Looking Back — Feb. 22, 2024
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This article was published 22/02/2024 (574 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Prime Minister Lester Pearson’s minority government won an easy 134-87 victory in the first non-confidence vote of the new session.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Lewis D. Whitehead, president of the Sun Publishing Company Ltd. and publisher and editor of the Brandon Sun, has been named to the Manitoba Economic Advisory Board of the provincial government.
Autopac, the Manitoba government’s compulsory automobile insurance plan, rolled up a net deficit of nearly $10.1 million during its second year in operation.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Canada told the United States that its delay in tackling acid rain pollution flouts international obligations and called for immediate joint action against the cross-border pollution.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Veteran actor Cliff Gardner was in Brandon today to share his thoughts, experiences and advice with students at Neelin High School, which is preparing for its major production of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.”
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The provincial government is trying to help army spouses moving to Westman this summer find public-sector jobs. Bob Pollock, human resources program director for the Manitoba Civil Service Commission, says the province is working with Crown corporations, the Brandon Regional Health Authority and its own public service to make sure the people coming with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry know about available jobs.
TEN YEARS AGO
Team Canada skip Brad Jacobs, third Ryan Fry, second E.J. Harnden and lead Ryan Harnden let loose their trademark emotion Friday after a dominating 9-3 win over Britain’s David Murdoch in the Olympic men’s curling final. A victory dash with the Maple Leaf around the Ice Cube Curling Centre preceded a synchronized hop by the whole team from the floor to the top of the podium.
As Team Canada goes for the gold on Sunday, hockey fans will be able to get some gold of their own — in the form of golden beer at city bars. Manitoba bars and lounges are allowed to open as early as 5 a.m. as Canada takes on Sweden for an early-morning matchup for the Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
Manitoba’s Opposition Tories followed through Friday on a promised lawsuit against the NDP government’s provincial sales tax increase. The Progressive Conservatives filed documents that ask Court of Queen’s Bench to rule the tax hike invalid because the government sidestepped a referendum, required under the province’s balanced budget law, for any major tax increase.