Apr 23: Birdtail train derailement; Cheif Peguis School opens; Bell Hotel to be renovated.

April 23, 1968 - A train derailment over the Birdtail Creek kills three. (Also see.)

April 23, 1970 - Actor Scott Bairstow is born in Steinbach.

April 23, 1970 - The $1.8 million Chief Peguis Junior High School in North Kildonan is officially opened.

April 23, 2010 - It is announced that the Bell Hotel on Main Street will be converted into a 42-unit supportive housing complex. It reopened in June 2011.

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