Looking Back — May 3, 2024

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This article was published 03/05/2023 (1238 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

SIXTY YEARS AGO

Snow and record low temperatures were recorded in many parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan today. At Flin Flon, a blizzard dumped 11 inches of snow in five hours.

Winston Churchill, 88, announced he will not run for Parliament in the next British general election because he is unable to attend House sessions.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Fire last night levelled a 400-foot-long building, formerly used as a horse barn, on the north boundary of the exhibition grounds. No animals were kept in the building and no injuries were reported.

Judy Pringle, a student at Brandon University, won the provincial vocal competition of the National Festival of Music. She won over Loreena McKennitt of Morden and Elizabeth Neufeld of Winnipeg.

FORTY YEARS AGO

Fire in a machine shed and a dairy farm near Souris owned by Willy and Erika Eissner destroyed three tractors, a combine, hay binder and lawn mowers.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

Manitoba beekeepers are outraged that Ottawa intends to allow potentially contaminated U.S. bees into Canada despite repeated requests that a 1987 ban be extended. Agriculture Minister Charlie Mayer plans to lift the ban next January.

Two more finalists in the 1993 edition of the Bud Country Talent Search have been determined. Brandon’s Cecile Fortier and Russell’s Virginia Steffon were declared the winners at last week’s competition at the Trails West Motor Inn.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Premier Gary Doer and his New Democratic Party are asking Manitobans to give them a second majority government when they go to the polls June 3, saying they have kept their promises and have earned the trust of Manitoba. Dressed in a black suit, white shirt and green-striped tie, Doer rolled into town late yesterday afternoon, greeted by a sea of NDP signs held by cheering supporters.

People without credentials taking care of children in rural daycare centres are the targets of the latest program expansion at Assiniboine Community College. The province requires that two-thirds of workers in licensed daycares have their early childhood education diploma. But that requirement is not being met in some daycare centres. The expanded program, to be offered through distance education, will take into account the child-care workers’ prior learning and experience in the field. People already working as child-care workers will be able to keep working while doing the courses working toward their diplomas.

TEN YEARS AGO

With his name enshrined on the wall of the Brandon University gym, former chancellor Henry Champ’s contributions to the school will always be remembered. Yesterday, the university dedicated the gym and renamed it after the late Champ, who played a role in fostering BU’s successful basketball program and enhancing the university’s educational reputation.

It was cold enough outside to make you want to put on gloves, and the Stanley Cup playoffs were on TV. But that didn’t stop about 500 people from crowding the front steps of the Manitoba Legislative Building Thursday evening to vent their anger at the Selinger government over its decision to raise the PST to eight per cent on July 1.