young collection of them will be at the Atlanta Braves’ facility in Orlando, Fla., later this month. Forty players who are trying out for Manitoba’s 2017 Canada Summer Games team, including several from Westman, will be flying down to central Florida later this week to participate in the ESPN Disney Classic, which runs from Dec. 30 to Jan. 2.
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