Looking Back — March 11, 2021
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This article was published 11/03/2021 (1677 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Dr. Lloyd Dulmage of Brandon University gave a $25 prize to the top individual project in the Western Manitoba Science Fair (grades kindergarten through Grade 6), and the winner was Erroll Braaton of Fleming School, who created an ionic propulsion rocket.
The date for the third annual Oak Lake rodeo has been set for Aug. 8 and will be at Dick Winters’ ranch. Winters, Wes Folton, Clarence Motheral and Lyman Smith have been appointed to build the largest oxcart in the world, which will be displayed at the park at Flat Creek.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Brandon Gallery Mall developers are scheduled to present the crown jewels of their downtown development to the public tomorrow when they officially open an IGA store near the parkade and a Hudson’s Bay Co. store in the up-until-now vacant west end of the five-month-old complex on Rosser Avenue.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
A hasty agreement with the United States over the Rafferty-Alameda dam in Saskatchewan commits Canada to supply water to the United States for the next 100 years, an Ottawa research institute says.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Assiniboine Community College and the province are discussing a feasibility study of opening a campus on the Brandon Mental Health Centre grounds, ACC president Brent Mills says.
City council could revive a lucrative land deal tomorrow night that will mean housing and a mall at the foot of the North Hill. Council will vote on a resurrected sale of land at 18th Street and Kirkcaldy Drive to a Winnipeg developer. City administration director Robyn Singleton has altered at least two key terms since talks broke down last month. The proposal gives A & S Homes just a two-year option to close the sale and the deal no longer includes 5.6 hectares adjacent to existing homes on Kirkcaldy. Council will also vote on selling that land to Cottonridge Development Corp.
TEN YEARS AGO
Former New Democratic Party member George Buri sent shockwaves into the race to be Brandon West’s next MLA by announcing on Thursday he will seek the Liberal nomination instead.
Comparing bedbug infestations to the common cold, Manitoba Healthy Living Minister Jim Rondeau presented a $770,000 strategy Thursday at Assiniboine Community College to deal with the insect pests. The government’s five-point plan, announced at the second Bedbug Symposium, involves an educational component through a new website and information phone number and pamphlets as well as grants for non-profit groups to control bedbugs. A Bug and Scrub program for those with mobility issues will also be implemented to help them deal with bedbug outbreaks in their residences.