Today’s top stories
A Brandon city councillor made a pitch Monday for Ottawa to recognize Louis Riel Day as a federal holiday. READ MORE
Students, faculty and community members gathered at Brandon University on Saturday afternoon as the Loy Excellentia Initiative hosted its annual Black History Month celebration. READ MORE
Jaxon Jacobson set up all three goals as the Brandon Wheat Kings pulled five points ahead of the Saskatoon Blades with a hard-fought 3-2 victory in Western Hockey League action at Assiniboine Credit Union Place on Monday afternoon. READ MORE
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Weather
TUESDAY: Mainly cloudy. Wind east 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming northeast 50 gusting to 70 in the morning. High -3 C. Wind chill -22 C in the morning and -11 C in the afternoon. Low -6 C, with -14 C wind chill in the evening.
WEDNESDAY: Snow. High -6 C. Low -11 C.
THURSDAY: Cloudy. High -11 C. Low -17 C.
FRIDAY: Cloudy. High -14 C. Low -20 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Saskatchewan residents consumed 11,824,000 gallons of bottled and draught beer in 1965, an increase of 486,638 gallons over the previous year.
The mercury plunged to within two degrees of a new record this morning. Both the Brandon airport and the Experimental Farm recorded overnight lows of -37 F, only two degrees warmer than the record set on Feb. 17, 1956.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Marlene Bruce, Miss Brandon Mental Health Centre, received the 1976 Brandon Winter Carnival crown from last year’s queen, Daphne Wagner. First princess was Margaret Anne Campbell (Miss UCT), and second princess was Suzanne Dube (Miss Ponderosa Steakhouse).
The North End Community Centre recently named Debbie Cousins, 14, as its queen. First princess was Tammy Andronick and second princess was Camille Houle.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The dramatic jump in interest rates since December is threatening to kill plans for a new $1.25-million student centre at Brandon University, says project co-ordinator Andrew Pattison.
Johnson and Johnson of Canada said yesterday it would stop making and selling all over-the-counter Tylenol capsule products, following the lead of the U.S. makers of the headache treatment. The decision comes nine days after cyanide-contaminated capsules killed a New York woman.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The Manitoba Telephone System is chopping another 330 people from its workforce, bringing to more than 1,500 the number cut in the last five years.
A national child-care plan announced by the government in December is being scrapped. Human Resources Department officials cite lack of enthusiasm by the provinces, which would have to share costs.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
A Brandon man, arrested for allegedly dousing a Minnedosa church with gasoline and then setting it ablaze, was charged yesterday with an additional count of arson in connection with the April 2004 Brandon Hills United Church fire, and two counts of vandalism to more than 100 tombstones in the Brandon Hills and Roseland cemeteries on Oct. 9, 2004.
Cleo, the furry black and white canine who greets visitors at the Brandon Humane Society, is being hailed as a hero after finding a freezing cat that was dumped at the shelter’s doorstep. One of the shelter’s new volunteers was out walking Cleo when the dog started barking and ran up to a little lump curled up by a fence. When it was found, the black and brown tabby had a frozen back leg and parts of its ears were freezing off.
TEN YEARS AGO
Local taxpayers are looking at a 5.4 per cent increase in the education property tax after the Brandon School Division board of trustees passed a proposed budget that chair Mark Sefton said considers growing and diversifying needs from students and looks toward the future. For a home assessed at $225,000, the proposed budget would mean a tax increase of $84.98.
The issue of violence against Indigenous women goes beyond the ranks of murdered and missing, Canada’s Indigenous affairs minister said Tuesday as she explained her claim that the tally of victims is far higher than believed. Carolyn Bennett made headlines this week when she said the number of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada is likely much higher than the 1,200 total put forward in reports by the RCMP.
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