Today’s top stories
A pair of great blue herons arrived at Brandon’s Riverbank Discovery Centre Tuesday afternoon, the newest additions to the Peter Sawatzky Sculpture Park. READ MORE
The Manitoba government has spent more than $1.5 million so far on an expansion at Maryland Park School that will see 14 new classrooms added next year. READ MORE
With a new Western Hockey League season set to dawn, here’s a look at the Brandon Wheat Kings and what to expect from the players. READ MORE
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Weather
WEDNESDAY: Mainly cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating in the morning. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h in the afternoon. High 21 C. Low 10 C.
THURSDAY: Showers. High 16 C. Low 11 C.
FRIDAY: Showers. High 19 C. Low 12 C.
SATURDAY: Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers. High 20 C. Low 10 C.
Looking Back
SIXTY YEARS AGO
China told India today to pull out of a Sikkim-Tibet border area claimed by Peking in three days or face “grave consequences.” The Chinese move apparently was aimed at helping Pakistan in its war with India.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The last convertible to be built in the United States, the 1976 Cadillac Eldorado, made its debut yesterday. Cadillac officials predicted the car will become a collectors’ item by next fall.
Kent Forman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Forman of Rivers, was judged junior fiddling champion of Manitoba at a contest in Winnipeg.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Longtime city employee and transit department supervisor Tom McCormack has been named Brandon’s new transit superintendent.
Accelerated Christian Education schools have been spreading across North America since 1970. In Manitoba last year, there were 14 schools with 373 students. Two new schools are expected to open this fall.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The government will now allow smokers to bring up to five cartons of cigarettes into Manitoba. But they still have to pay the appropriate taxes and have the packages stamped. In the past, Manitobans could only bring one carton, or 400 grams, of fine-cut tobacco home from Ontario or elsewhere.
Beginning this Sunday, a new product — Sunday Free Press — will be delivered to all Brandon Sun home subscribers. It will replace the current Sunday Cover Story.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Crime-fighting devices that could help cops tame unruly crooks won’t be part of the local police force’s arsenal any time soon, in part because of ongoing budget woes. Brandon Police Service Sgt. Larry Yanick said the debut of Tasers, controversial devices that immobilize a person with an electrical current, has been delayed.
Current and future violin students at the Brandon University School of Music will soon benefit from the generous donation of a rare violin. The 162-year-old instrument’s present owner is Brandon College alumnus William Chefurka. The 1946 science graduate recently decided to personally hand over the instrument, though he had originally intended to bequeath it through his estate.
TEN YEARS AGO
A new five-year strategic plan will chart the course for Prairie Mountain Health through 2021, according to PMH CEO Penny Gilson. The plan, which was released on the health region’s website, provides direction based on information gathered from the Community Health Assessment. Released earlier this year, the assessment is a 362-page report that documents the strengths, weaknesses and needs for health services throughout the region.
Approximately 40 people gathered at the Green party office in downtown Brandon last night to celebrate the official campaign launch for the federal election slated for Oct. 19. David Neufeld told a group of supporters that the incumbent Conservative government, led by Stephen Harper, doesn’t share the same values as the average Canadian, particularly when it comes to the country’s most vulnerable people.
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