Today’s top stories
Westman’s two Conservative MPs will not support the current version of the federal budget that was tabled on Tuesday. READ MORE
A Brandon judge called the child sexual abuse material found on a man’s devices “disgusting” and “abhorrent” before sentencing him to more than two years in prison on Wednesday. READ MORE
Cameron Allard scored his first two Western Hockey League goals and Joby Baumuller and Jaxon Jacobson also sniped twice as the Brandon Wheat Kings spanked the visiting Swift Current Broncos 9-4 at Assiniboine Credit Union Place on Wednesday. READ MORE
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FRIDAY: Cloudy. High -2 C. Low -9 C.
SATURDAY: Sunny. High -5 C. Low -11 C.
SUNDAY: Sunny. High -4 C. Low -13 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Laurie V. Smith of Brandon, J. Clifford Cory of Virden and Alex Whyte of Rivers are the three from western Manitoba who will be honoured along with six Winnipeg residents with the Golden Boy Good Citizenship award. The award carries with it the citation “for exemplifying a way of life that helps make Manitoba a better place for all in which to live.”
W.A. (Bill) Paton has been named to the membership of the Sanatorium Board of Manitoba.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Prof. M.V. Naidu, head of the department of political science at Brandon University, has been named national program chairman of the Canadian Peace Research and Education Association.
City council has decided not to get into the natural gas supply business and will not turn the Plains Western gas company into a city-operated utility.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Vancouver rocker Bryan Adams received three top honours at the Juno Awards, giving him his second consecutive domination of the industry’s annual celebration.
Country star Tommy Hunter was in Brandon at Candlewood Books to autograph his new book, “My Story.”
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The privatization of CN Rail is being blamed for the layoff of almost half of the workforce at the railway’s repair and maintenance shops in Winnipeg. Employees were told that 480 of the 1,020 workers at the Transcona shops are being temporarily laid off.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Manitoba Progressive Conservatives will select a new leader after Stuart Murray asked the party to hold a leadership convention. Murray garnered support from just 55 per cent of delegates after they were asked at the party’s annual meeting whether to hold a leadership convention.
Clair Murray, CEO of the Murray Automotive Group, has earned a coveted spot on the 2006 list of Canada’s Top 100 employers. The list singles out employers across Canada who have exemplary workplace environments, and the companies and organizations that are the leaders in their fields in attracting and retaining high-quality employees.
TEN YEARS AGO
A rural Westman youth has been charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly using social media to encourage violence on behalf of the Islamic State. His arrest was the result of an investigation that involved the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the RCMP’s National Security Enforcement Section.
Three potential sites for Brandon’s new outdoor sports facility were presented at an open house Thursday night. Proposed sites include land at the corner of First Street and Veterans Way, property north of Assiniboine Community College on the North Hill, and an area at the southeast corner of the city along 17th Street East.
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