Today’s top stories
The federal government said it will continue to reform Jordan’s Principle as it announced $1.55 billion in funding on Thursday. READ MORE
A family physician in Westman has received a Doctors Manitoba award, recognizing her clinical expertise and humanitarian work with a non-profit helping adults with disabilities. READ MORE
If the Brandon Wheat Kings have a realistic shot at catching the Calgary Hitmen for fourth place in the Eastern Conference, they’ll need two points tonight at Assiniboine Credit Union Place. READ MORE
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FRIDAY: Mainly cloudy. Clearing in the afternoon. Blowing snow. Wind northwest 50 km/h gusting to 70 diminishing to 30 gusting to 50 in the afternoon. Temperature falling to -16 C in the afternoon, with a -27 wind chill. Low -24 C, with a -32 C wind chill overnight. Risk of frostbite.
SATURDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High -17 C. Low -24 C.
SUNDAY: Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of flurries. High -10 C. Low -12 C.
MONDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High 3 C. Low -9 C.
Looking Back
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
Members of the Brandon Daily Sun and CKX television and radio gathered in the Prince Edward Hotel to honour Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart last night. Mr. Stewart, who has won wide recognition for his arena administration in Brandon, is leaving to take up larger responsibilities as assistant manager of Winnipeg Stadium.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Opposition leader Gil Molgat says Manitoba must take advantage of all applicable federal programs to help the province catch up to the rest of Canada in industrial development. “Canada’s economic growth is the best in the world, but the calamity is that Manitoba is not sharing in it,” Molgat says.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The Canadian transport commission has ordered the Canadian National Railway to continue operating the money-losing transcontinental train, The Super Continental, for the time being.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Jean Chrétien, the battle-scarred Quebec MP who proudly fought through the country’s 1981 constitutional wars but couldn’t take losing a tough Liberal leadership battle against John Turner, resigned his House of Commons seat today.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
A wide majority of Grade 12 students passed the province’s first standardized English exam. The Education Department found 81 per cent of 7,438 students had a grade above 50 per cent. The provincial average mark was 64.6 per cent. In the Brandon School Division, 86 per cent of 367 students passed, and the average mark was 65.5 per cent. Manitoba Education says it spent $750,000 developing, administering and marking the province’s first standardized English language-arts exam.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Orphaned children in Kenya will soon have a new home thanks to two dedicated Brandon residents and the generosity of local businesses and volunteers. Ian and Lynne White have begun to build the first of what they hope will be several orphanages and schools in the African country. The Whites raised money for the project by selling their Brandon home in 2004 and moving into an apartment. They then began to build a new home in the Brookwood Park development in the city’s west end. With the help of volunteer labour and donated supplies, the house was built with minimal cost. The home was recently sold, and the Whites are using the money to help children in Kenya.
TEN YEARS AGO
This year’s edition of Manitoba Ag Ex promises to be bigger and better with the announcement that the Wheat City Stampede will now be a part of the fall event. The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba has partnered with the Manitoba Rodeo Cowboys Association.
The Brandon Wheat Kings scored four times in the third period and now sit atop the Eastern Conference after beating the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-2 at the Enmax Centre on Friday. With the win, the Wheat Kings went up a single point on the Hurricanes (40-20-1-1). Both teams have played 62 games.
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