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The Manitoba Passion Play returns for its 25th season, offering audiences a moving retelling of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ—staged in the heart of the Pembina Valley at the Oak Valley Outdoor Theatre near La Rivière.

Adult and Teen Challenge has received the green light from Steinbach City Council to relocate its thrift store and offices into the city’s industrial park on the west side — a decision council supported unanimously.

The organization applied for a conditional use permit to operate at 16 Pioneer Road, within the M1 Light Industrial Zone. That zoning does not normally allow retail operations, but council made an exception based on the nature of the project and the existing structure on the site.

The hot and humid air moving through Manitoba brought some intense thunderstorms overnight Friday, and the weather systems aren't done yet. 

"We had pretty strong wind gusts [last night]," says Dan Fulton, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (EC). "The highest I saw was 115 km/h, but there were quite a few stations that reported over the 90-115 km/h range."

The areas of Manitoba that saw the most precipitation and winds were the southern areas near the U.S.A. border from west to east. 

The Old West will be on full display as thousands clad in tassels, boots and buckles march through city streets today to kick off the Calgary Stampede.

Country superstar Shania Twain will saddle up and lead the parade on horseback before performing Saturday at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The Stampede runs until July 13.

The “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” singer, who was raised in Timmins, Ont., last took the stage at the Stampede in 2014.

The 600 residents of Lynn Lake in northern Manitoba are being told to leave town for the second time this year due to wildfires.

Town officials say a fire is threatening Manitoba Hydro transmission lines and, if those lines are damaged, the community could be without power for a month.

The town is offering transportation for evacuees and a reception centre has been set up in Brandon, about 1,100 kilometres by road to the south.

Staples in Winnipeg's music scene and beyond offered condolences and tributes Thursday after learning the bassist in a beloved band died in a highway crash with two others.

Indie pop band Royal Canoe, on social media, said Brendan Berg died in the crash Tuesday, a day before his 43rd birthday, along with his partner, Olivia Michalczuk.

Berg's death has left an "enormous and sudden hole in the lives of everyone who knew him," the post said.

Psalm 33:12

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance."

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Proverbs 15:15

Many folks eat their hearts out, suffering from the contagious "If Only" disease. Its germs infect every slice of life.

If only I had more money.

If only we owned a nicer home.

If only we could have children.

If only he would ask me out.

If only I had more friends.

The list is endless. Woven through the fabric of all those words is a sigh that comes from the daily grind of discontentment.

The Winnipeg Police Service is working to identify a suspect in four similar sexual assaults that occurred on the evening of July 2.

Several reports were received about women who had been assaulted by an unknown male near the Health Science Campus.

At approximately 7 p.m., a teenage girl was walking in the area of Elgin/Sherbrook and was confronted by an unknown male who assaulted her. She reported to an adult and was transported to safety.

The Winnipeg Police Service says that a missing adult has been safely located.

The man was last seen on July 3, 2025, in St. Vital. 

Police had sent out a missing persons notice early on July 3 and then a second notice later that evening, saying the adult had been safely located.