Looking Back — April 3, 2024
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This article was published 03/04/2024 (939 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Doug Catto and Watson Scott of Winnipeg became part of the “props” for the novelty performance jumping stake before a standing room only crowd at the Manitoba Winter Fair last night. The two sat down at a table and became the final obstacle to be cleared by the horses in the field.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Veteran Gordon Church, the personable Clydesdale man from Lena, cracked the winners’ circle at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair last night as his team won the agricultural team in harness to wagon class for Clydes.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The contest for the leadership of the Liberal party is a two-horse race between John Turner and Jean Chrétien, with the other candidates so far behind they can hardly be seen.
Stagnant sales and a swollen inventory have forced Morris Rod-Weeder Co. Ltd. to lay off 55 to 70 workers in the Minnedosa plant hired last fall.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The annual IODE Laura Secord essay contest, sponsored by the Diamond Jubilee Chapter in Brandon and the Prince Alexander of Tech Chapters of the IODE, was held recently. The winner of the contest was Anna Penno, a Grade 6 student at Meadows School, with her essay entitled “What Can We As Individuals Do To Keep Canada Whole?”
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Annie, a six-year-old bison, greeted fairgoers at the Keystone Centre on Friday afternoon. The bison was bottle-fed while being raised by the owner of Bison Spirit Ranch in Oak Lake, Garnet Gompf. This is the Gompf family’s third time bringing a fraction of their 130-head herd to the Brandon Keystone Centre during the Winter Fair.
TEN YEARS AGO
The city’s western roots paid tribute to its multicultural present at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair on Wednesday. This year marked the fair’s first New Canadians Day in its 107-year history. The amphitheatre at the Keystone Centre filled with colours and sounds of some of the city’s newer cultures.