Leons Headlines Nov 4: Brandon SD urges students to take extra precautions during darker morning commutes after the switch to permanent daylight time emphasizing visibility & pedestrian safety.
-Assiniboine College unveils a $5.2M facility for a new 3yr mechatronics program for automation & manufacturing.
-Brandon-Westman Christmas Cheer readies for another season aiming to raise $75K to provide 1200 Christmas hampers & find a new warehouse location.
-Salvation Army’s 2026 poverty survey says 31% of Canadians are skipping meals due to food costs, up from 27% last year.
-Child Care Coalition of MB says the province needs 77K more childcare spaces to meet demand, only 22% of kids have access.
-MB natural gas customers will see rates drop by 2.7%, saving about $16 annually.
-MB final crop report says weather, flooding & harvest delays were challenging, but most crops produced average to above-average yields, wet conditions hurt quality & increased insurance claims.
-Only winter tires displaying the Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake symbol now qualify for MPI’s financing program.
-RCMP Phone Scam Warning: Portage RCMP is warning of a phone scam using the detachment’s spoofed number to trick residents into sharing personal and banking information.
-Toys “R” Us Canada to launch toy departments inside Staples, with a pilot starting Nov 14 & goal of 300 locations by 2027.
-US Democrats win control of Congress in the midterms.
-Montreal MIRACLE as Jets fight back from late 4-0 deficit to beat Habs 5-4 in OT.
How American TV networks reacted to the Democratic blue wave. Well, that election night didn’t go quite the way Donald Trump and the Republicans were hoping! The Democrats took both the House and Senate, and you can imagine there were some VERY interesting moments on American television as the results rolled in.
The Rockefeller Christmas tree has been picked! New York’s most famous Christmas tree has been selected, and tomorrow it’s getting the chop before making its way to Rockefeller Center! Somewhere, there’s a perfectly good living room tree wondering why it didn’t get the call.
Gingerbread Pepsi? Yes, it’s a thing! Just when you thought Pepsi couldn’t come up with another flavour, somebody decided cola needed a little Christmas cookie treatment! Gingerbread Pepsi has apparently landed in Manitoba, so the big question is… does it taste like Christmas or like somebody dropped a gingerbread man in a Pepsi?
Mac and cheese… with cinnamon?! We thought mac and cheese had reached peak perfection, but apparently somebody decided it needed a little cinnamon! Is this a brilliant new food invention or a culinary crime that deserves its own investigation?
One in three Canadians are skipping meals! A new national survey paints a troubling picture of grocery affordability, with one in three Canadians saying they’ve skipped meals or reduced portions because they can’t afford food. That’s a pretty sobering statistic, and a reminder that for many families, simply putting dinner on the table is becoming a struggle.
Think back to 1998… this guy just got home! Remember 1998? Titanic was huge, Seinfeld was still on TV, and this guy decided to go for a little walk… around the WORLD! After 28 years and roughly 31,000 miles on foot, he’s finally home. Talk about taking the scenic route!
The Aussie who caught a million-dollar fish! Most people are thrilled when they catch something big enough for dinner, but this Australian fisherman landed a fish worth a cool million dollars! Suddenly, that old fishing story about the one that got away doesn’t sound quite so bad!
Saturday Night Live gives Delta a new “disruptive class” Forget first class, business class and economy… Saturday Night Live has a new suggestion for airline seating: disruptive class! If you’ve ever flown with someone who treats an airplane like their own personal living room, you’ll appreciate this one.
