Looking Back — June 17, 2023

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This article was published 17/06/2023 (1228 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

SIXTY YEARS AGO

The Manitoba Liquor Control Commission announced a new six-bottle carton of beer will be available for home consumption July 1.

Brandon golfer Jimmy Anderson had quite a day in Minnedosa this weekend as he captured the golf club tournament when he defeated Brandon’s Gerry Clark. Anderson established a course record when he shot a 29 on the back nine to give him a 66 for the 18 holes.

A pack of 20 cigarettes will go up in price from 36 to 40 cents because of a tax amounting to one-fifth of a cent of each cigarette.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

The speed limit on the Trans-Canada Highway was changed recently from 60 to 65 mph.

The annual Canadian National Institute for the Blind picnic was held on the grounds of the agricultural centre in Brandon.

FORTY YEARS AGO

The board of McKenzie Steel Briggs Seeds today was to hold its first meeting since allegations surfaced in the legislature regarding conflict of interest among senior employees.

A handful of politicians showed up to cut the ribbon at the reconstructed Kiwanis Pool today, but 150 towel-toting youngsters stole the show.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

Desmond Plewman of Stonewall, a caller with Winnipeg Livestock Sales, was the winner this weekend at the Manitoba Auctioneering Championship in Brandon. Plewman edged out Brandon’s Gene Parks by one-half a point.

Bobby Nault, an 18-year-old from Belmont, finished as the top bareback rider with 158 points in the Saskatchewan High School Rodeo Association this season. The Grade 12 student, the first Manitoban to win a year-round title on the Saskatchewan circuit, advances to the North American High School Rodeo in Gillette, Wyo., in July. Nault will be joined by three other Westman athletes — Onanole’s Rachelle Cochrane, Carberry’s Karen Sagin and Souris’ Sandy Locke.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Sharon Prost, a Grade 1 teacher, is the recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba School Classroom Teacher Award. Prost, a teacher at Glenboro school, was awarded the honour at Government House in Winnipeg.

Heritage oases could be sprouting up among some run-down streets in Brandon’s core in an effort by the city and province to spruce up the historical district. Speaking at the corner of 11th Street and Louise Avenue — which already has a bench and old-fashioned light standard dressing up a corner where a heritage house now stands — Brandon East MLA Drew Caldwell and Mayor Dave Burgess say their governments will work together to produce more “heritage nodes” in upcoming construction seasons.

TEN YEARS AGO

A Brandon-area girl was found dead beside the railway tracks east of Brandon Sunday morning. It is not confirmed if she was hit by a train, but the RCMP are treating it as a train-pedestrian collision and Canadian Pacific Railway police are involved in the investigation. The body was initially discovered by operators of an eastbound train east of the city, the Sun confirmed with CP Rail.

City administration is serving up a cold pint of rejection to a group who wants to turn the old Central Fire Station into a brewpub — but the pub’s proponents aren’t crying in their beers just yet. Tonight, a report will recommend Brandon city council reject plans to open the Brewtinerie and start accepting other business proposals for the 102-year-old building.