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Originally from Winnipeg, Jonathon Fenton is attempting to swim 26 km across Lake Winnipeg this weekend in support of CancerCare. 

Fenton was first diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1999 while living in Japan. 

"I decided to move back to Winnipeg and got treatment there at the Health Science Centre," says Fenton. "I got surgery and did six months of chemo. Then everything was great for 20 years, not even a flare-up or anything."

Unionized workers at Canada Post are entering their final day to vote on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer.

Voting is set to wrap up today at 5 p.m., with results expected to be shared shortly after.

The offer includes wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years but also adds part-time workers that Canada Post has said are necessary to keep the postal service afloat.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has urged the roughly 55,000 postal service workers it represents to reject the proposal.

Canada was hit with 35 per cent tariffs on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to increase the duties if Ottawa didn't make a trade deal.

The White House has said the tariffs would not affect goods compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, commonly known as CUSMA.

Prime Minister Mark Carney had tempered expectations of an agreement by Friday, saying Ottawa will only agree to a deal "if there's one on the table that is in the best interests of Canadians."

Two Winnipeg sisters are turning lemonade into hope for people affected by cancer.

For the past two years, Erika and Carly Wedlake have hosted a lemonade stand at Sandy Hook RV park to raise funds for CancerCare Manitoba. 

"It started when we had a family member named Jack, and he died from cancer, and we wanted to do something," said Erika. "So we started a little lemonade stand and went through CancerCare Manitoba, got stuff and did that for the past few years."

Psalm 119:114

You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.

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Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

The staff at Freighthouse Food Bank were the happy recipients of July's Danny's Whole Hog BBQ Lunch Break from CHVN on Thursday.

Freighthouse Food Bank is a food bank that helps members of its community and has been in operation for almost 30 years. 

The staff were nominated by a coworker who said, "They are a great bunch of people who serve the community willingly."

Several businesses around Winnipeg will be operating on different hours on Monday because of Terry Fox Day and the long weekend. 

Here is a list of what is open and closed on Monday, August 4, 2025:

Winnipeggers looking to keep busy this summer have plenty of fun activities to choose from. 

On Wednesday, the Assiniboine Park Conservancy announced its line-up of music, movies, wellness and art, all part of the park's Summer Entertainment Series. 

Winnipeg fire crews were kept busy Thursday morning battling a pair of fires. 

The first fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m. in a house in East Elmwood in the 500 block of Herbert Avenue. 

Smoke and flames were pouring out of the house when crews arrived. However, crews were able to get the fire under control about half an hour later. 

No injuries were reported. 

Around four hours later, just after 6 a.m., firefighters were called to a second fire in the 1200 block of Alexander Avenue. 

Funeral For: Sandra Lynn Klassen Doerksen 
Funeral Date: August 2nd, 2025 
Sandra Lynn Klassen Doerksen, 71, of 2669 Scotia St formerly of Winnipeg passed away Tuesday, July 29th in Wiinipeg. 
She was survived by her husband Douglas Doerksen, 2 daughters, 2 sons, 3 sisters, 1 brother and their families she was predeceased by her father B.F. Klassen and her sister Colleen Chavez. 
The funeral service for Sandra Lynn Klassen Doerksen will be held Saturday, 11am at Braeside EMC Church, 1011 Munroe Ave, Winnipeg.