Leons Headlines March 6: Two Brandon men charged in a nationwide child exploitation investigation, Project Steel, leading to 106 arrests, 37 children safeguarded & seizure of 1,132 electronic devices.
-Brandon will get $4M a year, for 10 years from Ottawa for transit, alongside funding for Winnipeg and Selkirk.
-BPS plan to create a $4.5M operations centre by purchasing & retrofitting a building funded with $1.7M from police reserve & $2.8M city loan.
-Brandon Council approves first reading to rezone land around 6th Street North for Habitat for Humanity 31 affordable homes.
-New Leg session has MB government introduce a bill to ban liquor sales in urban convenience stores & gas stations, citing safety concerns.
-The NDP also facing questions after a social media post showed caucus members all in pink to show solidarity with US Democrats, despite a trade war with the US impacting MB workers & businesses.
-Trump grants one-month exemption for automakers from new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada while weighing ag carveouts and potentially more.
-Half of KPMG surveyed businesses are cutting production or jobs due to tariff concerns, with 28% planning reductions within 6 months, most expect workforce declines in Canada next year.
-Wheat Kings beat the Oil Kings 3-2. Visit Lethbridge Friday.
-Tonight, Jets visit Philly to face the Flyers.
HAPPY FROZEN FOOD DAY! Almost all foods can be frozen, except for eggs in shells and canned food. Not all foods freeze well, however, including lettuce, cream sauce, and mayonnaise. Raw meats keep better in the freezer than cooked meats, because they have more moisture which is otherwise lost during cooking. Freezing food prevents microorganisms & foodborne illness and food spoilage, although food quality degrades the longer it is frozen. For these many reasons frozen food can be celebrated, and that is what is done today on National Frozen Food Day!
What are the BEST Frozen foods?
https://www.buzzfeed.com/evelinamedina/best-frozen-dinners
TOP SELLERS in NORTH AMERICA:
1. Frozen Novelties: Popsicle’s, Ice cream bars and sandwiches, led sales in the frozen food sector, generating approximately $1.6 billion in 2022.
2. Ice Cream: Traditional ice cream remains a favorite, with sales around $1.42 billion in 2022, making it one of the top-selling frozen food categories.
3. Frozen Pizza: $1.07 billion in sales in 2022.
4. Frozen Potato Products: Items like french fries and hash browns.
5. Frozen Poultry Products: Frozen chicken items, including nuggets, strips, and patties.
It’s also OREO COOKIE DAY! Oreos were created by Nabisco and first sold on March 6, 1912 by grocer S.C. Thuesen in Hoboken, New Jersey. Getting their name for a few different reasons: The Greek word “oreo,” which means beautiful and nice. After starting out as the “Oreo Biscuit,” the cookies’ official name changed to the “Oreo Sandwich” in 1921, to the “Oreo Creme Sandwich” in 1948, and to the “Oreo Chocolate Sandwich” in 1974. Each year 7.5 billion cookies are purchased. OVER 500 billion Oreos have been sold.
Oreos are a product of the USA, so want to make them at home? Why not. Here’s how you can make CANADIAN Home Made Oreos for you and your family, although I would make them SUPERSIZE!
Daytrips are OUT, but weekend trips are OK. A quick trip across the U.S. border to pick up groceries or clothes may now cost Canadians more due to a 25% surtax imposed by the Canada Border Services Agency in response to U.S. tariffs. This tax applies to commercial & personal items exceeding exemptions, including groceries, cosmetics, clothing, and alcohol. Personal exemptions vary based on time spent out of the country, and travelers must declare all U.S. goods, paying duties or surtaxes upon entry or delivery, with further discussions ongoing between Canada and the U.S. regarding potential tariff exemptions. So for now you’ll pay DUTY for DAILY but keep the weekend exemption according to this report:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/trump-tariff-canada-border-shopping-pay-1.7475510
Less traffic going south, means airlines are starting to cancel routes. Flair Airlines is the latest company to pull back on some flights south of the border.
Applebee’s is the latest sit-down restaurant to show signs of stressors. It’s no secret the Covid recovery and inflation have hit restaurants hard, with many US based chains filing for bankruptcy and some restructuring. Applebee’s is going to attempt to get back on track by having corporate takeover some of the franchise locations going forward.
TikTok hack or recipe for disaster? Trending on TikTok is air travelers pushing the limits of when they can arrive at the airport before missing a flight. Some succeed, but as you’ll see, some don’t.
