Looking Back — Jan. 11, 2023
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This article was published 11/01/2023 (750 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
W.D. Tandy, superintendent of the Brandon Parks Board, recommended the purchase of a machine to remove stumps and neglected poles from the grounds.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
A chapter closes on the history of the Patmore family in a business and horticultural relationship with Brandon and Western Canada upon the recent retirement of Daisy Patmore, who operated a florist store on Eighth Street. Her brother, Richard Patmore, sold the Patmore Nursery in June 1970. The Patmore names has been woven into the meshes of community life for two generations and some 90 years.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Manitoba government departments are being encouraged to grant unpaid leaves of absence to employees to reduce payroll costs.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Christmas trees resembling decorated twigs, knee-high snowdrifts and the soggy mess from broken water pipes greeted Oakville residents as they returned to their homes after a three-week evacuation caused when a CN freight train derailed spilling toxic chemicals.
About 150 Iraqis crossed into Kuwait today and started dismantling warehouses in defiance of the United Nations Security Council.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Rod Lindenberg, owner of Horizon Builders, has noticed the spike in new housing for Brandon. The housing industry here is carrying momentum into the new year from a busy 2002. The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp. reports more than twice as many housing starts in the city in 2002 than in 2001. Lindenberg’s company, which mostly does commercial work, will be expanding to take on more residential development in 2003.
The provincial government will contribute about $11,000 to the Brandon Folk, Music and Art Festival this year, Brandon East NDP MLA Drew Caldwell announced. The festival is slated for July 26-27 and is in its 19th year.
TEN YEARS AGO
The City of Brandon’s bid for the 2017 Canada Summer Games has been rejected. Mayor Shari Decter Hirst made the official announcement “with deep regret” on Thursday afternoon. The main reason the Canada Games Council rejected Brandon’s bid was the lack of an indoor eight-lane, 50-metre pool, which is the national standard. The Sportsplex pool has six lanes.
The inquiry into the death of five-year-old Phoenix Sinclair has heard of more mistreatment by her mother in March 2005 — a time when Manitoba child welfare missed a last chance to intervene before the girl was violently killed three months later.