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In the wake of criticism by parents of an 11-year-old boy of his treatment by officers responding to a school incident, Brandon police said Friday that taking a child into custody is a “last resort.” READ MORE
The Brandon-Westman Christmas Cheer Registry has disbursed $400,000 to 45 different Westman charities and food banks. READ MORE
The Vincent Massey Vikings romped to a 71-0 victory over the host Crocus Plainsmen in Westman High School Rugby girls’ action on Friday afternoon to win the Townsend Shield. READ MORE
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SEVENTY YEARS AGO
Increased allowances for teachers with university training, along with alterations in the salary schedule for teachers with previous experience, have been announced. Allowances for teachers with university degrees have been increased from $300 to $400 a year under the new agreement.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The 1966 Victoria Day holiday was the worst in 14 years, with 110 people known to have died in accidents. Seventy-seven of the deaths occurred in traffic accidents, 21 more than the Canadian Highway Safety Council’s prediction of 56, and the largest Victoria Day highway toll since 1948, when The Canadian Press began keeping record of accidental deaths.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
About 15 tons of poisonous gas escaped at Neepawa yesterday while it was being transferred from a tank car to a truck. A spokesman from the Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op Ltd. said a hose ruptured as employees were pumping anhydrous ammonia, a poisonous gas used in fertilizer, from a tank car into a truck.
FORTY YEARS AGO
On May 22, firefighting crews from Russell, Foxwarren, Shoal Lake, St. Lazare, Binscarth, Virden, Miniota and the Birdtail reserve joined the Birtle fire department after fire broke out at about 7 p.m. in the back of the Birtle Bread Box bakery. By 9:30 p.m., the fire had spread to the adjacent Looking Good building, which housed seven businesses, including the town’s newspaper.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Members of the Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation have blocked off a reserve road that enters Riding Mountain National Park to protest a park investigation into the illegal harvesting of elk antlers.
Manitoba is changing negotiating rules for about 12,000 teachers. There won’t be any lockouts, as the government has hinted, but teachers won’t be able to bargain over such issues as what they are asked to do, class sizes and layoff provisions, Education Minister Linda McIntosh announced yesterday.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Cottagers and campers took advantage of warm, sunny skies, though the temperatures were less than ideal over much of the Victoria Day long weekend. Yet even the cold didn’t deter Manitoba’s diehard campers, as the majority of the province’s 5,800 camping spots were full over the weekend. And in Riding Mountain National Park, one park official said the turnout was excellent.
TEN YEARS AGO
The Western Hockey League champion Brandon Wheat Kings remain winless after two Memorial Cup games following a disastrous 9-1 loss to the London Knights in Red Deer, Alta., on Monday. The Wheat Kings face a familiar foe on Wednesday at 7 p.m. — the host Red Deer Rebels. Brandon beat Red Deer in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final in five games last month. If the Wheat Kings win, they will earn at least a tiebreaker game. Lose, and they head home, their tournament over.
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