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A battery charger is to blame for a house fire that damaged a North End home. 

The blaze broke out shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday in a one-and-a-half-storey home in the 400 block of Magnus Avenue. 

Smoke was billowing from the home when crews arrived, and an interior fire attack was launched. 

Crews were able to get the fire under control about half an hour later. 

All of the residents of the home escaped before crews arrived, and no injuries were reported. 

Funeral For:  Annie Derksen nee Enns 
Funeral Date: June 30, 2025 
Annie Derksen nee Enns, 99, of Winkler formerly of Plum Coulee, passed away Wednesday, June 25th at Salem Home. She is survived by 2 sons. She was predeceased by her husband Jacob P. Doerksen. 
A memorial service for Annie Derksen nee Enns will be held Monday, June 30th at 2pm at Plum Coulee Harvest Christian Fellowship with burial prior to the service at Plum Coulee Cemetery. 
Viewing will be at Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler Sunday, June 29th from 2 to 7pm. 

The group representing Manitoba physicians is warning people in northern and rural areas that they could see reduced hours and periodic closures in emergency rooms this summer.

Doctors Manitoba says based on the data and feedback it has received, 20 — or one quarter of rural hospitals — will have their emergency rooms open around the clock.

"This isn't a new problem. It's been building for many years, but the prolonged uncertainty and short staffing is taking a toll," group president Dr. Nichelle Desilets said Thursday.

For the first time in over four decades, Winnipeggers are now able to cross on foot at one of the city's most iconic intersections. 

Portage and Main has been closed to pedestrians since 1979, and at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, it officially opened to foot traffic again.

In March 2024, Mayor Scott Gillingham recommended reopening the intersection, as the costs to repair the Portage and Main underground infrastructure began to soar. 

The Federal Court has approved a multi-billion-dollar class-action settlement for people who suffered abuse at federally run 'Indian hospitals' following out-of-court negotiations between Ottawa and Indigenous survivors.

The federal government ran 33 such hospitals between 1936 and 1981. The total compensation amount is expected to be between $3 billion and $5.3 billion.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday that a 49-year-old Canadian has died while in its custody.

A detainee death notice from the agency, commonly known as ICE, said that Johnny Noviello was pronounced dead by the Miami Fire Rescue Department at 1:36 p.m. on June 23.

The agency said he was found unresponsive at 12:54 p.m. at a federal detention centre where he was being held pending deportation proceedings. Medical staff attempted CPR and defibrillation but were unsuccessful, the agency said.

They make for an interesting concoction, these ever-evolving Winnipeg Blue Bombers now just three games into their 2025 Canadian Football League schedule.

Some, not all, of the familiar faces still remain in place from a crew that has appeared in five straight Grey Cup games, with championships in 2019 and 2021 and the early indicators are they have been mixed with a tasty crew of newcomers and second-year pros who are bringing their own magic to the potion.

The Winnipeg Goldeyes have gone above and beyond to bring the love of baseball to kids in remote areas this year. 

"This professional baseball team just hosted a camp more than 1,400 km away from their stadium," said the American Association on Instagram. "What's even crazier is where the camp was hosted."

The Winnipeg Goldeyes are the only Canadian team in the American Association of Professional Baseball. 

Matthew 16:25

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

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Matthew 5:16

[The world] will see "your good works," Jesus said.

Like what?

They will hear your courtesy.

They will detect your smile.

They will notice that you stop to thank them.

They will hear you apologize when you are wrong.

They will see you help them when they are struggling.

They will notice that you are the one who stopped along the road and gave them a hand.