Leons Headlines April 12: RCMP say death of a 40yr old man in the Kemnay area as “not criminal in nature” after Brandon RCMP responded to a report of a sudden death at a home in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead Tuesday afternoon.
-The pesticide that the City of Brandon uses to eliminate mosquitoes through fogging is no longer available and they’re almost out. All the remaining Delta Guard was bought up by Wpg, and due to a budget shortfall, Brandon couldn’t make a final purchase.
-140 BMO customers say they lost $1.5M in transfer frauds, plan to sue bank. BMO says it works to detect cybercrime and prevent customers from being scammed.
-MB premier says leg prayer may be changed to be more inclusive.
-With a week left to go in the fundraiser for Olivia the Brave Park $100K has been raised with $50K from donations and local philanthropists Gord & Diane Peters pledging to match up to $50K in donations.
-Jets flatten Dallas 3-0 for 5th straight victory moving Jets into 2nd-place tie with Colorado, preventing Stars from clinching division.
-O.J. Simpson dead at 76. Superstar athlete, sometime actor served 9 years in prison, but not for double murder.
GRILL CHEESE HAS MAYO?!?!? Never had it that way before. I was this years old when I learned a GC has MAYO on it! Can’t wait to try it. HAPPY GRILL CHEESE DAY!
Average person eats 36 grilled cheese sandwiches yearly — and most prefer diagonal slices! Forget burgers and dogs. America alone eats enough grilled cheese sandwiches in a year to fill nearly 900 Olympic-sized swimming pools!
https://studyfinds.org/grilled-cheese-survey
An affordable night out in support of our local military Museum! Thanks to Don Berry, retired Colonel, past CO of 26 Field and former member of the XII Manitoba Dragoons (one of the co-founders of the Museum) for coming on the show to talk about a nice fundraising evening. What can you do for $25 anymore, let alone get an “All You Can Eat” meal!
Manitoba’s AMAZING BURGERS! Manitoba tourism recently published a great blog post that shared 15 spots to get an amazing burger in Manitoba. Several Westman stops made the list including Elgin, Wawanesa, Minnedosa and Dauphin! ENJOY this list, it’s delicious!
https://www.travelmanitoba.com/blog/15-summer-burger-stops-to-make-in-manitoba-not-in-winnipeg
20 Popular Burger Toppings, Ranked Worst To Best. Part of the joy of ranking burger toppings, be it sauces or veggies, is knowing how passionate true aficionados get about what goes on their favorite patty.
https://www.tastingtable.com/1558599/burger-toppings-ranked
There are two types of people at the airport. Which one are YOU????
HOLY COW. Does this new Joker movie LOOK GOOD! Warner Bros. on Tuesday debuted the first trailer for “Joker: Folie à Deux,” starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. The studio screened the preview during a presentation celebrating its upcoming slate of movies at CinemaCon in Las Vegas and it sees Phoenix’s Joker and Gaga’s Harley Quinn escape from a mental asylum and embark on an intense, twisted romance to the tune of Tom Jones and Sammy Davis Jr.’s “What the World Needs Now Is Love.”
