Looking Back — April 26, 2024
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This article was published 26/04/2024 (915 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
A Ukrainian folk dance performed by Melita public schools earned 88 marks and the Town of Virden Shield from adjudicator Mrs. Frank Kennedy at Virden’s second annual festival yesterday.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The Brandon school board last night gave approval for 22 Vincent Massey High School students to make a 10-day wilderness canoe trip in June through Quetico Provincial Park in northwestern Ontario.
Bill Moore has been elected president of the Brandon East NDP Constituency Association.
FORTY YEARS AGO
There were few promises for Brandon in the province’s budget yesterday, but a 100-bed facility for mental health patients may soon be approved by cabinet, Brandon East NDP MLA Len Evans said.
Anti-Catholic hate literature has been appearing in Brandon in small quantities as Brandon residents gear up for Pope John Paul II’s visit to Manitoba later this year.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
A fire that destroyed 500 bales of hay and two tractors at the farm of Ken Lewis on Highway 270 was accidentally set. The blaze caused approximately $40,000 in damages.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The Brandon Fire Department responded to a 911 emergency call just before 4 a.m. yesterday, and arrived at the flame-engulfed Brandon Hills church, which sat in the picturesque area 18 kilometres southeast of the city for 108 years. Firefighters remained on the scene until 7:30 a.m., and returned four hours later to douse the remaining burning pieces as a precaution due to yesterday’s windy conditions.
TEN YEARS AGO
Brandon’s first female mayor hopes to don the city’s Chain of Office for another four years. Mayor Shari Decter Hirst declared her intention to seek re-election in the upcoming municipal election early Friday morning, making her announcement via Twitter.
The Keystone Centre is going from “the centre of it all” to being a “community at heart.” The sprawling agricultural, sports and event facility announced its new tag line in a press release Friday, while also announcing that it would consider the sale of new naming rights for certain rooms.
Lee Carter’s year just keeps getting better. The head coach of the Brandon University Bobcats women’s volleyball team guided his squad to its best-ever finish in the Canada West conference, was named the best coach in the conference and the nation, and this summer he will join the coaching staff of Canada’s top women’s national volleyball team.