Today’s top stories
The recommendations of a recent all-party report on how to support Manitoba’s news media don’t go far enough, says a member of the committee that was tasked with drafting it. READ MORE
The quaint holiday tradition of a Christmas Bird Count lived for another year in Minnedosa on Saturday thanks to a dedicated group of roughly 10 people who are passionate about wildlife. READ MORE
Filip Ruzicka made 31 saves for his first Western Hockey League shutout as the Brandon Wheat Kings completed a weekend sweep of the Moose Jaw Warriors with a 3-0 victory in Western Hockey League action at Assiniboine Credit Union Place on Sunday afternoon. READ MORE
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Weather
MONDAY: Cloudy in the morning. Periods of light snow beginning in the afternoon. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -13 C. Wind chill -36 C in the morning and -22 C in the afternoon. Risk of frostbite. Blowing snow at night, temperature rising to -4 C by morning. Wind chill -22 C in the evening and -12 C overnight.
TUESDAY: A mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of flurries. High -4 C. Snow at night. Low -19 C.
WEDNESDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High -20 C. Low -23 C.
THURSDAY: Cloudy. High -16 C. Low -22 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Petra Burka, a 19-year-old figure skating star, is Canada’s top female athlete for the second year in a row.
Queen Elizabeth was criticized by some of her staunchest royalist subjects who complained her Christmas broadcast wasn’t religious enough.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Officials say it may take 10 days to drain the flooded coal mine in northeastern India where at least 372 trapped miners are feared dead from an explosion.
For owners of Brandon Golf and Country Club debentures issued in 1962, the city’s decision to take over the club means money in the bank. The club issued the debentures —526 of them at $100 apiece — to raise money to improve watering systems on the club’s golf course.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Discussions with the union representing Brandon’s Eaton’s workers would be fruitless after the union has laid charges of unfair labour practices and is claiming $5 million, a spokesman for the department store said yesterday.
Wayne Gretzky, who helped the Edmonton Oilers win a second consecutive Stanley Cup in the National Hockey League playoff championship last May, is The Canadian Press male athlete of the year for an unprecedented fifth time.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Manitoba ranchers are rearing record numbers of cattle. The number of cows in the province’s feedlots has jumped to 167,000 — more than 30 per cent higher than last year.
The first 82 of 1,000 Canadian peacekeepers left for Bosnia today, just hours after learning what their precise destinations would be.
Conrad Black became a bigger fish in Canada’s media pond yester
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The tiny hamlet of Hartney is going Hollywood. Yesterday, the province announced that “The Lookout,” a dramatic thriller, will be shot at locations in Winnipeg and Hartney for about five weeks beginning in late February or early March. The movie will star Jeff Daniels, who was recently nominated for a best actor Golden Globe award for his work in “The Squid and The Whale,” and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, a former child actor best known for his role as alien Tommy Solomon on the sitcom “3rd Rock from the Sun.”
TEN YEARS AGO
A Syrian family of nine fleeing the war-torn nation has been matched with a local sponsor, and — if all goes according to plan — will arrive in Brandon by early 2016. A mother, father and their seven children between the ages of four and 17 will be sponsored by “Neighbours 2 Newcomers,” a group effort of several local churches.
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