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An Egyptian pastor who made his home in Winnipeg believes God is up to something wonderful in the heart of Canada. 

Moheb Nasr, originally from Egypt, was formerly a megachurch pastor in his home country. During the pandemic, Nasr and his wife felt a calling from God to come to Winnipeg. 

For the past four years, Nasr has been a pastor with Lighthouse Evangelical Arabic Church in Winnipeg. 

Seventeen-year-old Phoenix has been fighting for her life since 2021 when she was diagnosed with stage four bone cancer, and she recently received some tough news again. 

On July 2, the teen who had her entire right leg up to the hip amputated shortly after being diagnosed, found out that the cancer has now spread to her sacrum, spine, and lungs. A recent MRI and CT scan showed the spots. 

A Winnipeg grandpa to 11 grandkids is jumping on his bicycle one last time to help thousands of orphans in Kenya. 

Arvid Loewen has been ultra-marathon cycling for the past 20 years to help raise funds for Mully Children's Family (MCF), which gives orphans access to school and food in Kenya. To date, Loewen has helped raise over $12 million for the ministry. 

The valedictorian for the graduating class at Linden Christian School this year is Kieran Johnson. 

"It's definitely an honour," says Johnson. "Our students got to vote on who they'd like to represent them. Everybody who was nominated got to send in a speech, which was reviewed anonymously by a few teachers and mine was chosen."

Johnson says when he was in kindergarten he wanted to go into professional sports, whether that would have been the NHL, NBA, or professional soccer. Now he's considering pursuing a career in ministry or missions.