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Winnipeg is set to welcome the 2025 Inspire Conference, a two-day event designed to empower students in grades 6-12 to overcome challenges and deepen their faith in Jesus.

Taking place on April 11-12, Inspire aims to equip young people with hope and purpose.

Alex Janzen is a conference manager with Inspire Our Nation. She says the conference is open not only to youth, but also to anyone who supports them. 

Big Daddy Weave's new album and project, Let It Begin, will be released later this spring. 

The Christian band last released their album, When The Light Comes, in 2019. After this, one of their beloved band members, Jay Weaver, passed away unexpectedly. Weaver, the brother of lead singer Mike Weaver, was only 42 years old when he died, leaving behind his wife and their three children. 

A representative for the Canadian Red Cross says the situation on the ground in Myanmar is "still very dire and tragic" days after a massive earthquake that has killed more than 1,700 people.

Canadian Red Cross operations lead Chiran Livera said teams of staff and volunteers made up of both international and local Red Cross workers were in Myanmar when the quake hit on Friday, and they have been able to distribute help, including water and shelter kits, from warehouses stationed around the country.

Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion. A new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher warns that more than one-fifth of pollinator species it studied in North America are at risk of extinction.

Five Manitoban communities will be hosting the African Children's Choir at the end of April for the first time since 2020. 

"We're so delighted to be back in Canada," says Tina Sipp, the Choir Manager with the African Children's Choir. "We started a couple weeks ago in British Columbia, and we're working our way east. We'll be in your region the end of April and we're very excited about that."

This year, the choir consists of 18 children between the ages of 9-11 years old. 

Isaiah 53:5-6

"But he was pierced for our transgressions,
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
    and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
    each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all."

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Psalm 26:2-3

As David endured unfair treatment despite his doing what was right, He cried out to God in the verses of Psalm 26. As we read his anguished lyrics, we will uncover some resolutions David made which kept him (and will keep us) from slipping into bitterness and resentment during times of mistreatment.

A 27-year-old man is facing assault charges following a chaotic scene at a West End restaurant. 

Officers were called to a restaurant at the corner Sherbrook Street and Notre Dame Avenue shortly after 7:45 p.m. on Friday, where they found a man causing a disturbance, destroying property and throwing various items at a 39-year-old staff member.

The man continued to throw things, even at the officers when they arrived. The man was not compliant during his arrest and police were forced to use their taser to safely take the suspect into custody.

A 63-year-old man from St. Paul, Minnesota is in custody following a collision late Saturday afternoon. 

The multi-vehicle collision happened just before 5 p.m. near Waverley Street and the Perimeter Highway.

Winnipeg police say the man, who was impaired at the time, was travelling east on the Perimeter Highway in a 2021 Honda Ridgeline and failed to stop at the intersection of Waverley Street, colliding with the rear of another vehicle, causing a multi-vehicle collision.

Funeral For:  Abe J. Driedger 
Funeral Date: April 2, 2025 
Abe J. Driedger, 87, of Altona formerly of Rudnerweide, passed away Tuesday, March 25th at Boundary Trails Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Sarah (nee Friesen), their children Glenn (Marge) Driedger, and Jean (Ken) Friesen, as well as 5 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. He was predeceased by his parents, 5 sisters, and 7 brothers.
The funeral service for Abe J. Driedger will be held Wednesday, April 2nd at 11am at Altona EMMC with burial at Rudnerweide Cemetery.