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The Canada Revenue Agency has offered contract extensions to around 850 call centre employees as their union sounds the alarm over staffing levels. 

CRA spokesperson Etienne Biram says the workers, whose contracts were set to expire in September, were contacted about the decision last week.

The federal union representing workers at the tax agency recently launched an online campaign denouncing staffing cuts. 

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington this week after Ottawa announced it would be lifting some retaliatory tariffs.

LeBlanc's office said he will travel to the United States capital on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced last Friday that Canada will drop some retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products to match American tariff exemptions for goods covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade, called CUSMA. .

Heading into the 2025-26 minor hockey season, Hockey Manitoba has announced they will be launching the 'Green Armband Initiative', a program designed for younger officials, starting in the Pembina Valley with plans for it to expand province wide in the future.

For all officials, every level

I know of no greater need today than the need for joy. Unexplainable, contagious joy. Outrageous joy.

When that kind of joy comes aboard our ship of life, it brings things with it—like enthusiasm for life, determination to hang in there, and a strong desire to be of encouragement to others. Such qualities make our voyage bearable when we hit the open seas and encounter high waves of hardship that tend to demoralise and paralyze. 

There is nothing better than a joyful attitude when we face the challenges life throws at us.

Romans 12:4-5

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

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Large-scale paintings combine with bullet casings, shoes and other objects at the 226 Gallery on Main Street for an artist’s response to a crisis continuing to unfold in his home country.  

Approximately $17,900 worth of fentanyl, a replica firearm, and other drug-related evidence was seized following a traffic stop on Friday night. 

At 10:38 p.m. on August 22, the Winnipeg Police Service received a call from a concerned citizen about a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu being driven recklessly on Portage Avenue after entering the city from the Perimeter Highway. 

20 arrests have been made over a three-day period following a string of retail robberies in Transcona and St. Boniface. 

A retail theft suppression project conducted by the Winnipeg Police Service’s East District Community Support Unit, with the assistance of the Property Crime Unit, and East District General Patrol officers, took place between August 21 through August 23. 

The project was a proactive effort to address the serious issue of shoplifting and the threat of injury to staff and the general public.

A recent discovery in Abu Dhabi is showcasing a thriving Christianity in a place that was formerly thought to be overrun by other religions.

Archaeologists and researchers recently found a plaque made of plaster that dates back 1,400 years, to the seventh and eighth centuries. 

At the bottom of the plaque, there are stepping stones that depict Golgatha with a cross that takes up the rest of the plaque. 

Winnipeggers can enjoy a multitude of activities this winter and fall as the leisure guide registration starts at 8 a.m. on Tuesday. 

The fall/winter leisure guide includes many activities, including swimming lessons across the city, as well as skating lessons.