Leons Headlines March 24: National Champions: Brandon University Bobcats clinch their first-ever U SPORTS men’s volleyball gold medal, beating the Alberta Golden Bears 3-1 on home court Sunday. The underdog Bobcats overcame early struggles to dominate the most decorated program in the country.
-Federal election-Canadians to go to polls on April 28 in one of the shortest campaigns in Canadian history.
-Brandon-Souris MP Larry Maguire announced Sunday he will not seek re-election due to an unexpected health issue.
-MB Hydro stops collecting the Federal Carbon Tax April 1, saving natural gas users an average of $30 a month.
-The MB government has increased BU’s base operating grant by 2%, adding $970K, while confirming last year’s $7.4M remain permanent.
-United Way Brandon & District passed its $700K fundraising goal for 2024, as CEO Cynamon Mychasiw received the King Charles III Coronation Medal for exceptional community contributions.
-Portage man, 40, airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after assault outside a home in Somerset: MB RCMP.
-Winnipeg woman run over after dispute about empty spot in parking lot: Police.
-Jets thumped by Buffalo 5-3.
WHAT A WIN for Brandon and WESTMAN! The best in CANADA! A Cinderella story crowns a champion as the Brandon University Bobcats men’s volleyball team are national champs. They beat the University of Alberta Golden Bears in 4 sets on Sunday to capture the gold medal.
MISS THE GAME?!?!?! Exciting match from start to finish and if you didn’t watch it you can see it below!
We’ve been national champs before, but it was basketball. The last time Brandon won a national championship was in 1996!
So how did Snow White do this weekend? Disney’s Snow White remake is dominating the box office, while Robert De Niro’s new gangster movie is failing to perform well.
FIRE at Disneyworld. A fire broke out backstage at EPCOT at Walt Disney World, leading to the evacuation of parkgoers, with video showing smoke billowing from the scene.
https://www.tmz.com/2025/03/23/fire-disney-world-epcot
COOL place for a vacation! A farmer has transformed an old RAF bombing range tower into a unique holiday stay, offering accommodations in a tank, helicopter, plane, and more at RAF Wainfleet near Skegness.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/potato-farmer-turns-raf-bombing-34918586
DRIVE THRU will soon be changing. AI will soon be taking orders at 500 Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC locations, thanks to a partnership between Yum Brands and Nvidia.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-soon-taking-drive-thru-100530533.html
Some of these are best left in the past. A list of 49 dishes from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s that have disappeared from menus includes nostalgic items once popular but now hard to find.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiasantos/old-school-dishes-that-vanished-march-2025
