Today’s top stories
Brandon’s ER refers an average of two to three patients per day to the Brandon Minor Injury and Illness Clinic after they’ve been triaged, according to Prairie Mountain Health CEO Treena Slate. READ MORE
During closing arguments in the Jeremy Blacksmith trial, the Crown said the only believable testimony from the accused was his confession to fatally shooting Blaze Tacan in 2023. READ MORE
The three-time defending Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference women’s soccer champions hit the hardcourt on Saturday at home against the Assiniboine College Cougars, 10 months after capturing their first-ever women’s futsal title. READ MORE
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Weather
THURSDAY: Cloudy. Periods of light snow beginning in the morning. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 60. High 0 C, with -11 C wind chill in the afternoon. Low -11 C. With -18 C wind chill overnight.
FRIDAY: Periods of snow. High -12 C. Low -24 C.
SATURDAY: Sunny. High -21 C. Low -24 C.
SUNDAY: Periods of snow. High -12 C. Low -24 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Oak Lake is another of the towns joining the West-Man Regional Development Corp. The resolution was passed at the recent council meeting with Mayor C.O. Motheral appointed representative.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Walter Borotsik was elected to a one-year term as chairman of the Keystone Centre board.
A tradition in Canadian life — the Eaton’s catalogue — is to be no more. The catalogue sales department is to be phased out in the spring because it no longer is profitable for the company to operate it.
FORTY YEARS AGO
City council accepted a recommendation to hire Winnipeg firm Kraft Construction Co. Ltd., to build an addition to police headquarters at a cost of almost $1 million.
The NDP government plans to introduce legislation to abolish purple fuel for farmers and replace it with a rebate system, Agriculture Minister Bill Uruski said.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
A Saskatchewan-based air carrier will begin service from Brandon to points east and west of here next month. Athabaska Airways is scheduled to pick up where Bearskin Airlines left off on Feb. 11. The new air service will offer Brandon travellers two daily return flights to Winnipeg and one return flight to Regina and Saskatoon.
City council has unanimously approved an agreement to enter into a formal sister-city relationship with Huron, S.D.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
A non-profit group has completed its search for a downtown address to open a homeless shelter, but still needs money to make it a reality. StreetLove Inc. took possession of the United Grill Ltd. building at 33 10th St. on Jan. 1. The group failed to secure the former Manitoba Telecom Service building at 19 Ninth St. in July when it fell short of its $250,000 fundraising goal, and turned down the former Artistic Tattoo building at 321 10th St. because it was too small.
The weird weather in Westman continues. After weeks of above-normal temperatures, cloudy days and fog, today it was freezing rain. The rain blanketed cars, streets and sidewalks and left a thick layer of ice over almost everything.
TEN YEARS AGO
One person is dead following a head-on collision between a semi-trailer truck and minivan on Highway 83 about five kilometres north of Pipestone on Thursday. RCMP spokeswoman Holly Plato confirmed the lone occupant of the van, a man, was killed at the scene.
Two men have been jailed for a violent robbery on the Eighth Street bridge in which one of the three young victims had a seizure. Judge Donovan Dvorak noted how the aging bridge isn’t safe for vehicles to cross, and recent robberies suggest it isn’t safe for pedestrians, either.
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