Leons Headlines Sept 4: Welcome Back! The 2024-25 school year officially starts today in MB with increased enrollment in many Westman schools & a cell phone ban. Students in grades 9 to 12 are allowed to use devices during breaks.
-School zone speed reminder: 30 km/h limit is enforced weekdays from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm until June, with fines from $200.-
-Classes also begin today at Brandon University, with Homecoming events from September 12th to 15th. Highlights include a concert, BU125 Birthday, and Blue and Gold Social.
-Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate again, signals more cuts ahead. The Bank of Canada delivered its third consecutive interest rate cut Wednesday, bringing its key lending rate to 4.25 per cent.
-Individuals interested in running for one of the 4 vacancies on the Mountain View SD’s board of trustees can now pick up nomination packages. By-election is Oct 30th.
-The province’s ‘worst road’ gets $10M to be fixed by October. 18th Street will be resurfaced from Aberdeen to Rosser starting next week, while upgrading 110, including part of Richmond is expected to be completed next year.
-Underwater curtain at Clear Lake dislodged days after completion, zebra mussels still not contained. Wasagaming cottagers fear early window was missed to slow or stop spread of invasive species.
-Brandon offers new affordable housing incentive program to speed up housing development.
-Canola farmers brace for impact as China announces plans for anti-dumping investigation into imports, after Canada announced tariff on EVs, steel & aluminum.
-Over 300,000 Samsung ovens have been recalled in Canada due to a fire hazard. There have been 57 incidents, including seven injuries.
BACK TO SCHOOL and for many that means packing LUNCH. Did you have a retro lunchbox or lunch pail or “lunch kit”. One man has started a lunch box museum!
School Chaos: Back-to-school season is wild, and these 50 tweets hilariously capture the madness. Parents, brace yourselves!
https://www.boredpanda.com/back-to-school-funny-tweets
Check Fail: TikTokers learned about ‘check kiting’ and thought they could outsmart banks. Spoiler: It’s a federal crime, and the banks always win!
https://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/tiktokers-are-committing-check-fraud/87596002
Swift Takeover: Taylor Swift just stole the NFL spotlight from Patrick Mahomes in their new promo. Looks like the pop star is the MVP now!
https://www.tmz.com/2024/09/03/taylor-swift-dominates-nfl-promo-video
Trend Fails: Social media has seen some dumb trends, but these 15 are the absolute worst. Who knew viral could be so cringe? DO NOT TRY ANY OF THESE!!!!
https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/the-15-dumbest-trends-to-ever-go-viral-on-social-media/87596372
Phone Relics: It’s 2024, but hotels still have room phones. Why? We’re all asking the same thing.
Monday Blues: By noon on Mondays, 71% of us are already procrastinating. Who knew being unproductive had a schedule?
https://studyfinds.org/procrastination-o-clock-noon
Teacher Tears: A kindergarten teacher’s sweet poem for new school parents turned into a total tear-jerker. Tissues, anyone?
