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The first part of the hit TV series depicting the life of Jesus, The Chosen, season 5, did very well at the box office over the weekend. 

The creators of The Chosen have broken down the fifth season into three parts of "The Last Supper" and released part one in theatres across North America this past weekend. Over three days, the movie brought in a record-breaking $11.5 million.

One person is dead and another seriously injured following a collision in eastern Manitoba. 

Little Grand Rapids RCMP and Pauingassi First Nation Safety officers were called to a single-vehicle rollover on the Fishing Lake winter ice road on Friday, just before 4 p.m.

The two occupants of the vehicle, who were not wearing seatbelts, were transported to a nearby Nursing Station with life-threatening injuries. 

The civil war in Myanmar runs deep. Even the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck on March 28 hasn’t stopped the military junta from bombing villages.

“It’s a multiplied crisis because of the coup that happened several years back. The military took over the nation, and they are still fighting an insurgency in the country,” says Joe Handley with A3.

Many workers in Manitoba are set to see a slight increase in their wages this fall.

The Manitoba government says the minimum wage is to go up by 20 cents to $16 an hour.

The increase is to take effect on Oct. 1.

Manitoba's minimum wage is updated annually and tied to inflation.

The government says the latest increase reflects the province's 2024 inflation rate of 1.1 per cent.

The federal minimum wage for employees in the federally regulated private sector is $17.75.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 31, 2025.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to fast-track approval of key infrastructure.

The New Democrats rolled out their own national project — a promise to help retrofit 3.3 million homes and pay for it by cutting supports for big oil and gas companies. 

Psalm 14:1

For the director of music. Of David.

"The fool says in his heart,
    'There is no God.'
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good."

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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.

Psalm 26:4–7

King David knew the sting of unjust treatment as keenly as anyone in history. To keep mistreatment from undermining his relationship with God, he put some resolutions into a song. Having committed to remaining open before the Lord and to remembering His love, David committed to letting God be the judge of others' sin.

    1. Resolved: I will refuse the temptation to get even (vv. 4–5)

Minimum wage is going up in Manitoba.

An increase of 20 cents will take effect Oct. 1, 2025.

The last jump in minimum wage was October 2024, which saw the rate going up by 50 cents to $15.80.

The increase this October will raise the current minimum wage from $15.80 to $16.00.

This adjustment is based on Manitoba's inflation rate of 1.1 percent, rounded up to the nearest five cents.

The 2025 winner of the Juno Award for Contemporary Gospel/Christian Album of the Year for his album is honoured to be recognized. 

On Saturday, Ryan Ofei, a Ghanaian-Canadian artist from Ottawa, Ontario, took home the award for his album Restore, which he released in June 2024. 

"Being recognized in Canada is deeply meaningful," said Ofei in a post on Instagram. "ALL GLORY TO GOD!"

The Winnipeg Police Service is asking for the public's assistance in solving the city's most recent homicide. 

Just before 10 a.m. on Friday, officers were called to a back lane in the 700 block of Wellington Avenue, where they found a deceased man. 

The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Bronson Emery Dale Kequahtooway, who was living in Winnipeg but originally from Zagime Anishinabek First Nation, in Saskatchewan.

The Homicide Unit has taken over the investigation.