Today’s top stories
A young family is frustrated that they have to leave their new apartment after finding cockroaches in their unit just weeks after moving in. READ MORE
A local entrepreneur’s silk pillowcases are being included in the 2023 Everyone Wins gift bags, which are given out every year to the actors and filmmakers who are up for major accolades at the Academy Awards. READ MORE
The Connor Bedard show makes what will likely be its final tour of Westoba Place tonight. READ MORE
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Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Two new members, Leo Macsymetz and Peter Hnatuk, were elected to the Sandy Lake Ratepayers Association at the annual meeting.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Brandon has established itself as national leader in percentage increase for United Way contributions after its last campaign.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Space-hungry clubs in Neepawa are eyeing the vacant Viscount School, but few can handle its $12,000 annual operating cost. A public meeting held yesterday to determine community interest in the 55-year-old landmark attracted a number of community clubs that want to use the facility.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Rob Forbes, publisher of the Brandon Sun and Brandon Today, has announced that the operation of Brandon Today will move from its present location at 630 14th St. East to the Brandon Sun building at 501 Rosser Ave.
A $1-million project to provide the village of Cypress River with a new water source will proceed this summer.
A legion of volunteers are busy this week preparing the Keystone Centre for the Scott Tournament of Hearts national women’s curling championship.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
With Manitoba facing a shortage of French immersion teachers, members of the Brandon School Division took a trip to the East Coast to recruit new graduates. In the past, the division has recruited graduates from the College Universitaire de St. Boniface in Winnipeg, but this year they decided to expand their search. The recruiters spent a week, from Feb. 10-14, at career fairs at the University de Moncton in New Brunswick and the University of Prince Edward Island.
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