Today’s top stories
The City of Brandon’s three recycling depots will permanently close at the end of the season due to litter complaints and contamination issues. READ MORE
A 15-year-old boy who allegedly pointed an airsoft gun toward a student at a school in Ebb and Flow First Nation was arrested on Tuesday. READ MORE
Meadows and Maryland Park schools have played the city’s first-ever junior high cricket scrimmage. READ MORE
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Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Manitoba has received royal approval for its proposed provincial flag and the way now is clear for formal proclamation of the Provincial Flag Act. The flag is the Red Ensign with the provincial coat of arms on the fly.
A mammoth Salvation Army parade went through the streets of Brandon this afternoon. Mayor S.A. Magnacca greeted the Salvationists on the steps of the city hall. The parade was part of the Salvation Army’s three-day centennial Thanksgiving festival.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Currently playing at the Strand Theatre is “Jaws”; at the Green Acres Drive-In is “The Poseidon Adventure” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”; at the Lucky Star Drive-In is “The Longest Yard and “Death Wish.”
Revenue Canada released a list of average incomes in 100 Canadian cities, according to 1973 tax figures, and Brandon placed third with an average income at $7,594.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Residents of the Spruce Woods Housing Co-operative on the North Hill have launched a petition aimed at Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to demand better postal service.
Earl (Curly) Tyler has become the first person ever appointed President Emeritus of Brandon University.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The demolition of the interior of the Original Building-Clark Hall at Brandon University will begin next month, signalling the start of a two-year, $12.5-million restoration project.
Tom Wilson, general manager of the Brandon Economic Development Board, announced his retirement from the post he has held for the past five years.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
A fire destroyed the Glenboro-area home of Theressa and James Ryland over the weekend. The Rylands were in Brandon at the time of the fire and their five children were at school. The family dog perished in the fire.
A devastating earthquake triggered landslides, toppled an apartment building and flattened villages of mud-brick homes yesterday, killing more than 18,000 people across a mountainous swath touching Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
TEN YEARS AGO
A feisty debate from start to finish had Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa candidates answering questions on everything from the death penalty to the niqab controversy. Some candidates were aggressive right out of the gate with their opening statements, including the NDP’s Laverne Lewycky, who used his time to ask a series of questions about Conservative incumbent Robert Sopuck. In his opening remarks, Sopuck told the crowd he is proud to be a rural MP and will take his constituents’ concerns forward. He went on to say he is “a strong defender of rural communities, and especially rural natural resources industries.” Independent candidate Inky Mark started off with anti-Stephen Harper messages, once again calling him a dictator.
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