Looking Back — Nov. 29, 2023
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This article was published 29/11/2023 (713 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Mrs. C.J. Nevin was elected president of the St. Mary’s Brownies and Guides parent committee at a recent meeting.
The Virden area Fish and Game Association slated its first annual banquet with more than 70 people attending.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Black Eagle Farm of Russell placed an Aberdeen Angus female in the reserve junior championship at the Canadian Western Agribition.
The Manitoba Good Roads Association recently awarded Brandon the Best Maintained City trophy.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The city must spend $2.8 million to meet stringent government standards on sewage allowed to flow into the Assiniboine River.
Enforcement of laws requiring use of the metric system in sales of food, gasoline and home furnishings will be formally suspended across Canada, Consumer Affairs Minister Judy Erola said today.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
An outside wall at city hall was extensively damaged when a vehicle involved in a traffic collision went out of control and crashed into it.
Murray Hurl, who shuttered his Princess Avenue corner store nine months ago, attributing the closure to Sunday shopping, has opened his store once again after 17 years in business.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
About 1,500 people attended the annual Huron Carole fundraising concert at the Keystone Centre last night. Tom Jackson, along with Brad Johner, Michelle Wright, the Nylons, Brandon’s own Amanda Stott and others, delighted the crowd with Christmas tunes and banter. The celebrities have been on a cross-Canada tour, raising money for local food banks and aid organizations. Proceeds from last night’s concert will go to Brandon food banks.
TEN YEARS AGO
The provincial government will invest $67 million to fix Highway 10 between Riding National Park to the United States border, Premier Greg Selinger said at the Keystone Centre yesterday. Selinger made the announcement prior to taking part in the ministerial forum at the Association of Manitoba Municipalities’ annual convention.
Manitoba is pressing Health Canada to reconsider its decision to approve generic forms of OxyContin that are easy to crush and inject or snort by addicts. Over the objections of Manitoba and several other provinces, Ottawa refused to block the introduction of generic forms of the drug when its patent expired a year ago.