Today’s top stories
Brandon West MLA Wayne Balcaen has called on the NDP-led provincial government to provide stable and predictable funding for Helping Hands Brandon. READ MORE
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew kicked off preparations for the next provincial election by announcing Glen Simard as the first nominated candidate for the 2027 campaign. READ MORE
Assiniboine College treated guests to an evening of desserts and specialty beverages at the inaugural “Sweet Affair” on Thursday. READ MORE
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Weather
MONDAY: Mainly cloudy. Wind becoming south 20 km/h in the morning. High 4 C. Wind chill -15 C in the morning. UV index 1, or low. Clearing late in the evening. Wind south 20 km/h, becoming west 20 in the evening. Low -2 C. Wind chill -8 C overnight.
TUESDAY: Sunny. High 7 C. Low -5 C.
WEDNESDAY: Sunny. High 8 C. Low -8 C.
THURSDAY: Sunny. High 6 C. Cloudy periods at night. Low -7 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
People scrambled through forced elevator doors, sat bewildered on stilled subway trains or waited in parked cars in jammed lines of home-bound traffic as one of the worst power failures ever plummeted major Canadian and United States cities into darkness.
The Brandon Chamber of Commerce endorsed in principle the establishment of the Western Manitoba Regional Development Corporation, provided that the function of the Brandon Industrial Commission is retained.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
This year’s nominations for the Optimist Club of Brandon’s Bob Bass Memorial Trophy for outstanding young citizens are Sharon Hotel, Diane Nelson, Wanda Nicol, Kirsty Henderson, Patricia Prowse, Louise Uhryniuk, Daryl Northcut, Scott Lamont, John Helgeson and Ron Lucy.
The provincial government has announced grants totalling more than $2.4 million for five special programs operated primarily out of Brandon University to provide northerners and Indigenous people with access to the professors.
FORTY YEARS AGO
A decision by Brandon General Hospital staff to start an all-charities fundraising drive has proved to be a boon to Brandon-area charities. The hospital’s staff has donated almost $10,000 more to charities this year than last, when only the United Way canvassed the hospital.
The city’s welfare budget is being strained to the bursting point by increasing numbers of applicants, social services director Florence Duncan says. All of the $617,000 should be gone by the end of the year.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Eaton’s is getting a facelift — a $300-million makeover. The 126-year-old company plans to remodel all 94 department stores, which can be found from Victoria to Charlottetown, in the next five years.
A bull owned by Mountainview Farms of Swan River was selected grand champion at the Keystone Konnection All Breed Jackpot Bull Show during Fall Fair ’95.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Brandon-Souris MP Merv Tweed said yesterday he will stick with federal politics rather than attempt to become leader of the provincial PCs, a job that came open last weekend when Stuart Murray called for a leadership convention.
It took 60 years, but a handful of Canadian war veterans have finally been honoured for their combat duty with a legendary military group known as the First Special Infantry Force. But it wasn’t the Canadian government that finally got around to awarding medals. Boissevain’s Norm Smith and the remaining Canadian members of the FSIF, also known as the Black Devils, or Devil’s Brigade, were the first Canadians to ever receive a Combat Infantry Badge from the United States government. They received them at the 59th reunion of the force in Calgary in August.
TEN YEARS AGO
A 20-year, $25-million proposed plan for the future of Brandon’s Assiniboine River corridor has been unveiled, with a main goal of “working with the river — not against it.” Dubbed “Back to the River,” the preliminary master plan incorporates a large naturalization aspect, a revamped Riverbank Discovery Centre, new trail systems and powwow grounds.
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