Leons Headlines Oct 27: Brandon voters head to the polls tomorrow from 8 am-8 pm to elect a mayor, councillors & school board, as officials hope to improve on the 17.9% turnout in 2022.
-Brandon asks the province for $3.25M to help with a proposed $6.5M outdoor pool to be built near the Keystone Centre.
-A Portage RCMP officer is facing charges of dangerous operation of a vehicle & assault with a weapon after allegedly striking & injuring a man on a bicycle in March 2025.
-Brandon’s Sportsplex parking lot will be repaved next year in a $327K project, with $235K funded by the province, potentially causing parking & access disruptions during construction.
-CAA MB is celebrating 90 years of School Safety Patrol, which now sees 8K students at 250 schools helping classmates cross roads safely.
-Assiniboine College will celebrate 460 graduates from 32 programs at fall grad Friday at 2 pm MB Room at the Keystone Centre.
-Bank of Canada announces its interest rate decision Wednesday & faces growing pressure to raise rates as rising energy prices push inflation higher, although a weakening job market & economic struggles could lead to a delay.
-Jay-Z will perform at the Superbowl halftime show Feb. 14 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood CA.
-Wheaties visit Moose Jaw tonight to battle the Warriors.
-Florida visits Wpg tonight to face the Jets.
BLACK CAT DAY! A Chicago bowling alley had a black cat haunting the place, and after all that spooky business, the little guy FINALLY got adopted! Turns out the only thing scarier than a haunted bowling alley is a cat that refuses to pay rent!
Uh-Oh HALLOWEEN CANDY ISN’T SELLING like it used to! Apparently, people are holding back on Halloween candy, which means retailers could be slashing prices this week! If you’ve been waiting for a deal, your trick-or-treating budget might finally get a TREAT!
YOUR HALLOWEEN YARD IS TOO GOOD but if it’s too good?! Could get closed down apparently. Imagine decorating your yard so spectacularly that the city tells you to SHUT IT DOWN because of all the traffic! That’s right, your Halloween decorations are so popular they’ve become a public safety issue!
JUST SAY NO TO AUTO-TIPPING!? A new survey says 77% of Canadians dislike those payment machines that flip around and ask for a tip before you’ve even finished paying! Apparently, we’ve reached the point where buying a muffin comes with a guilt trip!
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/tip-deflation-1.7255390
MOM’S VEGAS GETAWAY! One mom headed to Las Vegas without the kids, without a babysitter, and apparently without a care in the world! Somewhere, a parenting group just collectively fainted!
PARENTS FIGHTING OVER SOCCER FOR FIVE-YEAR-OLDS! Police were called over a soccer game involving kids who are barely old enough to tie their own cleats! Congratulations, adults — you’ve officially made kindergarten soccer more intense than the World Cup!
LOST EARBUDS? CALL AI! A dad lost an earbud in what looked like an entire mountain of gravel, and ChatGPT helped him track it down in minutes! Forget finding your keys — AI is now out here doing the work of a forensic detective!
AI MOVIE MEMES ARE GETTING RIDICULOUS! Fake AI movie clips are fooling people into thinking ridiculous films actually exist — including one involving Rumpelstiltskin! Hollywood has officially reached the point where you can’t tell whether you’re watching a movie trailer or a fever dream!
THE FASTEST RECOVERY EVER? A man allegedly pretending to be paralyzed while begging suddenly took off running when someone approached with a supposed curing injection! That’s one way to turn a sidewalk into an Olympic qualifying event — although the full story deserves a closer look before we assume what happened!
WHAT JUST EXPLODED IN A TEXAS SALON?! A salon in Texas had a terrifying incident involving a new employee, and the video has people asking what on earth went wrong! When your first day on the job comes with an explosion, you might want to reconsider the employee orientation!
