Today’s top stories
The Brandon Police Service arrested a man on Thursday for a string of seven armed robberies in less than two weeks. READ MORE
A Rivers man born with a rare motor neuron disease causing his muscles to slowly weaken worries his family won’t be able to pay for his costly treatments after his coverage ends this month — and he’s urging Manitoba’s government to step in. READ MORE
The Brandon University Bobcats delivered their best defensive effort of the season on Friday night to beat the Regina Cougars 94-74, improving to 4-5 on the Canada West men’s basketball season. READ MORE
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Weather
SATURDAY: Sunny. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 7 C, with -10 C wind chill in the morning. Low -4 C.
SUNDAY: Sunny. High 8 C. Low -6 C.
MONDAY: Periods of rain or snow. High 1 C. Low -7 C.
TUESDAY: Snow. High -4 C. Low -13 C.
Looking Back
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
The Medicine Hat News announced the appointment of Fred McGuinness, who has served for the last three years as executive director of the Saskatchewan jubilee committee, as assistant to publisher T.R. Osborne.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
D.R. McLean of Pilot Mound and Ernest Pritchard of Roland showed the senior and grand champion Yorkshire boars in swine judging at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Canadian Pacific Transport has applied to the Manitoba Highway Traffic and Motor Transport Board to discontinue its freight truck routes from Brandon to Virden and from Brandon to Russell.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The two Pacific Western Airlines employees at the Brandon airport went out on strike today.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The rates charged to users of the Brandon Fire Department’s ambulance service are going up. Next year, the local rate for Brandon residents will rise from $60 to $90, while non-residents will be billed $180, up from the current charge of $120. Meanwhile, the long-distance rate for a Brandon resident for 1996 will be $615, while non-residents will pay $770.
Health Minister Diane Marleau has rejected a call by anti-smoking activists to declare tobacco a hazardous product.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Westman stands to reap the benefits of Manitoba Hydro’s future wind-power expansion, says the province’s energy and economic development director, Jim Crone. “Southwestern Manitoba is a hot spot of interest,” Crone told the Sun. The director’s comments came after the provincial government and Manitoba Hydro issued a joint “expression of interest” to develop 1,000 megawatts of wind energy over the next decade.
The latest innovation in personal financing is about to come to Manitoba — the MyCard MasterCard, a pre-paid credit card. It looks and feels like a regular credit card, but you can’t get into debt. The money you’re spending is yours, said Arno Hobart, whose firm holds the Canadian marketing rights for the new card.
TEN YEARS AGO
City council will be asked for a little more money this year to run the police force. Police board members approved a proposed total operating budget of $12.2 million during one of their regular meetings this week. More precisely, the proposed 2016 police budget totals $12,238,544, a 1.87 per cent increase over the approved 2015 budget that came to $12,013,800.
The Brandon Wheat Kings peppered the Regina Pats’ net with 53 shots and gave up just 16 shots but had to come up with an important four-minute penalty kill in the third period to secure a 2-1 win.
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