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Funeral For: Helen Klassen nee Friesen 
Funeral Date: April 19, 2025 
Helen Klassen nee Friesen, 94, of Winkler passed away Monday, April 14th at Salem Home. She is survived by 3 daughters, 1 son, and their families. She was predeceased by her husband David M. Klassen. 
The funeral service for Helen Klassen nee Friesen will be held Saturday, April 19th at 2pm at Winkler Reinland Mennonite Church with burial at Hochfeld Cemetery. 
Viewing will be at Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler Friday, April 18th from 1 to 7pm. 
Donations may be made to Salem Foundation. 

Funeral For:  Peter Funk 
Funeral Date: April 19, 2025 
Peter Funk, 86, of Steinbach passed away Sunday, April 13th at Vita Hospital. He is survived by his wife Betty, 1 daughter, 3 sons, and their families.  
A memorial service for Peter Funk will be held Saturday, April 19th at 2pm at Birchwood Funeral Chapel with private family burial at Heritage Cemetery. 
Arrangements by Birchwood Funeral Chapel, Steinbach.  

The Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre will receive $1.5 million in funding from the Manitoba government.

The province announced on Tuesday that it will provide the funds through the Mino’Ayaawag Ikwewag Strategy.

"The Anne Oake Family Recovery Centre will offer hope and healing for women with addictions," said Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine. "By giving women a supportive space where they can focus on healing, we are building healthier communities for women and their children as part of our Mino’Ayaawag Ikwewag Strategy."

Funeral For:  Doctor Dennis Giesbrecht 
Funeral Date: April 21, 2025 
Doctor Dennis Giesbrecht, 88, of Steinbach passed away Monday, April 14th at Bethesda Regional Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Rose, 4 daughters, 2 sons, 1 sister, 1 brother, 1 sister-in-law, and their families. He was predeceased by 2 sisters and 1 brother. 
The funeral service for Doctor Dennis Giesbrecht will be held Monday, April 21st at 1pm at Birchwood Funeral Chapel. Private family burial will take place. 

RCMP in Manitoba say a woman who went missing in Thompson has been found safe.

On April 16, 2025, Ashern RCMP received a report of a missing 30-year-old female from Thompson.

Mounties said at the time that she was last seen at a residence on Thompson Drive.

RCMP sent out an update later in the afternoon on Wednesday, saying the woman had been safely located. 

The RCMP thanked the public for their assistance.

Chess players from high schools across Winnipeg held a special tournament during spring break in support of peace in Ukraine. 

It was all part of the Manitoba School Chess Championship, which was hosted at Ecole Secondaire Sisler High School on April 1. 

This year, the Chess Club collaborated with the Social Justice Club and the Manitoba Chess Association, playing for peace in Ukraine and collecting funds for the Canada-Ukraine Foundation.

Last month, businesses from all over Manitoba entered Golden West Broadcasting’s Accelerate 2025 contest. The contest was aimed to help small businesses in a time of economic uncertainty by giving away advertising packages to help spread the word about the work that they do in our communities and to help them grow in a turbulent economy. 

A pastor who was abducted while in the middle of a church service in South Africa last week has been safely returned to his family. 

Josh Sullivan, 34, and his family were working at a church in Motherwell in South Africa last Thursday when it's alleged that six armed men entered the church and kidnapped the pastor.

Tom Hately, the pastor of Sullivan's home church, Fellowship Baptist Church in Maryville, Tennessee, announced early Wednesday morning that Josh had been released. 

A Calgary man accused of human smuggling after allegations that he picked up foreign nationals who crossed into Manitoba from the United States has had his charges stayed.

Manitoba Courts confirmed charges under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act were stayed in February for Saleh Youssouf.

Information on why the charges have been stayed was not available.

Youssouf was accused of driving a van last January that held seven men from the Republic of Chad.

Worship artist Chris Tomlin has revived ancient words, transforming 1,800-year-old hymnal texts into a powerful new song.

The lyric and musical notations, found in Egypt, have become known as "The First Hymn." Archaeologists found this artifact in 1918, calling it "P.Oxy 1786." It contained 35 words offering praise to God.