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Funeral For:  Helena Wiebe nee Loewen 
Funeral Date: May 23, 2025 
Helena Wiebe nee Loewen, 60, of Winkler passed away Sunday, May 18th at Boundary Trails Health Centre. She is survived by her husband Peter, 4 daughters, 1 son, and their families.  
The funeral service for Helena Wiebe nee Loewen will be held Friday, May 23rd at 2pm at Winkler Sommerfeld Mennonite Church with burial at Rosenbach Cemetery. 
Viewing will be at Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler Thursday, May 22nd from 1 to 6pm and at the church prior to the service. 

A North End community centre has received a much-needed upgrade. 

Turtle Island Neighbourhood Centre, located at 510 King Street, unveiled a renovated kitchen on Tuesday, which will help support healthy food options and community programming in the Lord Selkirk Park and William Whyte communities. 

The renovations include a new universally accessible kitchen with new cabinets, counter tops, commercial grade appliances and an expanded pantry area. 

Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, widely known as 'Professor Popsicle,' is being named to the Order of Manitoba for his groundbreaking work in cold-weather survival and hypothermia research.

The Order of Manitoba was established in 1999 to honour Manitobans who have demonstrated excellence and achievement, which has in turn enriched the social, cultural or economic well-being of the province and its residents.  

The professor emeritus who retired at the University of Manitoba says he received the phone call about a month ago. 

Two people are in hospital after getting trapped in a house fire early Wednesday morning. 

The blaze broke out just after midnight in a home in the 300 block of Aberdeen Avenue. 

When firefighters arrived, flames and smoke were pouring out of the home, and they quickly learned that there were still people trapped inside.

Firefighters rescued two people from the home. They were both transported to hospital in unstable condition. 

It took about half an hour to get the fire under control.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. 

Evacuees from Woodridge are back home now—and for one resident, the realization of what could have been hits hard.

"All the homes in our town had been spared, and out town had been spared. But speaking with the firefighters, they said it was the closest call they have ever had," says Cheryl Wilson-Janz. "If the winds and rain hadn't come, then they think they probably would have lost the town within the hour."

Wilson-Janz, who is a member of the Woodridge Community Club, says when the town was ordered to evacuate, it was extremely difficult.

The head of one of Canada's largest federal unions says the federal government needs to focus on repairing the relationship between public servants and management.

Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, said this is a "delicate moment" and that new Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali has his work cut out for him.

Prier said the Trudeau government made several questionable decisions that eroded trust among workers. They included a messy return-to-office rollout that was conducted without consulting employees, he said.

The Manitoba government faced more questions about its property tax reforms Tuesday after some homeowners did not receive a promised $1,500 credit on their annual bill.

Finance Minister Adrien Sala said there was a problem with some homeowners not registering their properties as their primary residence, which is a condition to get the credit. He put part of the blame on municipal governments.

Signs that underlying inflation was picking up in April put the Bank of Canada in a tricky position ahead of its June interest rate decision, with some economists arguing a second straight pause is now more likely.

"It is going to make it a much more challenging backdrop for the Bank of Canada to continue cutting rates, at least in the near term," said Benjamin Reitzes, managing director of Canadian rates and macro strategist at BMO Capital Markets.

The Manitoba Lung Association is educating people on the dangers of wildfire smoke inhalation, especially during air quality warnings. 

"We provide education and ongoing research to local researchers to provide evidence-based programming and supports," says Juliette Mucha, the President and CEO of the Manitoba Lung Association in Winnipeg. "We also provide support groups for people with lung cancer, long-COVID, and lung transplants."

1 Corinthians 1:10

"I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought."

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