Leons Headlines June 24: MB government announces provincewide state of emergency has been lifted, as wildfire evacuees return home. There are still 22 fires burning in MB, with 7 listed as out-of-control, and 9K people have returned home.
-STATSCAN says Canada’s annual inflation rate came in at 1.7% in May. However, food & rent are still going up as food rose 3.3 % in May, (Fresh veggies +3.7 % beef +16.2 %, coffee & tea +13.4 % sugar +8.6 %) and eating out was up 3.6% year-over-year. Rent was up 4.5 % in May & mortgage interest up 6.2 %.
-Winnipeg Real Estate Board: average price for a residential detached home in Wpg was $275K in 2015, today it’s $460K, a 40% increase. Buyers can save roughly $100–140K buying in Brandon, and Portage is even cheaper at 1/2 the average home price, at $228K.
-Vincent Massey celebrated largest-ever grad class Monday, 276 of 288 grads crossed the stage. Today it’s Neelin, Wednesday Crocus Plains, final day of class in the BSD is Thursday.
-Sunday Dauphin RCMP responded after a woman was threatened & chased with a gun into a building, leading to a police standoff & arrest of a 33yr old man, who faces several charges including assault & weapons offences.
-National Arabian Championships return to Brandon in August, bringing the week-and-a-half long event to the Keystone Centre after outgrowing their home in Red Deer.
-The most famous intersection in MB, Portage & Main Wpg, reopens to pedestrians for first time in 46 years Friday.
-Ford is recalling 32K Mach-E vehicles in Canada over a faulty door latch, along with 200K electric Mustangs in the US for faulty door latche as well.
-Trump ceasefire plan falters as Israel says Iran launched more missiles & pledges response.
WHOA BOY. That’s a big boy. Ontario couple gives birth to a 15 pound baby. So large he had to wear clothes of a 6 month old home from the hospital.
Dolly Parton is moving to Vegas. At least for a couple weeks in December as she announces her 2025 Las Vegas residency.
It’s not just men moving to Ai relationships. Women are increasingly swapping partners for AI companions, signaling a cultural shift.
Woman fights with Pizza Chain and BANK over internet order. A Domino’s customer was mistakenly charged $7,000 for a pizza and still hasn’t received a refund.
Red Lobster adds bold new seafood boils and crab dishes to its Crabfest menu this summer. But the bad news is its only available south of the border.
Simply the best on earth. In-N-Out was voted “America’s Most Craved Chain” in a recent national poll.
https://www.eatthis.com/in-n-out-named-most-craved-restaurant-chain-2025-datassential
We took the test and did get 3 wrong answers. Most Americans struggle to distinguish Canadian brands from American ones, unlike Canadians. SPOILER: FRENCH’S KETCHUP is as American as Uncle Sam! WOWza.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/trendyghost618/canadian-vs-american-brands-trivia-quiz
Looks like a colonoscopy picture to me, are you sure that’s space? The largest camera ever built has released its first stunning images from space.
https://petapixel.com/2025/06/22/these-are-the-first-images-captured-by-the-largest-camera-ever-made
