Leons Headlines Sept 10: Manitoba small businesses feel the squeeze of US trade action, warning the coming months are critical for supports as companies face higher costs, lost sales & difficult decisions about jobs.
-MB Premier blasted Dynacare as “sucks” after the province halted its workers’ strike, saying lab services could return to the public system; the Labour Board will soon decide if they’re an essential service as bargaining continues.
-Brandon family protests outside BPS headquarters demanding an independent investigation into the June ’26 death of 24yr old Cassity Delvenne, questioning the amount of force during her arrest 9 days earlier.
-Tomorrow marks 25yrs since the Sept 11th Terror attacks & tonight Mecca presents “Come From Away,” in Brandon, the story of a small Newfoundland town who welcomed thousands.
-A 34yr old Oakland-Wawanesa man faces multiple weapons charges after Brandon RCMP seized six firearms, including three prohibited weapons, along with ammunition & a tactical knife.
-A shortage of judges is forcing MB provincial court to cut 68 sittings at nine rural locations and St. Boniface starting April 1, 2027.
-Construction on Brandon’s new Park Community Centre to begin Spring 2027.
-MB harvest is 28% complete, with wet weather slowing fieldwork but crops generally reporting average to above-average yields.
-RCAF Band will close out Brandon’s Music in the Park season tonight at 7 pm at the Riverbank.
-Assiniboine College hoss a free outdoor screening of the 1985 classic Back to the Future tonight at its North Hill Campus, part of its 65th anniversary celebrations.
-Brandon Wheat Kings Foundation Black & Gold Gala Nov 12 will feature keynote from Jordin Tootoo.
-Sports Illustrated may feature LOCAL athlete Hadlee Gagnon, who overcame illness to return to sport, currently in second place in free online daily voting. DETAILS and HOW TO VOTE HERE: https://athleteoftheyear.org/2026/hadlee-1354
THE PRINCE GOES BACK TO CLASS — IT’S CLASSY. The Prince is heading back to class, proving that even royalty has to sharpen the pencil and hit the books. Let’s just hope the teacher doesn’t make him sit at the front because of who his dad is!
APPLE UNVEILS THE iPHONE DUO. Apple may have finally gone full bendy with the new iPhone Duo — a phone that folds in half! Because apparently the one thing we needed from our phones was the ability to fold them like a $2 bill.
GPT-6 — MEET ASTRA. The next generation of AI apparently has a name: Astra — and if the hype is right, this thing is going to make today’s AI look like a calculator. The big question is whether Astra makes our lives easier… or starts doing everything except taking out the garbage.
NEW AI WARNINGS — WE HAVE ABOUT A DECADE?!?! Some new warnings about artificial intelligence suggest we may have roughly a decade to get our act together before things get seriously complicated. Ten years sounds like a long time — until you remember how quickly the last ten years disappeared.
BYE-BYE BOOKS. The traditional book may be getting another kick in the pants as technology continues to change how we read and learn. But there’s still something pretty satisfying about opening a real book — no battery, no password and definitely no software update at 2 a.m.
COME FROM AWAY OPENS TONIGHT. “Come From Away” opens tonight, bringing the incredible true story of strangers becoming neighbours to the stage in Brandon. It’s a Canadian story born from one of the darkest days in history — and somehow, it’s filled with some of the biggest examples of kindness and humanity based on this documentary.
CLANCY CASE — JUROR BREAKS HIS SILENCE. One of the three male jurors in the Clancy case is now speaking publicly about what happened behind the jury-room doors. And what he says about the juror who refused to go along with the others gives a fascinating glimpse into just how difficult that deliberation became.
