Leons Headlines June 28: Cool Canada Day Long Weekend. Sun expected Saturday & Sunday, but rain Monday with temps below normal for the weekend.
-WestJet strike averted after feds impose binding arbitration. WestJet says no additional flights will be cancelled.
-Dauphin County fest performances start today; Clint Black headlines tonight, Alabama Saturday & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Sunday.
-Canada Day festivities planned Monday across the province; including large celebrations for Brandon, Shilo, Clear Lake.
-MB pipeline shut down for maintenance earlier this year is now restored to full capacity.
-Several Mountain View SD trustees are accusing the province of threatening to dissolve their board. Division turmoil began in April after a trustee presentation was criticized as being racist, triggering a review and oversight from the province.
-No one was home when a house exploded in Transcona, police say. Residents found safe but investigation could take months.
-Bothwell Cheese plant returned to nearly normal production yesterday, roughly one month after a major fire.
-Former Trudeau minister Catherine McKenna says Liberals need a new leader. McKenna is the first person who served in Trudeau’s cabinet to call on him to quit.
HAPPY CANADA DAY LONG WEEKEND. It’s a day to say “Happy Birthday Canada” and eat some poutine or salmon, drink some beer and listen to some Canadian music or watch Canadian TV or movies. And of course there’s fireworks. This is from a few years back, but mostly holds up today, with the exception of the “pennies” joke at the end. I always thought our loonies and toonies were “pocket weights”.
The Best Memes and Reactions to the First 2024 Presidential Debate. Millions just witnessed the end of a presidency live on television.
https://trending.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/trump-biden-debate-memes-2024/87565553
‘Hawk Tuah’ Trademarks Stack Up For Lubricants, Sauces, Beverages and More. It’s the phrase you can’t escape — is about to be even more in your face, ’cause a bunch of people are jumping on the slippery bandwagon, and banking on it by filing for a slew of trademarks.
You think YOU owe money? Michael Jackson was $500 million in debt when he died: new court docs. The “King of Pop” died of cardiac arrest caused by “acute propofol intoxication” in 2009. He was 50.
McDonald’s plant-based burger test failed. Throughout its more than 80 years in business, McDonald’s has only ever offered a plant-based burger in the United States for a brief period, and now the fast-food giant has finally revealed why the offering failed to take hold in its American restaurants. You mean people didn’t like the “McPlant”?
https://www.eatthis.com/why-mcdonalds-discontinued-mcplant-burger
Getting ready for another Vegas DEMOLITION. Las Vegas tram shuts down as another legendary resort prepares to close.
