Leons Headlines Oct 6: Brandon’s Food Rescue opens its new downtown location at 241 Eighth St. today in the Prairie Oasis building next to the YMCA.
-Manitoba proposes cannabis stores remove window coverings & require minimum staffing levels for employee safety.
-A 30yr old Brandon woman sentenced to 42 days in jail and $700 in fines after pleading guilty to 3 assaults, including one of a BPS officer, theft & taking a vehicle without consent.
-Brandon advance voting is Oct. 14, 17 and 22 at City Hall & the Keystone Centre, civic election day is Oct. 28.
-Prairie Rovers bus company launches its “Brandon in Brief” guided bus tour this week, showcasing local landmarks, businesses and history aboard a 20-seat coach.
-Heritage Co-op raises over $18K through Fuel Good Day 2026, Boundary Co-op almost $9K & Valleyview Co-op raised nearly $11K.
-RCMP will provide an update today on Project Derry, an alleged drug network in Bunibonibee Cree Nation that has so far charged 27 people with 51 offences and seized about $1.2 million in cocaine, opioids, guns, and bootleg alcohol, with two suspects still wanted.
-Quebec elects a separatist minority that wants an independence vote after 2029, adding pressure on national unity & federal transfers as Alberta votes on its own separation Oct 19.
-Canadian & US officials say they are closely following reports of plague in Russia, health minister says.
-US televangelist Jim Bakker, infamous for fraud & sex scandal, dead at 86
-Jets down Detroit 3-2.
-Wheat Kings in Vancouver, 9pm broadcast available via YouTube. LINK HERE: https://www.youtube.com/@WHL/streams
Fraudster Jim Bakker is gone. Televangelist and infamous fraudster Jim Bakker has died at 86. From mega-church fame to prison and back to television, this guy definitely lived one heck of a life.
SNOW for THANKSGIVING LONG WEEKEND? YES in Western Canada! Grab the pumpkin pie and the snow shovel because parts of Western Canada could be looking at a very white Thanksgiving! Nothing says “long weekend” like turkey, family and possibly scraping ice off the windshield. (at least for Alberta and Saskatchewan, in Manitoba it will be scattered and in the North.)
What REALLY Happened in Russia? Is there reason to be worried? A Russian lab worker has died from an unexplained illness at a facility that studies some very nasty diseases, so naturally people are asking, “Uh… should we be worried?” Canadian officials say there’s no current risk, but they’re watching the situation closely.
If you see PROTEIN on sale, stock up! Protein powder prices are getting absolutely jacked up as global demand for whey continues to climb. So if your New Year’s resolution involves getting ripped, your wallet may need to get ripped first!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/whey-up-protein-powder-prices-soar-as-global-demand-grows-9.7369910
YAY Hollywood — Biggest Summer on Record and NOW the Biggest Movie EVER! Hollywood is having a monster year, with the biggest summer box office ever — and now a new movie has apparently taken the crown for biggest movie of all time. Hollywood finally has something to celebrate besides another superhero reboot!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/avengers-endgame-avatar-box-office-record-9.7369846
The Egg Nog is on the shelves — and RETAIL says it’s CHRISTMAS GO-TIME! Eggnog is already hitting grocery shelves, and retailers say Christmas shopping season is officially underway — in OCTOBER! Apparently four in 10 Canadians are already ready for Christmas… while the rest of us are still wondering where September went.
The Man with the Bag — Tim Allen was Santa, now ARNOLD is! Move over, Tim Allen — Arnold Schwarzenegger is stepping into the Santa suit for a new Christmas movie! I don’t know about you, but “I’ll be back… with presents” sounds like a pretty solid Santa catchphrase.
People are asking ChatGPT how to vote! Apparently some voters are skipping the political pundits and asking ChatGPT instead, which is… a choice! Imagine telling your grandkids someday that democracy was saved by a chatbot.
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/05/nx-s1-5977852/ai-chatbots-midterm-election
Smart glasses could be headed for a ban. Those futuristic smart glasses are getting a closer look from governments worried about privacy and people secretly recording others. Because apparently the next step after “Hey, nice glasses” is “Wait… ARE YOU RECORDING ME?”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/factbox-countries-weigh-banning-smart-092905031.html
The foods that used to be cheap but aren’t anymore. Older generations are pointing out the everyday foods that used to cost next to nothing but now feel like luxury items. And younger people are discovering that apparently their parents weren’t exaggerating when they said, “Back in my day, that was 50 cents.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/abbyzinman/once-cheap-foods-now-expensive
