Today’s top stories
Dozens of residents in Brandon’s south end woke up to slashed tires after a vandalism spree early Wednesday morning. READ MORE
The Brandon School Division board of trustees has cancelled a planned student trip to Europe due to growing geopolitical tensions in the region. READ MORE
Unfortunately for the Assiniboine College Cougars, there’s no such thing as a first-set knockout. The Cougars threw the first punch against the top-ranked Vancouver Island Mariners, but fell 3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 25-9, 25-22) in the quarterfinals at Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association women’s volleyball nationals at the Community Resource and Recreation Centre on Wednesday afternoon. READ MORE
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Weather
THURSDAY: Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness late in the morning then snow and local blowing snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind south 20 km/h becoming northeast 30 gusting to 50 near noon. High -3 C, with -18 C wind chill in the morning. Low -13 C, with -26 C wind chill overnight.
FRIDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High -9 C. Low -20 C.
SATURDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High -13 C. Low -23 C.
SUNDAY: Sunny. High -12 C. Low -20 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Assiniboia Liberal MLA Steve Patrick introduced a motion calling for the voting age in the province to be reduced to 18 from 21.
Ethel Van Koughnet, an employee of Heming-McCallum Jewellery for the past nine years, has been named the first 1966 “Clerk of the Week” by the Brandon Chamber of Commerce.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The Cream of the Crop Bull Sale will be held in Brandon this week. The sale, sponsored by the Manitoba Beef Growers Association, is being held outside the umbrella of the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair for the first time in more than a half-century.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Delays of up to six months faced by western Manitobans waiting to have their hearing tested will be a thing of the past after a new testing facility opened at the Westman Regional Hearing Centre. The new $75,000 testing unit is the second to be installed in the basement of the Provincial Building.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Nearly four dozen farmers, from around the Lyleton area, have rallied to save Andy McMechan’s farm from foreclosure by hauling barley to the United States. McMechan isn’t allowed to go within a half-mile of the border as a result of charges relating to a barley-hauling incident earlier this month.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
For approximately the next 90 days, stock will be liquidated at Lewiscraft in Shoppers Mall. The popular Canadian craft chain, which was previously for sale but couldn’t secure a buyer, was bought by the Bentley Group for liquidation. The Bentley Group operates 450 stores across Canada. All Lewiscraft locations across Canada are closing.
TEN YEARS AGO
The crowd at the Healthy Living Centre tried willing the Brandon University Bobcats women’s volleyball team to an upset of the No. 1 seed and defending Canadian Interuniversity Sport champion Trinity Western Spartans, but it wasn’t meant to be. The No. 8 Bobcats dropped the most-hyped match in program history — a national quarter-final on their home floor — 3-1 (25-23, 25-15, 23-25, 25-19) to the powerful Spartans, but BU head coach Lee Carter was proud of the way his squad battled.
A multi-year, million-dollar project to extend Pacific Avenue from 26th Street to 18th Street will finally begin construction this year. The city approved $400,000 in the 2016 budget to construct two blocks between 22nd Street and 24th Street.
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