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A deck fire at a trailer on Spruce Street in Meadowbrook Village was quickly brought under control Saturday evening. READ MORE
A Brandon-based contractor said he is disappointed after the City of Brandon awarded a contract to a Winnipeg-area company, despite what he described as a minimal price difference. READ MORE
Mothers and families across Brandon marked Mother’s Day Sunday with special events, ranging from elegant high tea gatherings to a themed trivia competition. READ MORE
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Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Civic officials, city police and firefighters, RCMP, veterans of two world wars, representatives of various church groups and citizens gathered on the lawn in front of Brandon City Hall to take part in one of more than 2,000 ceremonies across the province to welcome the new Manitoba flag.
Topping stiff competition, young Jimmy Decker of Rivers earned the Thomas Ryles trophy at the Brandon Music Festival.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The Manitoba government has earmarked $1 million for expansion and renovation of facilities at Assiniboine Community College in Brandon, Colleges Minister Ben Hanuschak announced yesterday.
About 670 telephone customers served by the Hartney exchange received direct distance dialing service this week.
FORTY YEARS AGO
A tornado touched down in a farmer’s yard near Morden, flattening a barn and one other building as a severe band of thundershowers battered southern Manitoba today.
Impatience has given way to panic for many Manitoba farmers as persistent rains have turned their fields into lakes and left their livestock foundering belly-deep in mud.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Brandon Hills Veterinary Clinic has joined the company of a select few. It is now an accredited hospital member of the American Animal Hospital Association. Less than six per cent of the small animal veterinary facilities in Canada are accredited members of the association.
The film on the reconstruction of Brandon University’s Original Building — Clark Hall — recently won a gold award from the Canadian council for the Advancement of Education.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
His gun sparked a potentially historic Métis hunting rights case, but William Neal Goodon insists he wasn’t looking for a fight when he downed a ringneck duck near Sharpe Lake. Goodon, 37, testified at his trial yesterday in Brandon provincial court as he defended himself against the province’s Wildlife Act.
TEN YEARS AGO
Brandon-Souris Conservative MP Larry Maguire doesn’t believe the national anthem needs a rewrite to be more gender-neutral. “I believe our national anthem is not broken,” Maguire said from Ottawa. “It has served Canada well over the past 100 years. I have spoken with numerous constituents and the vast majority prefer for the lyrics to remain as written. In fact, many of them raise the question why Parliament is dealing with this issue at all.”
The Brandon Teachers’ Association will have a new person at the helm of the organization next school year, the latest in a series of new names in leadership positions affecting local schools. On Monday night, Brandon School Division trustees agreed to second Peter Buehler from his position as librarian teacher at Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School to become president of the BTA.
