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Funeral For:  Helen Meda
Funeral Date: August 29, 2025 
Helen Meda, 91, of Vita formerly of Lonesand, passed away Saturday, August 23rd at Vita Personal Care Home. She is survived by 1 sister, 1 brother, and their families. She was predeceased by her husband Michael and 2 brothers. 
The funeral service for Helen Meda will be held Friday, August 29th at 11am at Birchwood Funeral Chapel, Steinbach with ash interment at Ridgeland Cemetery, Sundown, Manitoba.  
Arrangements by Birchwood Funeral Chapel, Steinbach.
 

Funeral For:  Elnora Ella Neufeld nee Klassen 
Funeral Date: September 2, 2025 
Elnora Ella Neufeld nee Klassen, 100, of Winkler passed away Saturday, August 23rd at Tabor Home, Morden. She is survived by 2 daughters. She was predeceased by her husband Jacob E. Neufeld.  
A memorial service for Elnora Ella Neufeld nee Klassen will be held Tuesday, September 2nd at 11am at Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church with burial prior to the service at Blumenfeld Cemetery. 
Donations may be made to Gateway Resources Incorporated. 

It was another record-breaking year for “Brooke and Koda’s Iced Tea Stand,” the grassroots fundraiser started by two kids that has grown into one of the most inspiring community traditions in the southeast.

This summer, the stand raised a whopping $26,650 to help four-year-old Callie Augustine, who is currently battling B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL).

Funeral For:  Lena Janzen 
Funeral Date: August 29, 2025 
Lena Janzen, 92, of Killarney passed away Friday, August 22nd at Bayside Personal Care Home. She is survived by 1 daughter, 2 sons, 1 son-in-law and their families. She was predeceased by her husband Peter and 1 daughter. 
A memorial service for Lena Janzen will be held Friday, August 29th at 11am at Killarney Mennonite Church with private burial at Killarney Cemetery. 
Donations may be made to Turtle Mountain Bible Camp. 
Arrangements by Wheatland Funeral Service, Killarney. 

Josiah Queen is a new name in CCM that many are getting to know quickly, and now he's released a full-length album called Mt. Zion. 

At just 22 years old, Queen was recently nominated for the GMA Dove Award for Artist of the Year. His previous album, Prodigal, alongside the title track, is what put the singer on the map. 

This new album, released Aug. 22, 2025, has 12 singles. Three songs have features, including Benjamin William Hastings, Gable Price, and Brandon Lake. 

Voice of the Martyrs Korea announced that it is adding a fifth daily 30-minute broadcast to North Korea.

That move comes as most government-sponsored broadcasts into the country by the United States and South Korea have been discontinued. Voice of the Martyrs Korea says that the new broadcast will consist of the sermons of early Korean Christians and an uninterrupted reading of the Bible.

Details about the new broadcast’s time, radio frequency, and launch date are being withheld for security reasons.

Two years after the death of her son, the mother of a 25-year-old homicide victim is publicly pleading for anyone with information to come forward.

Lyndon McIvor was last seen on August 26, 2023, after a night out with friends on Lake Manitoba First Nation. His body was found five days later, on August 31, in a wooded area within the community.

The RCMP's Major Crime Services continues to investigate McIvor’s death and says it believes people in the community hold information that could help move the case forward.

Orchestrated by the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED), the Milan Congress of 1880 caused massive damage to the global Deaf community.

Instead of using the sign language that was most natural to them, Deaf children were forced to learn using oral methods.

“Oral education is the idea of using lip reading and speech therapy rather than sign language,” DOOR International’s Rob Myers explains,

The past few years of comedian John Crist's life have been a rollercoaster — from a stint in rehab to his recent engagement.

"The best thing that’s ever happened to me in my entire life by far, I love you so much @lyfeoflyd," says Crist on social media. 

Crist's fiancée, Lydia Fielder, is a co-anchor for Nashville TV station WSMV-TV.

A Manitoba man sentenced to life in prison after a judge convicted him of sending letter bombs to his ex-wife and two lawyers in 2015 has been denied full parole. 

A parole board hearing for Guido Amsel took place earlier this month, 10 years after Amsel committed his crimes. 

The board found that despite Amsel's generally behaving positively while incarcerated and participating in some programming, he shows no remorse for his actions and continues to believe he was set up by police and his ex-wife.