Leons Headlines May 27: Southern MB is under a Heat Warning as sunny, dry conditions with temps in the low to mid 30s dominate the area for the next week.
-The Stanley Cup may be coming back to Brandon, as 3 Manitobans & Brandon’s Kelly McCrimmon, part of the Vegas Golden Knights, advanced to the final after sweeping Colorado & wait for the winner of the Montreal–Carolina series.
-New StatsCan report says MB has the second-highest rural Crime rate in Canada, behind only SK & almost double the national rural average.
-Brandon School Division has reached a deal with St. Augustine School to continue classes in church-owned space while ensuring operations follow provincial education rules, including clearer limits on religious instruction and activities.
-City of Brandon launches an online dashboard to track 2026 infrastructure projects.
-RCMP are seeking help identifying a disguised suspect with long red hair or a wig who spray-painted security cameras in Rapid City early Saturday morning.
-RCMP and US agencies completed a national security drill at CFB Shilo testing responses to a weapons-of-mass-destruction threat, revealing coordination gaps and improving emergency readiness.
-Hermanos Steakhouse has cancelled plans for a cigar lounge at Brandon’s historic Firehall to focus instead on the restaurant experience.
-MB is proposing to ban the sale of flavoured vapes in stores accessible to youth, amid calls for a reduction in youth vaping rates.
-While Winnipeg’s splash parks are open, the City of Brandon says local spray pads won’t open for another 10 days as crews finish inspections & water‑quality testing.
Grape Popsicle Day – HEAT WARNINGS! It’s officially “stick-your-face-in-the-freezer” weather out there with heat warnings rolling across the map. If your grape popsicle melts before you finish it, congrats—you’ve entered full summer survival mode.
How to build your own AC unit for UNDER $40. Yes, you can MacGyver your way into cooler air without selling a kidney or your car. A few cheap parts and some ingenuity might just turn your room into the arctic zone.
Or pimp it out with a PLASTIC chest cooler. This is basically the “I built an AC in my garage and I’m weirdly proud of it” upgrade. It’s budget engineering meets backyard genius.
Gardens have NEVER been more popular than 2026. Everyone’s suddenly acting like they’re auditioning for “Backyard Farmer of the Year.” Turns out growing your own food hits different when grocery prices are doing backflips.
Survey results are in: Most Canadians will spend summer close to home this year. The great Canadian summer travel plan is officially “stay near the fridge and hope for breeze.” But one generation is still packing bags like inflation didn’t get the memo.
FINALLY. Has the day come where we can understand your PET?!?! A Chinese AI startup has a dog collar that claims it can translate your dog’s bark into speech! Finally, your dog might stop sounding like a chaotic alarm system and start sounding like a slightly sassy roommate. The real question is whether we’re ready to hear what they’ve actually been thinking.
