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Two people are in hospital following a fire Thursday evening in the Central Park area. 

The fire broke out just after 6 p.m. in a three-storey apartment complex on Qu'appelle Avenue.

Smoke was coming from the building when crews arrived. They were able to enter the apartment and battle the fire from inside, declaring it under control half an hour later. 

Firefighters rescued several residents from the building. Three were assessed at the scene by paramedics, with two being transported to the hospital in stable condition. 

As the wildfires raged all around Flin Flon at the end of May, evacuees left their homes and belongings behind as they headed to central and southern Manitoba for safety.   Among those evacuees were former Killarney pastor and his wife, Darryl and Cindy Hartwig.  The Hartwigs are members of the Adult and Teen Challenge team at Denare Beach, located just 20 km southwest of Flin Flon where Darryl is campus manager.  The Teen Challenge students and the staff were directed to Steinbach in early June where their students could continue their program in Steinbach.

Courtney Smallbone recently opened up about the miracle of her son after he essentially died in his crib. 

Smallbone, the wife of Luke Smallbone of for KING & COUNTRY, was recently sharing her son's miracle story on the Heaven Meets Earth Podcast with Abigail Robertson and Ryan Bethea.

The couple have four children. When their third child, Leo, was just eight weeks old, they thought they had lost him. 

The Crown will not appeal the acquittals of five former world junior hockey players after their high-profile sexual assault trial, one of the defence lawyers in the case said Thursday.

Daniel Brown, who represented Alex Formenton, said he has been informed of the prosecutors' decision. The Ministry of the Attorney General did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

Formenton, Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote were all acquitted of sexual assault, and McLeod of a separate charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.

Air Canada says it expects to be operating close to its full network schedule by Friday. 

The airline says it is continuing to ramp up its operations in a press release Thursday. 

This comes after the airline reached a tentative deal with the union representing its flight attendants on Tuesday to end a strike that began on Saturday. 

The strike disrupted the airline's operations, resulting in the cancellation of flights. 

Mark Nasr, Air Canada's chief operations officer, said in the release that the airline is restoring operations ahead of its plan. 

By now in our Christian walk we hardly need the reminder that life is not a cloud-nine utopia. It is a terribly unrealistic view to think that Christ helps you live happily ever after; it's downright unbiblical! Most of life is learning and growing, falling and getting back up, forgiving and forgetting, accepting and going on.

We know the sovereign Potter is working with our clay as He pleases. 

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

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A 77-year-old male from Winnipeg has died after his boat capsized in Lake Winnipeg.

At approximately 3:40 p.m. on August 20, Selkirk RCMP received a report of the boat being discovered in Lake Winnipeg, approximately two kilometres northwest of the Balsam Harbour Marina.

While the operator of the boat was not originally located, a search of the surrounding water was immediately conducted by the East Beaches Fire Department. 

Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for southeastern Manitoba, including the eastern edge of Winnipeg. 

According to EC, a cold front tracking through southeastern Manitoba will trigger scattered thunderstorms this afternoon, some of which could become severe.

These storms could produce strong winds, torrential downpours of rain which can cause flash flooding, alongside hail. These combined can cause damage to roofs, buildings, and vehicles. 

A country rock Christian band from Saskatchewan with family ties has turned their miracle story into a means of sharing the gospel through song. 

"Me and my wife got married very young," says Joel Ivey, the co-lead singer and guitarist of Collect Assembly. "I was 20 and she was 18. I knew Morgan, her little sister, since she was very young. The calling to do music together was there."

Collect Assembly was created by Ivey and his sister-in-law, Morgan Groenewald. Their latest single, "Echo," was written during an Easter family gathering, according to Ivey.