Headlines May 3: Brandon City Council has raised the city’s accommodation tax; formerly $3 a night, will now be raised to 5% effective July 1. | Move over Kemnay Bridge. Portage Ave reopened late yesterday after a piece of heavy equipment crashed into the Empress overpass, causing delays for several hours Tues. | ‘A pretty high-stress time’: Canadians told to expect longer waits for passports. | Bdn woman allegedly assaulted after finding a man sleeping in her shed. | 5 people were taken to hospital after Transcona house fire last night. | STARS called following crash on Trans-Canada Highway that injured 2. | 87yr old Portage woman lost more than $7K in what RCMP say was a ‘sophisticated’ scam after she got a call for help from a man she thought was her grandson. | 9 owners of vacant Wpg properties get bills after fires, including 1 for $104K. | Swan River RCMP catch robbery suspect who threatened employee with broken CD. | Bdn’s Dayton Black goes 6th overall in CFL draft to the Hamilton Ti-Cats after playing college in SK. | Winnipeg Ice breeze past Blades, one win away from advancing to WHL final. Garden Meditation Day, National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day, National Chocolate Custard Day, National Raspberry Popover Day, National Specially-abled Pets Day, Paranormal Day, Sun Day, and MAY is CHEESE Month! oooooh how we love cheese. From Pizza to lasagna, you told us how you love to eat all that beautiful cheese.
“Hotshot Danny Duggan” was on the show LIVE from Green Bay WI this morning! Canadian Wrestling Elite’s Hostile Takeover Tour Saturday night Riverdale Community Centre. Tessa Blanchard, “Hotshot” Danny Duggan, “The Zombie Killer” MENTALLO and others fundraise for the Rivers Firefigher Association helping Ella purchase a special chair. Canteen proceeds to the Rivers High School Hockey Academy, bar service proceeds for the Legion. Doors open 6, Bell 7. Tickets are $18 advance, $20 at the door. Kids 12 & under are $10 and available at CB Aspire Salon, Rivers Legion, or any Rivers Firefighter.
Another Sun Seeker in Sin City! Shannon is in Vegas and taking lots of pictures to share! we had the Vegas cam take over the beach cam today!
(FB: Shannon Stainer in Vegas)
One Westman Family is going through a very tough time with a sick little guy. Let’s helping a little guy named Jesse. Below are the details.
CHOCOLATE BARS. Got your attention didn’t I? Apparently a Chocolate Bar’s Shape Somehow Affects How It Tastes. How we taste foods is actually a complex sensory process. In the case of chocolate, research suggests that its size and shape influence its taste.
https://www.mashed.com/1274777/chocolate-bars-shape-somehow-affects-how-tastes/
Writers begin strike in move that could bring Hollywood to a halt. More than 11,000 unionized television and movie writers declared a strike Tuesday in a move that could bring Hollywood studios and networks to a halt and will immediately disrupt late-night TV. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” are among the shows that will immediately start airing reruns, while “Real Time With Bill Maher” and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” will be replaced with other programming. If the strike stretches for months, as the last one did 15 years ago, it could push back fall TV shows and jam up the queue of films and streaming content scheduled to release in future years. The Writers Guild of America’s decision to carry out the first industry-wide strike since 2007 comes after the collapse of weeks-long negotiations with production companies over writer compensation and other issues, such as the use of artificial intelligence in scripts. AI is causing some serious concerns in Hollywood. Below is a trailer without any human involvement, and it doesn’t look bad. It’s fake but…….
Tequila! The best booze in the world. But the margarita was not the first tequila cocktail. What was it then?
https://www.mashed.com/1275184/first-known-tequila-cocktail-wasnt-margarita-similar/
