Looking Back — Sept. 1, 2023
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This article was published 01/09/2023 (1125 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Sleeping sickness has caused one man’s death and hospitalized 50 other people across Saskatchewan.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
A letter received by Mrs. R. Madden of Rivers, travelling with the Rivers Pipe Band in Scotland, reported “a red letter day” for the bandsmen Aug. 20 when they performed with the Glasgow Police Pipe Band, many times world champions.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Construction is underway on the latest phase of the provincial government’s plan to double-lane the Trans-Canada Highway to the Saskatchewan border.
The world registered its biggest 12-month population increase in history over the last year, reaching 4,721,887,000 people by mid-June.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Mayor Rick Borotsik was forced to break a 4-4 tie in favour of a bylaw to maintain unrestricted Sunday openings until Feb. 28, 1994, five months beyond a provincial deadline for municipalities to establish their own law.
Eighty-seven per cent of parents who have children attending school in St. Lazare are in favour of the school joining a new francophone school division. The provincial government announced that a poll of francophone parents has shown there is enough support for 13 schools to be transferred into a new French school division beginning September1994.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The first day of university does not have to be spent getting lost and feeling alone. Today, Brandon University’s Blueprint program will show new students around, turning the foreign campus into a familiar one. Starting at 9 a.m., experienced students will take new students around the university’s campus in small groups. But it’s not all about direction. Student leaders will pass on meaningful and relevant knowledge about the institution, as well as help them find their classes, set them up with a computer account and email address and answer any questions.
TEN YEARS AGO
High schoolers will soon have to get used to a new automatic door locking system that will not only amp up safety and security, but might even encourage students to get to class on time, according to the Brandon School Division.
If the province decides to reduce speed limits in school zones, the Brandon Police Service will be ready to enforce them, but admit exceptions could be made when it comes to busier routes. “The police service will certainly endorse any safety initiative, especially lowering speeds around school zones to make it safer for the kids,” BPS Staff Sgt. Larry Yanick said. “Exactly how that’s going to work, I don’t know because obviously there’s some schools that buffer along major arteries, so that is something that is being addressed and discussed right now.”