Today’s top stories
While the Medicine Hat Tigers and Brandon Wheat Kings battled on the ice on Wednesday evening, the real drama was taking place behind the scenes as one Western Hockey League club came to the aid of another. READ MORE
A woman has been sentenced to eight months behind bars for assaulting a woman by repeatedly punching her and gouging her eyes. READ MORE
A new era is here in Brandon University women’s basketball. Here to stay? Only time will tell. READ MORE
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Weather
FRIDAY: Periods of light snow ending in the morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High -6 C, with -19 C wind chill in the morning. Low -13 C, with -20 C wind chill overnight.
SATURDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High 3 C. Low 0 C.
SUNDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High 4 C. Low -7 C.
MONDAY: Cloudy. High -7 C. Low -12 C.
Looking Back
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
Pay boosts for Brandon firefighters have been approved by the board of arbitration in Winnipeg. For acting chief, the board set a monthly salary of $300, captains will rate $290; senior lieutenants $280; junior lieutenants $275; drill master $290; mechanic $275; fireman fourth year $263; fireman third year $252; fireman second year $230 and fireman first year $215.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
About 90 members of a West German army engineering test team are ready to fly home this weekend following three months of cold-weather trials on military equipment at CFB Shilo.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Sharon Ballance was crowned queen of Central Community Centre at a teen dance held last week. Susan Hayward and Sandra Law were chosen first and second princesses, respectively.
FORTY YEARS AGO
With the flick of a switch, the 200 kilometres between the province’s two largest cities disappeared yesterday when a two-way audio-visual link glowed to life between psychiatric hospitals in Brandon and Winnipeg. This allows Brandon Mental Health Centre patients to talk, screen-to-screen, with psychiatrists in Winnipeg.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Concerned health-care workers continued their campaign against health-care cuts by surrounding Health Minister Jim McCrae outside a local hotel. McCrae was on his way to a Progressive Conservative party meeting at the Royal Oak Inn when he was met by about 25 frustrated health-care workers. Last week, the government announced it would open its $70-million-a-year home-care program to bids from private companies as soon as this summer.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Paul Haggis got his start in show business as a kid, doing carpentry at a amateur theatre in his hometown of London, Ont. On Sunday night, Haggis received Hollywood’s highest honour — his film “Crash” won the best-picture Oscar. He and his friend Bobby Moresco also took home statuettes for best original screenplay. The film, a searing look at the intersecting lives of a group of Los Angelinos who confront the realities of urban violence and racism, pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history, topping “Brokeback Mountain.”
TEN YEARS AGO
The Brandon Wheat Kings scored four times in the final six minutes after letting an early lead slip away to beat the Moose Jaw Warriors 6-3 at Westman Place on Friday.
Boissevain farmers Ben and Lisa Heide were edged by Jason and Laura Kehler as Manitoba’s 2016 Outstanding Young Farmers recently in Winnipeg. The Kehler family farms 5,600 acres near Carman, growing potatoes, seed soybeans, corn, canola, oats, wheat, soybeans and edible beans.
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