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The atmosphere was alive on Friday afternoon at Dauphin’s Countryfest despite dark clouds that hung over the festival and broke into showers during the opening show of the night. READ MORE
For many of the 54 graduates crossing the stage at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium on Friday afternoon, the journey to graduation was anything but conventional. READ MORE
A man who broke into a Brandon business and stole dozens of items was sentenced to 14 months in jail in Brandon provincial court on Friday. READ MORE
Weather
SATURDAY: Increasing cloudiness early in the morning, with 60 per cent chance of showers late in the morning and in the afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Wind southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 21 C. Humidex 26 C. Low 15 C.
SUNDAY: Showers. High 23 C. Low 15 C.
MONDAY: Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers. High 22 C. Low 14 C.
TUESDAY: Showers. High 21 C. Low 14 C.
Looking Back
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
Alan Darling, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Darling of Brandon, has been selected to attend the United Nations meetings in New York for six days in July.
Livingstone School has added new honours to its growing record for mural paintings. Word has been received by Principal J.J. Hill that in the Grade 8 class competition at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, the Brandon school has again won the Manitoba championship. The mural is the work of Judy Actemichuk, Lawrence Ross, Hazel Shingoose and Mary Harkot.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
For the first time in any election in Canada, the CBC and the Canadian Press worked jointly to gather returns from Manitoba voting. Returning officers of all 56 constituencies at stake were named by correspondents provided by CP and Manitoba’s daily newspapers, using telephones installed by the CBC.
The last of five convicts who slugged and robbed a Brandon provincial jail guard and fled from a work party near Brandon one week ago today was captured by RCMP.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Defence Minister James Richardson, on his first tour of CFB Shilo since becoming defence minister in 1972, tested out the German-made Leopard tank that the Canadian Forces has agreed to purchase.
Paul Crane, president of the newly formed Association of Competitive Curlers of Western Manitoba, announced that negotiations have been completed with Carling O’Keefe Brewers to be the sponsor for a Western Super Curling League.
FORTY YEARS AGO
A spectacular fire destroyed a Brandon landmark early yesterday morning, threatening neighbouring homes and forcing the evacuation of a nearby senior citizens’ residence. Central United Church, at the corner of Lorne Avenue and Eighth Street, was left a blackened smouldering shell after lightning hit the 86-year-old structure at about 3:30 a.m. Central was Manitoba’s largest United Church, both in terms of capacity and congregation.
A sod-turning ceremony today marked the beginning of construction of the Rideau Park Personal Care Home on the site of the old provincial jail at Victoria Avenue East and Rideau Street.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Eighty-eight tombstones were overturned overnight in what is believed to be the worst vandalism spree ever at the Brandon Cemetery.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Police officers used their newly acquired Taser stun guns twice over the weekend to subdue difficult suspects. The Brandon Police Service just added the “less-than-lethal” weapons to their arsenal earlier this month.
The Progressive Conservative party selected a new candidate for Brandon East yesterday, describing him as a family man who will stand up for working-class people. Mike Waddell, the 36-year-old chaplain for the Brandon Wheat Kings, received the nomination at an uncontested meeting last night.
TEN YEARS AGO
Local lawyers say there’s no question that a mental health court is needed in Brandon. Two city defence lawyers who handle many of the region’s criminal cases say they’re disappointed to hear that the proposal has been placed under review.
Over the past two years, Killarney’s Shamrock Drive-In has had none of the luck its name would suggest. Friday’s storm, a barrage of wind and hail, knocked the screen and three of its remaining five posts over. Two of the screen’s seven legs, which had been erected in 1953, fell last summer. The damage was great enough that the drive-in hadn’t opened to the public this year, instead planning for a few private events later in the summer. Now, however, only the outside supports remain.
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