CHVN

Prime Minister Mark Carney is giving his cabinet a major shakeup, moving several key players involved in Canada-U.S. relations into new positions and promoting 24 new faces to the front bench.

Carney's cabinet — 28 full ministers and 10 secretaries of state — retains prominent figures from former prime minister Justin Trudeau's government, including Dominic LeBlanc, Mélanie Joly, Chrystia Freeland and François-Philippe Champagne.

Matthew West recently released an ode to his wife on their wedding anniversary called "Growing Up and Growing Old."

West and his wife Emily just celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary, and West released this song about their love story. 

"One of the benefits of us getting married as quickly as we did is, yes ,we were in love, and yes, it was romantic, but we were also best friends," says Emily in a video of the two of them. "We laugh every day and we have the most fun."

Bird River Bible Camp, run by Southland Church in Steinbach, has been evacuated due to a wildfire.

Teena Cole, a pastor at the church, says late this afternoon, the church got a message from camp staff notifying of the evacuation.

"The fires were, according to firefighters, three to four kilometers away at that time, and moving closer," she says.

An emergency evacuation notice in the Rural Municipality of Alexander, says all residents between Hill Road on PR 315 and the Bird River Bridge must evacuate immediately, including the bible camp.

Epcot’s American Gardens Theatre at Disney World was recently transformed from a theme park to a place of praise and worship. 

Thousands of people gathered around the stage in the middle of a storm to hear a concert put on by Maverick City Music. 

Although there were multiple delays due to lightning, the crowd stayed strong and the band continued to sing. 

With arms raised in the air, the crowd sang at the top of their lungs, praising God in the middle of Disney World. 

Gregory John Gerolamy
December 16, 1952 – May 6, 2025

Early on May 6th, 2025, Gregory John Gerolamy, aged 72 years, passed away in the Palliative Care ward of Boundary Trails Health Center in Morden, MB. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Ruth (nee Loewen), daughters Tanya (Mike) and Tenille (Ashley), all those to whom he was a brother-in-law, uncle & great-uncle and his four-legged buddy Tucker. He was predeceased by his parents Jerry & Leona Gerolamy, his sister Lynne Cox and parents-in-law Henry & Betty Loewen.

Funeral For:  Dan Thiessen 
Funeral Date: May 15, 2025 
Dan Thiessen, 71, of Altona formerly of Rosenfeld, passed away Saturday, May 10th in the RM of Emerson Franklin. He is survived by his wife Elsie, 2 daughters, 1 son, and their families. He was predeceased by 1 daughter in infancy. 
The celebration of life for Dan Thiessen will be held Thursday, May 15th at 2:07pm at Altona EMMC. Dan was known for setting odd times, never exactly on the hour. Burial will take place prior to the service at 1pm at Altona Cemetery. 

A grass fire in Transcona that spread to area businesses and sent large plumes of black smoke into the sky Monday afternoon is now under control. 

The fire broke out in the 600 block of Gunn Road just after 2 p.m. yesterday. 

Due to strong winds and extremely dry conditions, the grass fire quickly spread, moving towards a commercial and industrial area and leading to the evacuation of businesses in the area. 

When you walk into the first hallway of the Manitoba Museum this summer, you’ll be greeted by a temporary exhibit that asks a very important, meta-level question: why does the museum preserve the things that it does? 

A Winnipeg pastor known for his dramatic transformation from rapper and gang member to preacher has passed away.

Travel to the United States took another hit in April with booking agents saying an "elbows up" attitude over the trade war has Canadians pulling back. 

Canadian residents returning by automobile from the U.S. in April fell on a year-over-year basis for the fourth consecutive month, preliminary numbers released by Statistics Canada showed Monday. The 1.2 million trips represented a 35.2 per cent drop from the same month in 2024 and 45.1 per cent lower than April 2019, before the pandemic.