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A fire broke out at a vacant three-storey apartment building in the 500 block of Balmoral Street on Wednesday night, marking the latest in a series of incidents at the site.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) responded to the blaze at 7:39 p.m., with smoke visible from the building upon their arrival, according to a media release from the City of Winnipeg.

A wise man once said, “Planning without action is futile; action without planning is fatal.” This fall, Transform Iran is laying the foundation to effectively reach children for Christ.

Dozens of residents of a Winnipeg apartment building have been displaced after a fire broke out late Wednesday morning.

At 11:36 a.m., the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to a two-storey apartment building in the 300 block of Ross Avenue. Crews arrived to find smoke in the building, but the sprinkler system had already activated, suppressing the fire before it spread further.

Water damage from the sprinklers forced the evacuation of the building. Firefighters helped some residents leave, while others were able to exit on their own.

The City of Winnipeg is giving motorists a heads-up that a busy roadway will be closed for much of the day, today.

In an online post, the City says that the Osborne Bridge will be closed in all directions between Granite Way and Osborne Street on Thursday, September 5, 2024.

Construction taking place on the bridge is responsible for the closure.

The City says that lanes in both directions will be opened for the morning and afternoon rush hours, but otherwise to expect complete closures throughout the day.

The Sioux Falls Canaries (1-0) shut out the Winnipeg Goldeyes 5-0 in the first game of their American Association West Division Series Wednesday at Sioux Falls Stadium.
 
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Juno-award-winning Winnipeg Christian artist Steve Bell is releasing a new single ahead of his 23rd studio album, The Glad Surprise.

"Right around the time Russia invaded Ukraine, Bruce Cockburn's song, 'Lovers in a Dangerous Time,' started rolling around in my brain," says Bell. "He wrote it during the Cold War when he had a lot of fears for his daughter and her friends, what their future might be. Now, with many, many wars going on, love ends up being a miracle."

Although music has always been a part of Steinbach artist Lorne Kauenhofen's (AKA LMNK) life, his older sister was one to really cheer him on to follow his talents. 

Kauenhofen describes his sister catching him when practicing music. "I remember my older sister, she would often come around the corner and when I would catch her, I would be all embarrassed. But she would encourage me and say it sounded good." 

Matthew 28:18-20

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

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Philippians 2:3-5

This may shock you, but I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me, or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. The attitude I choose keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there's no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.

Witnesses say that a vehicle drove through a crowd of protesters striking some of them on Wednesday in Winnipeg.

A group of protesters had gathered at Portage Avenue and Main Street to demonstrate after the Winnipeg Police Service announced on Tuesday that officers had struck and killed a woman with a vehicle at a homeless encampment. Officers were providing a ride home to a person who lives in the encampment in Fort Rouge Park off of River Avenue when the collision occurred. The victim was a woman in her 30s, police say.