50 years ago
The Unity Union Hospital board approved purchase of a new ambulance and organization of an ambulance service.
CN Rail issued a stern warning to snowmobilers of its intention to apprehend and prosecute those who travelled across its tracks or along its right-of-way. Three people had been killed the previous winter and several more injured when their snowmobiles were struck by trains.
W.A. Cey, Scott district farmer, had the grand champion boar, a purebred Lacombe, at Western Canadian Agribition. The boar then sold for $440.
Arnold Jensen was elected president of the Wilkie Outlaw Hockey Club.
20 years ago
Despite the initial disappointment, Unity-born Boyd Gordon, who played for the Red Deer Rebels and was a first-round pick of the Washington Capitals, was proud of the silver medal he won as a member of the Canadian team at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Halifax, N.S. The Canadians lost the gold medal game 3-2 to Russia.
With three weeks to go, the Prairie Springs Spa was less than $50,000 short of the $2 million required to be raised in sales of shares in order to proceed with construction.
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