Leons Headlines Aug 24: Manitoba Premier 100% behind PM’s decision to pull out of US trade negotiations, saying he’s glad he walked away from ‘bad deal’.

-MB business owners are trying to make sense of the trade war, saying they’re less concerned about tariffs on Canadian goods, & more worried about what the dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs might mean for their businesses.

-What happens to ordinary Manitobans? The next few weeks, we may see higher prices on certain imported goods (appliances, electronics, some dairy) once Canadian retaliatory tariffs begin September 8, plus localized job or income pressure in sectors like honey production & manufacturing already hit by the new U.S. 50% tariffs.

-More than a dozen residents attended a Friday RCMP town hall in Deleau following a Carman-area theft where a property owner fired shots at suspects & was arrested; police recommended the use cameras, lights, locks & reporting, not armed confrontation to protect property.

-MB reports a fourth West Nile virus case, with all 4 patients experiencing non-severe symptoms, as the province ramps up mosquito fogging in hot-spot areas.

-More than 200 dirt bike riders from MB, SK & ND competed in the weekend Rivers Dirt Rodeo’s endurance-style scramble near Pendennis.

-MB invests $1M in Killarney-Turtle Mountain for the Hungry Hills Bridge reconstruction & other upgrades.

-The Association of MB Municipalities is urging more Manitobans to run in this fall’s municipal elections; deadline for submission is Sept 22.

-Wheat Kings training camp starts this week, players hit the ice Thursday, concluding with the annual Black and Gold Game Sunday.

What does this mean? How will it affect YOU? Tariffs and trade deals can sound like something only economists care about — until they start showing up on your receipt! We’ll break down what the latest changes actually mean for your wallet, your job and the things you buy every day.

Ethelbert Honey Farm says it may not survive the tariffs. When a Manitoba honey producer says tariffs could put them out of business, this isn’t just about honey — it’s about Canadian businesses getting squeezed from both sides of the border. And if the bees aren’t making money, you can bet somebody eventually ends up paying more for the honey.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-us-tariff-manitoba-reaction-9.7316905

Cheap Flight Week is here — but are the airlines actually offering cheap flights? Summer is basically waving goodbye, which means airlines are trying to fill those seats before the fall slowdown hits. So is this your chance to score a cheap getaway, or is “sale” just airline-speak for “slightly less expensive”?

EMPTY NEST PARTIES. Kids are heading back to college — and parents everywhere are suddenly hearing something beautiful: silence! For some parents, it’s an emotional goodbye; for others, it’s the beginning of Empty Nest Party Season. So what do you do when the kid moves out — cry, celebrate, or immediately turn their bedroom into your dream office?

Look up this week — the Moon is putting on a show! A partial lunar eclipse will be visible from Canadian skies, giving us a pretty spectacular reason to step outside after dark. No telescope, special glasses or astronomical degree required — just look up!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/partial-lunar-eclipse-9.7314230

Move over Olympics — the robots have entered the Games! Humanoid robots battled it out in Beijing this weekend, proving that the future apparently involves robots running, kicking and occasionally looking like they’re having a really bad day. Is this the beginning of robot athletes — or the world’s most expensive game of “let’s see what happens”?

Robot Olympics! And if one robot competition wasn’t enough, there was even more robot madness this weekend! We’re getting closer to a world where robots aren’t just vacuuming our floors — they’re competing, performing and showing off skills that used to be strictly human territory. At this rate, somebody better tell the robots that curling is our thing.

Imagine flying to Las Vegas, checking into your hotel — and discovering the hotel doesn’t actually exist! That’s exactly what happened to one woman who booked a Vegas stay online, only to arrive and discover she’d paid for a hotel that was basically a digital ghost. It’s a pretty good reminder that before you book that “amazing deal,” you might want to make sure the building actually exists.

One man forgot to leave a tip — and then went to extraordinary lengths to make it right. Instead of simply feeling guilty and moving on, he mailed the tip halfway across the country to the person who deserved it. In a world where people are pretty quick to complain, it’s nice to hear a story about someone going the extra mile to do the right thing.