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The City of Winnipeg has released a new survey asking Winnipeggers what they value most about greenspaces and natural areas in the city.

The plan is to use the feedback as part of a new Greenspace Plan and Biodiversity Policy being developed to help manage, protect and restore natural areas, while also increasing biodiversity within the city.

The City has partnered with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit governments to co-develop this plan. 

Two men are facing charges after leading police on a chase through West Elmwood. 

At around 8 p.m. on Monday, officers were notified that a 2004 Dodge Ram had been stolen from a parking lot in the 1100 block of Main Street. 

A popular country rap artist, who recently collaborated with Christian singer, Brandon Lake, went above and beyond while performing in Winnipeg this week. 

Jelly Roll, who calls himself God's least likely messenger, performed at Canada Life Centre on Monday. 

At one point, he paused the show and asked for the house lights to be turned on after noticing two women on the floor holding signs asking him to help pay their tuition. 

For over two hours, roughly 70 university students in Kentucky wrote out all 21 chapters of the gospel of John on the sidewalk in hopes of sharing the good news of Jesus with fellow students. 

The students who participated in the sidewalk chalk project were from Baptist Campus Ministry (BCM), Cru, and Hilltoppers for Christ (HFC). They spent Monday evening into Tuesday early morning writing out the 879 verses in chalk. 

The verses spanned over two miles where students walking to class Tuesday morning could read the brightly coloured Scripture. 

World Down Syndrome Day is on March 21. As it approaches, a local mom is looking for help fundraising in support of the Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network (DSDN).

Christine Wiebe has been volunteering with the organization for about five years, and this year is hoping to raise $1,500 for it's work connecting and supporting parents of children with Down syndrome.

"They are also working with health care providers to help them give the best diagnosis experience to new families," she says.

With a federal election call expected any day now, the Liberal party has only nominated about half of the candidates it would need to have a full slate on the ballot even as their polling numbers have been jump-started following their recent leadership race.

There will be 343 ridings contested in the upcoming vote and the Conservatives have nominated candidates in 275 of them so far. The NDP has 217 candidates and the Green Party has 208.

Canadians can expect to feel the absence of the consumer carbon price at the pumps immediately but it may take longer to notice a difference in the price of other goods, a new report released Wednesday suggests.

The analysis by Desjardins Economics comes less than a week after Prime Minister Mark Carney and his new Liberal cabinet ordered that the consumer levy be set to zero on April 1.

The carbon price came with a quarterly rebate to offset the cost of inflation; the final rebate will come in April.

Galatians 5:22-23

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."

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Psalm 15:1–5

While salvation is entirely a work of God—an unconditional commitment on His part to preserve those He has saved (John 10:28–29; Romans 8:28–39; 2 Timothy 1:12)—He gives us a genuine stake in maintaining the quality of our spiritual lives. Those who lead lives of integrity receive something valuable for their faithfulness.

The Promise

...he who does these things will never be shaken. (Psalm 15:5)

NDP candidate Shannon Corbett took an early lead minutes after polls closed in the Transcona byelection, and she never looked back.

All 14 polls had reported by 8:39 p.m. on Tuesday, and Corbett claimed victory with 3,616 votes. The PC candidate, Shawn Nason, came in second with 1,569 votes.

The results are unofficial and will be confirmed by Friday.