Today’s top stories
A man convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 death of his infant daughter was sentenced to nine years in prison in Brandon’s Court of King’s Bench on Wednesday. READ MORE
The federal government is planning to build about 180 homes at CFB Shilo as part of a national housing expansion for Canadian Armed Forces bases. READ MORE
Bryce Pickford scored three times as the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers won their eighth game in a row, handing the Brandon Wheat Kings a 6-3 defeat in Western Hockey League action at Assiniboine Credit Union Place on Wednesday. READ MORE
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Weather
THURSDAY: Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of light snow or freezing drizzle in the afternoon. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light in the afternoon. High -7 C, with wind chill hitting -25 C in the morning and -13 C in the afternoon. Low -12 C, with -20 C wind chill overnight.
FRIDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High -6 C. Low -14 C.
SATURDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High 2 C. Low 0 C.
SUNDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High 4 C. Low -6 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
At its recent awards night, the Brandon Retriever Club gave Cec Leech the J.S. Matheson Trophy. Leech and his award-winning retriever, Pelican Lake Petie Two, received the most points in licensed trials for the year. Petie was high-point dog in Canada.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Glenorky ski hill was the site this weekend of the third race in the Manitoba Cup Championship. A foot of new snow and bright sun produced ideal racing conditions.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Mandatory retirement and discrimination against homosexuals will be outlawed in areas of federal jurisdiction, while women will be given a greater role in the Armed Forces, Justice Minister John Crosbie announced today.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Thanks to local politicians and the Brandon Police Service, the city now has its own red-light district. Operation Red Light is taking place at the First Street and Victoria Avenue intersection all month long to combat what police call a growing problem — red-light violators.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
A second soldier hurt in the rollover of an armoured vehicle several days ago has died of his injuries. Master Cpl. Timothy Wilson of Grande Prairie, Alta., died at a U.S.-run hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, early this morning. Another soldier, Cpl. Paul Davis, died immediately after and five other soldiers were injured when their light-armoured vehicle smashed into a taxi and flipped over. All seven were with the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry from CFB Shilo.
According to a private Environics survey obtained by the Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba Premier Gary Doer remains the most popular premier in the land. “Gary Doer is once again the top-rated first minister in the country, with 77 per cent of Manitobans now voicing approval of the job he is doing (up seven points since the fall),” Environics said in its polling analysis.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Manitoba Senior Baseball League is taking a summer off, with the long-term future of the AAA loop in doubt. League president Neil Franklin said on Friday afternoon that exhaustive efforts to find new teams to join the MSBL — which included putting feelers out across Westman, in Winnipeg and in Saskatchewan — ultimately failed.
A Progressive Conservative government will put an end to spotlight hunting in the province, the party’s critic for Conservation and Water Stewardship said Friday. Speaking from the Manitoba Wildlife Federation’s annual general meeting in Brandon yesterday, Shannon Martin said the practice of hunting at night using a spotlight is dangerous.
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