Looking Back Jan. 14, 2021 Posted:
FIFTY YEARS AGO
A propane explosion injured two local men when a truck belonging to Bill’s Catering Service was gutted at the Keystone Centre construction site. A leak in the truck’s propane tank is believed to have caused the explosion.
FORTY YEARS AGO
The Edson manufacturing plant near Rivers will close, throwing 70 employees out of work if the firm cannot find a buyer before May.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Peace marchers filled Lee Clark’s vacated Brandon-Souris constituency office yesterday while the Progressive Conservative MP was in the House of Commons ready to vote in favour of a motion to reaffirm support for United Nations’ force against Iraq.