Looking Back — July 20, 2023
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This article was published 20/07/2023 (1153 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Eleven-year-old Doug Elder, driving Burgess Solo Stores car 66, won the soap-box derby held as part of the Farmers’ Festival in Minnedosa.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau has been urged to go to Washington to present Canada’s opposition to the proposed Alaska pipeline.
FORTY YEARS AGO
After years of bitter debate, the Manitoba Water Commission has recommended that the province move to regulate the level of Oak and Plum lakes.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Iraq’s acceptance of long-term weapons monitoring has lifted the threat of new air strikes against it and helped clear the political atmosphere for talks on one-time limited oil sales.
Major construction is set to begin on a dangerous intersection in downtown Brandon. Following construction of a loop at 18th Street and Pacific Avenue, motorists can expect tie-ups when the overpass is repaired.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Brandon’s Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum will get another $55,000 boost from the province toward its operating and marketing costs. “Money’s always tight,” says Stephen Hayter, executive director of the museum. “Our development over the next few years is going to be quite impressive, and it’s going to require a lot of money.” This round of funding, however, is not for capital project costs. It will be used for staffing and promotion. The grant has recurred each year for the air museum since it won a coveted special theme museum designation from the province in 1998.
TEN YEARS AGO
Two major floods, tornado-like winds, one confirmed tornado and violent downpours. Southwest Manitoba has been dealt the gamut in the last month, which begs the question: When will it stop? If you’re looking for a rosy outlook, it’s best not to ask an environmental scientist. Predictably, they’re saying brace yourself for more. They’re saying this is the new normal.
More than 10,000 people are expected to walk the town’s streets over the weekend to celebrate its iconic trademark — lilies. The 17th annual Neepawa & Area Lily Festival kicked off Friday afternoon with vendors, entertainment and, of course, a lily showcase.
Mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus have been discovered in provincially set traps in Morris, but so far there have been no reported human cases of the disease this summer in Manitoba.