Today’s top stories
A letter of support for a school trustee candidate purporting to be from a Brandon church was not written or sanctioned by the church, a parish official told the Sun. READ MORE
The Crown has stayed a second charge against a man previously convicted of making intimate videos of his ex-fiancée available on a porn site without her consent. READ MORE
The Brandon Wheat Kings will be looking to overcome an ugly trend they’ve established this season as the Kamloops Blazers skate into town tonight. READ MORE
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Weather
THURSDAY: Showers. Risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h early in the afternoon. High 11 C. Low 7 C.
FRIDAY: Showers. High 9 C. Low 2 C.
SATURDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. Windy. High 9 C. Low -1 C.
SUNDAY: A mix of sun and cloud. High 12 C. Low 2 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Sandy Koufax, pitching with only two days rest, fired a brilliant three-hitter as the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series by defeating the Minnesota Twins 2-0 in the seventh and deciding game.
NDP Leader T.C. Douglas made a brief swing into Manitoba to speak to about 125 housewives and farmers in Dauphin.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Arnie Francis has been chosen president of the Brandon University Students’ Union for the coming year, defeating Eric Irwin in an election that went to a recount yesterday to decide a winner.
Ken Fraser, president and general manager of Christies School Supply, was elected to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce board of directors at the annual meeting in Saskatoon.
FORTY YEARS AGO
City council made it official when it sold the former library building to the Brandon Chamber of Commerce for $1. Under the terms of the sale, the chamber must pay the city half the profit — to a maximum of $57,000 — it makes over its renovation costs if it sells the property.
The city agreed to undertake $355,000 worth of renovations to the airport, but not before questioning the cost of the project. The city operates the Brandon airport, but will get all the money for construction from the federal government.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Longtime adventurer Don Starkell was at Candlewood Books in Shoppers Mall signing copies of his latest book chronicling his solo canoe trip to the Arctic, a venture that cost him several fingers from frostbite and nearly killed him.
Saddam Hussein won 99.96 per cent of the vote in a referendum that shows how much Iraqis wanted him to rule for another seven years.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
A Chinese tai chi master made a rare visit to Brandon yesterday, offering lessons in a unique style of the martial art. “The Chen style employs a combination of fast movements and slow movements,” Prof. Wang Zheng-Hua said through interpreter Michael Shen. Wang is a master of the Chen style, having learned directly from the descendants of its original founder.
Representatives from Manitoba Telecom Services met yesterday with residents who have concerns about a proposed cellphone tower in the city’s west end. While an MTS wireless planning manager argued the proposed tower’s emissions would be about one one-millionth the level considered safe by Health Canada, residents were still genuinely worried by the potential of health risks.
TEN YEARS AGO
A Canadian flag was removed from a Manitoba advance polling station on the weekend because a worker believed it violated election rules. Elections Canada said a worker in Virden thought the red in the Canadian flag could be interpreted as support for the “One employee did ask that we remove some flags because they were red, which has absolutely nothing to do with partisanship,” Spokeswoman Marie-France Kenny said. “It was all a misunderstanding.”
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