Leons Headlines Nov 25: Heavy snow from an Alberta clipper hitting the prairies today will slide south instead of directly impacting Westman, although southern MB’s unusually warm November will cool mid-week before a major Arctic blast hits this weekend.
-Manitoba set 18 heat records set Sunday—including in Brandon, McCreary, Melita, Portage la Prairie, and Winnipeg—but a major cooldown is coming for the weekend.
-Assiniboine College’s new Creative CoLab has opened in Brandon to give students, creators & entrepreneurs access to tools & technology aimed at growing Westman’s creative industries while keeping local talent in the region.
-Jeremy Bray, a 30yr old Rivers man with spinal muscular atrophy improving on the expensive drug Evrysdi, was left in tears Monday at the Legislature after Manitoba said it will soon stop coverage despite other provinces approving it & his family pleading for support.
-Westman woman who pleaded guilty to multiple thefts & credit card fraud tied to a 2023 crime spree avoided jail & received a $2K sentence.
-The National Farmers Union will lobby Ottawa for a 10yr pilot project guaranteeing Canada’s farmers at least $50K a year, indexed to inflation, while seeking profit caps on major grocery chains amid concerns over food sovereignty.
-Tickets go on sale today for Brandon’s beloved MICA Holiday Buffet December 3–4 with tickets sold in groups of 4 at $65 each.
-Hair Today Mall Barbers, a 44yr Shoppers Mall staple founded in 1971, has been sold to Lindsay Dietrich owner of Systems Beauty College, who purchased the shop from Jim & Margaret Murray.
It’s TREE TIME! Tree lots will soon be popping up across Westman, giving Christmas tree lovers a chance to buy the real thing. But is it too messy, is it tough on alergies, and is it just too much work? What do you prefer, real or artificial?
Getting a real tree? CLARK knew how to get a tree. The old fashioned way!
Why can’t we have more movies like CHRISTMAS VACATION. More Christmas movies that are comedies! Christmas movies about disasters, disfucntion, the humour of the season. But instead Hallmark has taken over. While there are 1000’s of variations of the Hallmark model maybe we need to adopt the “cookie cutout” formula for Clark and his family and just make variations of the the Vacation movie!
Campbell Soup Is HOT. In hot water is more like it. A leaked video of a Campbell Soup executive melting down has gone viral, sparking huge online backlash. The incident has put the company in damage-control mode as viewers continue to share the clip.
Vancouver Airport Stuffy Returned to Its Owner. A stuffed animal that went viral after being found at Vancouver Airport has finally been reunited with its relieved owner. The airport posted updates throughout the month-long search, turning the toy into a local celebrity.
Originally it was Art Linkletter who did “Kids say the darndest things”. Jimmy Fallon Invites People to Share the Funniest Things They Heard Kids Say. Jimmy Fallon asked viewers to share the funniest things kids have said, and the responses are comedy gold. The segment quickly went viral thanks to the brutally honest and unfiltered one-liners only kids can deliver.
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-kid-quotes-jimmy-fallon-msn/#_
These 27 Misheard Lyrics Are Driving People Mad. A collection of 27 hilariously misheard lyrics is circulating online, leaving music fans shocked at what they thought they heard. The list proves that our brains sometimes create lyrics far stranger than the real ones.
https://www.boredpanda.com/misheard-lyrics-part-3/#_
