Leons Headlines May 22: A boy handcuffed by police after an alleged violent incident at a Brandon school has his family demanding answers about how the situation was handled.
-Brandon & other area RMs are pushing to restore funding & revive the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative to help prevent flooding & improve watersheds.
-Across the entire province 37% of this year’s crop is now in the ground, up from 13% last week.
-Starting in June, rural MB paramedics will help connect seniors to community programs and services aimed at reducing loneliness and social isolation.
-MB RCMP are launching a pilot notification system in select communities to send public alerts by text, email & phone call, with the first communites being Thompson, Norway House, Dauphin, Winnipegosis, Oakbank/Beausejour and Morris/Emerson.
-A US baseball team charter bus was deliberately set on fire near Blue Cross Park in Wpg, destroying the vehicle; 15yr old girl faces arson-related charges.
-AB Premier says the province will vote this fall on referendum questions to potentially move toward a separation vote from Canada.
-Tim Hortons plans to open 80 new Canadian locations and renovate 400 more as Dunkin’ prepares to re-enter the Canadian market later this year.
-Whitemouth store sells $46M Lotto 6/49 ticket but earns only 25 cents. No word on a winner yet.
-Brandon’s Touch-a-Truck event returns to the Keystone Centre grounds Saturday with heavy equipment, emergency vehicles, family activities & sensory-friendly quiet hour.
-Westman Dreams For Kids Children’s Country Fair returns Sunday at the Keystone Centre grounds with family activities including inflatables, wagon rides, a petting zoo, crafts, and more.
-Neepawa will see a busy weekend with a town-wide yard sale, book sale, Chamber fair & Rotary colour run.
-Sunday’s “On the Strip” car show will be hosted at the Canad Inns parking lot Keystone Centre.
-NASCAR champion Kyle Busch has died at age 41 after being hospitalized with a severe illness.
-Habs open East Final on the road with 6-2 victory over Carolina.
MOTOSPORTS in Mourning. Kyle Busch. Even if you didn’t follow NASCAR, you knew the name. A racing legend gone at just 41 years old is absolutely shocking.
Last Late Night. Stephen Colbert is done and The Late Show is officially ending. After decades of late night dominance, it really feels like the end of an era for television.
So what happened on Survivor? Jeff Probst is reacting after accidentally spoiling the Survivor 50 finale. Honestly, you kind of have to feel bad for him because that’s every host’s nightmare.
SONG OF THE SUMMER is sang by……..a COMPUTER?!?!? We’ve got another AI-generated hit song and people are already calling it the “Song of the Summer.” The scary part is how catchy these AI tracks are getting now.
MIght have a sick passenger so SEND HIM/HER TO CANADA?!?!?! Why would an Air France flight reportedly dealing with an Ebola concern be diverted to Canada instead of the U.S.? The internet has a lot of questions and people are definitely paying attention to this story.
Is anyone interested in soccer?!?! The World Cup is only weeks away but tickets in Vancouver are reportedly getting cheaper. That’s surprising for one of the biggest sporting events on the planet.
Envy from south of the border. Canadian fast food restaurants Americans wish they had. Some of these chains would absolutely explode in popularity south of the border.
https://www.tastingtable.com/2175466/canadian-fast-food-chains-try
FEEL good FRIDAY STORY. A wrong number accidentally turned into a real friendship. Stories like this remind you the internet isn’t always a terrible place.
