Leons Headlines May 29: New data shows debt climbing in Canada, Manitobans struggling to pay money back. MB has the third highest delinquency rate in the nation; Gen Z has passed Boomers for title of “generation debt”.
-Manitobans are leaving for other provinces in the largest numbers in over 40 yrs; Premier Wab Kinew told the MB Chamber Tuesday it’s a key indicator of economic health. Saying MB has to do better, his government will attempt to do its part, suggesting the possibility of tax credits or incentivizing economic development.
-Brandon SD approves a memo of understanding with ACC for the delivery of the college’s Comprehensive Health Care Aide program at Crocus Plains HS. The program, in place for more than a decade, was suspended in 2022 due to budget constraints.
-City sports complex at 1st & Veterans Way faces $3M budget shortfall. Phase 1 cost $6.1M, leaving $10.5M for the $13M project expected to be done by May 2025.
-Canada’s competition watchdog turns its sights on restrictive clauses in retail leases it says are hampering competition in the grocery business. Feds may eliminate the ability for retailers to pay rent on empty buildings to avoid competitors, opening the door for more independent grocers and smaller chains.
-‘Enough’s enough,’ Foodfare owner says after family’s vehicles set ablaze outside Portage Ave store. Owner believes store being targeted for how it deals with suspected shoplifters.
Today’s show is FILLED with people getting tossed from airplanes. Whether it’s bad behavior or intoxication, we have several stories of people getting tossed, including a WestJet Flight that had to make emergency landing in B.C.
Plane forced to turn around mid-flight after naked man runs down aisle. Virgin Airlines passenger got down to his birthday suit Tuesday, and it wasn’t clear how or where on the plane the passenger removed his clothes.
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/perth-melbourne-flight-naked-man-b2552391.html
Celebrity Kicked Off Flight After “Entitled” Request That Passengers Not Eat Peanuts. A freelance BBC weather presenter, her husband, and her two kids were booted off a plane for requesting that fellow passengers on the flight not consume peanuts.
https://www.boredpanda.com/celebrity-kicked-off-flight-after-asking-passengers-not-to-eat-peanuts
Side effects from the drug or just running wild in your “new life”? Bizarre OZEMPIC side-effects yet include risky sex, gambling and more, as the drug changes the brain’s dopamine levels.
MAYHEM! SECRET SERVICE PREPS WITH CORRECTIONS Officials for JAIL. This could turn into an even BIGGER Circus if you can imagine it. Trump is being tried in New York state court, where judges have broad authority to determine when sentences are handed down after convictions, says a former prosecutor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-happens-if-trump-is-convicted-in-new-york-trial
If at first you don’t succeed? Risk your life to try again? Billionaire to visit Titanic wreck in $20m submersible after Titan tragedy
implosion that killed five people.
NEW Product Alert: Little Caesars Launches New Crazy Puffs KD Mac & Cheese In Canada.
https://chewboom.substack.com/p/little-caesars-launches-new-crazy-puffs-kd-mac-cheese-in-canada
Is there an airport you really enjoy flying into and some you would rather avoid? The internet recently ranked the best & worst airports in Canada, according to Canadians.
NEW Product Alert: McDonald’s Introduces New Churros McShaker Fries And New Masala McShaker Fries, along with the New Creamy Parmesan & Bacon Quarter Pounder.
There is plenty of annoying behaviors for people on board an airplane, but there’s one thing in particular that especially heinous according to flight attendants. If you do this on a flight, you’re a jerk.
Outdated Slang Terms That People Want To Bring Back The Most. There are some totally tubular words people used to say all the time, and quite a lot of terms that aren’t so wizard anymore. Can you dig it?
https://digg.com/data-viz/link/outdated-slang-words-bring-back
