The City of Brandon now owns the site of the old Esso gas station on Rosser Avenue – they reportedly paid $91,000 for the property at auction. City planner Ryan Nickel told The Brandon Sun they’ll either develop the land – or turn it into green space.
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Manitoba is set to become the second province to sign on to the federal government’s billion-dollar school food program. The province will get $17-million over the next three years which will be added to its provincial program. Most of the federal money will go to purchase food, but can be used by schools for equipment like refrigerators or toasters, or to renovate in-school kitchens.
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A 52-year-old Portage la Prairie man has been charged with mischief and theft after police say he organized and led an illegal bison hunt on another person’s farm, which he advertised on social media. 6 animals had been shot
at the farm in the RM of Russell-Binscarth. Three of the hunters told police they thought the whole thing was legit.
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Manitoba RCMP welcomed their new commanding officer Thursday with a formal event at Lower Fort Garry. 34-year-old Assistant Commissioner Scott McMurchy takes over command from Deputy Commissioner Rob Hill.
McMurchy was born in Rossburn and grew up in The Pas.
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Manitoba wants the federal government to pause an environmental assessment of a flood prevention project. The $600-million project would see two channels constructed to drain high water from Lake Manitoba into Lake St. Martin. The province says more consultations are needed with First Nations in the area about design changes.
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Halloween isn’t even here yet, but many of us have apparently started shopping for Christmas, and we’re looking to spend more. Deloitte Canada says holiday spending is expected to increase by 10% from last year – with the average amount around $1,400. However, a reason for the spending increase is everything costs more – so we’re spending more to get basically the same amount of stuff.
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The top trending Halloween costumes in Canada this year include pop culture icons, classic characters and Hollywood villains. Google Canada says the top trending search for kids’ costumes is Taylor Swift, Rapunzel for adults, Joker and Harley Quinn for couples – and Alvin and the Chipmunks for groups. Also huge – Beetlejuice, Deadpool, breakdancer Raygun and Sabrina Carpenter – and classics like cats, witches and killer clowns.
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Dozens of people rallied outside the Michigan headquarters of Kellogg’s this week demanding the company remove artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals in the U-S, something Kellogg’s said it would do almost a decade ago.
In Canada, Froot Loops are coloured with concentrated carrot, watermelon, and blueberry juices – but in the U-S, the cereal still contains artificial colours and BHT, a chemical preservative.
