Leons Headlines Nov 22: Doctors at Brandon Regional Health Centre warn of collapse of the ER Dept due to severe staffing shortages & increasing patient demand.
-Brandon’s annual Santa Parade Saturday at 6pm at Rosser & Princess Avenues will not have mail carriers collecting Santa letters or food donations due to the Canada Post strike.
-Service Canada has withheld 85K new passports to avoid them being held in Canada Post distribution centers due to the strike, and urgent requests can be picked up at Service Canada locations.
-Canada Post posted a $315 M loss in Q3, up from a loss of $290 M last year, amid a strike involving 55K workers over wages, job security, and conditions; Purolator’s profit fell from $68 million to $62 million.
-A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Navjeet Singh, 25, of Brampton ON, charged with Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle Causing Death following a fatal November 15 collision in MB.
-Brandon Downtown BIZ has requested $150K in additional city funding for 2025 to revitalize the downtown core.
-Brandon University professors urge a long-delayed campus safety audit, as recent events highlight growing concern about security on MB campuses.
-Canadian Chamber of Commerce economist Stephen Tapp advised Brandon business owners to temper expectations for 2025, citing ongoing low economic growth ahead.
-Liberals plan to give $250 cheques to millions of Canadians, cut GST over holidays.
-Jets visit Pittsburgh tonight to face the Penguins.
-Tri-City Americans visit Brandon tonight to face the Wheat Kings. Swift Current is here Saturday.
Magical Canadian Christmas or financial disaster?
Canadians won’t have to pay GST on select items this holiday season, the PM announced Thursday. This in addition to a $250 cheque for every working Canadian who filed an income tax return in 2023. The payment would be sent in April. So what’s included in the 60 day exemption?
Food and beverages
Alcoholic beverages, but only wine, beer, ciders and spirit coolers up to seven per cent alcohol by volume.
Candies, including candy floss, chewing gum, and chocolate, as well as fruits, seeds, nuts or popcorn coated or treated with candy, chocolate, honey, molasses, sugar, syrup or artificial sweeteners
Salty snacks including chips, crisps, puffs, curls, sticks, popcorn, brittle pretzels and salted nuts or seeds
Granola products and snack mixtures that contain cereals, nuts, seeds, dried fruit or other edible products
Ice lollies, juice bars, ice waters, ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, frozen yogurt or frozen pudding, including non-dairy substitutes
Fruit bars, rolls or drops or similar fruit-based snack foods
Cakes, muffins, pies, pastries, tarts, cookies, doughnuts, brownies and croissants with sweetened filling or coating
Pudding, including flavoured gelatine, mousse, flavoured whipped dessert product or any other products similar to pudding
Prepared salads, sandwiches, platters of cheese, cold cuts, fruit or vegetables and other arrangements of prepared food
Food or beverages heated for consumption, beverages dispensed at the place where they are sold and those bought as part of a catering service
Kids’ stuff and games
Children’s clothing, including garments up to girls’ size 16 or boys’ size 20, baby bibs, socks, hosiery, hats, mittens and gloves, scarves and shoes
Children’s diapers
Children’s car seats
Children’s toys, designed for kids under 14, and jigsaw puzzles
Video-game consoles, controllers and physical editions of video-games
Literature and trees
Print newspapers
Printed books and audiobooks
Christmas trees
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https://bestlifeonline.com/lies-your-parents-told-you
$344 for coffee? Farm selling most expensive cup…: Mossgiel Farm’s flat white promises a luxurious taste and a share of their dairy farm, making it the most expensive coffee ever sold.
Inside the disguising life of Diddy: I managed a $25K Diddy party — he installed locks on all the bedrooms and kept the keys: At a $25K mansion party hosted by Diddy, all bedroom doors were locked with keys kept exclusively by the rapper himself.
Smart Mouthpiece Turns Your Smartphone into a Playable Musical Instrument: The Zefiro is a clever MIDI controller that transforms your smartphone into a musical instrument, offering an innovative gadget for aspiring musicians.
Viral Shower Curtain Holiday Decorating Hack Is Taking TikTok By Storm: A simple TikTok hack involving a curtain rod, garland, and festive decorations has gone viral as an easy way to decorate for the holidays.
Gratuity For $653.18 For Pizza and Chicken Tenders? A hefty $653.18 bill for pizza and chicken tenders at a VIP football game raises questions about the appropriate gratuity for such an extravagant meal.
People Are Sharing Completely Normal Things That Gross Them Out. Ew, I Can Never Look At Some Of These The Same Way: A viral BuzzFeed post explores the strange, gross things that people now find unsettling, forever altering their perceptions of everyday situations.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/fabianabuontempo/normal-things-that-are-actually-gross
