Looking Back — July 8, 2023
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This article was published 08/07/2023 (1176 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
“No shooting” signs may soon go up around the Dominion Experimental Farm in Brandon after Dr. D.R. Metcalfe, an employee, was recently grazed in the side by a .22-calibre bullet.
The Brandon Packers plant will reopen early next year with a new name and building, said W.J. Parker, president of Manitoba Pool Elevators.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Brandon’s Dan Halldorson blazed back into contention in Winnipeg yesterday during the second round of the Manitoba Open, shooting a par-72 for a total of 150, 10 strokes off the leader, Gar Hamilton of Toronto.
Agriculture Minister Sam Uskiw announced the approval of a $200,000 grant to meet half the costs of sewer and water development program for Minnedosa.
FORTY YEARS AGO
About 160 friends and relatives gathered in Binscarth at the home of Isabelle Clark to help her celebrate her 100th birthday.
Harold Grant, 60, who took temporary control of the financially troubled Assiniboine Downs in Winnipeg last year, has been appointed acting president of McKenzie Steele Briggs Seeds Co. Ltd. in place of Bill Moore.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Karla Homolka, who was convicted of manslaughter for her role in the sadistic sex slayings of Kristen French, 15 and Leslie Mahaffy, 14, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Volunteer firefighters in Wawanesa battled a fire at Gullett’s Pro Hardware early this morning, but could not save the building. Also destroyed by the fire were an adjoining garage and a hairdresser’s boutique.
Three diamond rings, worth more than $9,000, were reported stolen from Reesor’s Jewellery in the Brandon Gallery.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Since 2000, attendance at Dauphin’s Countryfest had been down and that trend did not change much this year. At the outset of the 14th annual event, the pre-show ticket sales were estimated at approximately 6,000. This is low, considering that in the late ’90s, the four-day festival used to sell out — to the tune of 10,000 tickets — within days. However, daily sales did boost in numbers to an estimated 8,500, which will translate into a small profit. The 2003 festival needed to sell 6,500 tickets per day to break even.
TEN YEARS AGO
About 40 people were declared missing amid a rising death toll in a Quebec town that saw its downtown core obliterated by the fiery explosions of a runaway train. Five people were announced dead one day after explosions and fireballs razed much of Lac-Megantic, as tanker cars filled with crude oil hurtled down a hill and derailed in the middle of town.
After a lengthy and divisive battle within a tight-knit community of cabin owners, Clear Lake’s old campground will get full sewer and water service by the end of the year. While many are happy to have access to creature comforts, cabin owners in Riding Mountain National Park feel as though it’s another step in moving the community away from what it once was.