Today’s top stories
The City of Brandon is exploring a plan to provide wastewater service to the J&G Homes Arena — and eventually annex the land from the RM of Cornwallis. READ MORE
Manitoba public heath officials have identified a medical clinic in Neepawa as a possible measles exposure site. READ MORE
If the Brandon University Bobcats finally show up in Saskatoon today, they’ll need to win two straight matches or kiss their U Sports men’s volleyball title defence goodbye. READ MORE
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Weather
FRIDAY: Periods of light snow ending near noon then mainly cloudy with 30 per cent chance of flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h. High -13 C, with -27 C wind chill in the morning. Low -22 C, with -32 C wind chill overnight. Risk of frostbite.
SATURDAY: Sunny. High -16 C. Low -23 C.
SUNDAY: Sunny. High -16 C. Low -24 C.
MONDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High -12 C. Low -16 C.
Looking Back
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
At least nine trains were halted by a blizzard in Saskatchewan — six in the Kindersley area 120 miles southwest of Saskatoon, and three north of North Battleford.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The Manitoba Telephone System has begun testing in the Melita area in the first step of a program that will result in a new interprovincial microwave link between Winnipeg and Regina. The new microwave link is expected to be in operation by 1968.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Karen Watt was recently named South End Community Centre carnival queen as that centre held its annual winter carnival. Sharon Baraniuk was named first princess, while Karen Armstrong was named second princess.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Members of the Brandon Parents for French group are “smiling from ear to ear” today after a Winnipeg judge ordered the Manitoba government to pay busing costs for students taking French-language classes in Thompson.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Fire Pumper No. 1 is heading back into service. The Brandon Fire Department has spent the past year restoring the vintage vehicle — a 1929 Bickle, which has an important place in the department’s history because it put the horse-drawn pumpers out to pasture. It will be used for parades and for maintaining the department’s history.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Firefighters say a quick-thinking child saved several lives yesterday by alerting them to a fire that forced the evacuation of a downtown apartment block and sent two people to hospital. “If it wasn’t for that child phoning, we’d be looking at a few deaths because none of the smoke alarms were activated due to tampering with the smoke detectors,” Capt. Kevin Groff of the Brandon Fire Department said. Firefighters weren’t sure exactly who the child was, or even whether it was a boy or a girl. But Groff said they believed the child was about 12 years old.
TEN YEARS AGO
With bright eyes and big smiles, the three Kabayiza boys excitedly toured their new Percy Street home. Friday marked the official Habitat for Humanity Manitoba key ceremony, where the Kabayizas — Furaha and Imelda, along with their sons, Jonathan, 6, Even, 3, and Victor, 2 — finally could move into their own home. “We are so very grateful for what we have, such a wonderful house,” Furaha Kabayiza said. “We do appreciate each and every one who has made an effort.” Originally from Rwanda, Kabayiza said he is thrilled to be in Canada, where his family has a bright future.
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