Leons Headlines April 11: Manitoba is ready to celebrate. Thanks to a 4-0 win in Dallas, the Jets need to just one more point in their final 3 games to clinch both a division & conference for the first time in the history of NHL hockey in MB.
-RCMP say the death of a 46yr old Swan River man found injured outside his home Thursday is being treated as suspicious.
-Glenboro-South Cypress is celebrating after raising nearly $1.4M without government help to start construction of a new Medical Clinic.
-Melita area relieved after the province responds to pleas for primary care by funding a nurse practitioner, LPN & mental health support worker.
-MB government puts up $13M for centre to help grain producers find new international trading partners.
-Travel to the US dropped by 1/3 last month due to low Canadian dollar & tariff concerns, creating a disastrous situation for Canada’s Duty Free stores.
-Winnipeg police say 1 in 3 stopped drivers tested positive for cannabis in recent anti-drug-driving campaign.
-Elbows Up, but also hurting. New report says if current trends continue, Canadians’ income as measured by GDP will reach $63K per person by 2060, compared to $94K in the US.
-Canada’s broadcast industry continues to struggle as Corus reports a $56M loss Friday morning as revenues fall for radio & TV.
-After a sunny Thursday with double-digit temps returning to Westman, some models predict highs in the 20s today & Saturday, while Environment Canada forecasts +15 today, +16 Saturday before cooling Sunday.
New York vacation tragedy. A Spanish family of five and their pilot died when a New York Helicopters tour craft crashed into the Hudson River on April 10; the cause is still under investigation, but witnesses reported the chopper breaking apart midair and spinning before impact.
Happy National Pet Day! And it PAYS to have a PET! A pet! A new study says owning a dog or cat can provide the same emotional boost as earning an additional $120,000 annually. So, which one gives you the biggest boost? Overall, owning a dog has the most positive impact on life satisfaction.
HAPPY 8 Track Day! Eight-track tapes, invented in 1963 by Bill Lear and others, became the dominant portable and car audio format from the mid-1960s to early 1980s before being replaced by compact cassettes. Though now obsolete, they are celebrated by collectors and remembered each year on National Eight-Track Tape Day. This guy has the most!
It’s also CHEESE FONDU DAY! Do you crave cheese?!?! You’re not alone, and cheese does some wild things to your brain. It’s why people love PIZZA PARTIES!
At what point in your phone’s batter life do you PANIC!? New research finds most people start to panic about their phone battery at 38%, dubbed the nation’s “panic percentage.”
https://studyfinds.org/phone-panic-battery-life
35 things banned in other countries including 2 weird CANADA Laws. Good if your travelling, you may want to leave heels at home if visiting Greece. Truly bizarre bans worldwide, like flip-flops in Capri or Japanese shaving brushes in St. Lucia.
https://www.boredpanda.com/banned-things-around-the-world-msn
