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Fifty more children in Winnipeg will have a bed to call their own thanks to the efforts of Manitoba Blue Cross and local non-profit Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP).

According to a press release, Manitoba Blue Cross employee volunteers gathered at Blue Cross Park for the second year in a row to build 50 beds for children who don't have one.

Five new animals have made their home at the Assiniboine Park Zoo this week. 

On Thursday, a new pack of five grey wolves came from the Greater Vancouver Zoo after the passing of Bear, in March, who was the last member of the Zoo's original wolf pack. 

The new wolves include a seven-year-old male, Chinook. Gigi, a seven-year-old female. Comet, a three-year-old male. Stella and Virgo, both three-year-old females. They are all adjusting and settling into the expansive wolf habitat in the Grasslands and Boreal Forest section of the Zoo.

Psalm 90:2,4

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

AND

A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.

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Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Colossians 1:9-10

Have you ever been in an area of the country where there was a lot of fruit ripening in the sun?

Maybe on some cool September morning you've taken a walk through the apple orchards of the Hood River valley or along the Columbia River in Oregon. It is pleasing to the eye to see such an abundance of sweet, delicious fruit hanging on branch or vine, ready to be plucked.

A fruitful Christian life is like that—sweet, refreshing, nourishing, fragrant, sustaining, delightful to be near. But such a life requires careful cultivation...

Almost 100 people gathered on June 6 for a picnic hosted by the Manitoba Association Christian Home Schools.

It was a sunny afternoon in the park and the atmosphere was filled with laughter and chatter as children participated in fun games such as tag and capture the flag.

"We're here to come alongside homeschoolers that way they can educate their kids, but then they have support to encourage them and equip them," said Heather, a board member of MACHS.

MACHS was founded in the 1980s and has been impacting and helping homeschoolers ever since.

Motorists are encouraged to use extra caution on Manitoba highways on Saturday as an annual project is taking place. 

Members of 4-H club are set to begin their annual cleanup campaign on Saturday, June 7, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

4-H is "an international youth and volunteer organization. It’s a program that provides members with the resources and activities to build self-confidence, communication, and leadership skills while learning about a topic of their choice," 4h.mb.ca says. 

A 12-year-old boy who was reported missing on June 4 has been found safely. 

RCMP said he originally was reported missing from his temporary residence in West St. Paul.

Red River North RCMP thank the public for their assistance.

Just days after a wildfire destroyed its men’s campus in Denare Beach, Adult & Teen Challenge of Central Canada says more of its properties are now in jeopardy as fire conditions worsen.

The organization confirmed the complete loss of its Denare Beach campus on Tuesday, June 3. That included vital equipment such as a newly acquired truck, septic truck, and trailers—resources used to support recovery and training programs for men overcoming addiction.

The Town of Snow Lake has issued a mandatory evacuation order, requiring all residents to leave by noon on Saturday, June 7, as a massive wildfire threat looms.

The order follows a prior evacuation alert and was announced at noon Friday.

Approximately 1,100 people live in the northern Manitoba community, which is now under threat from three wildfires that have merged into a single, massive blaze. According to the City of Flin Flon, the fire spans an estimated 140 kilometres in length and five kilometres in width.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew promoted his province Friday as the route for a future trade corridor, which could include a pipeline, in order to get goods from Western Canada to overseas markets.

"The politics are (that) something needs to get built in Western Canada. I think everybody understands that," Kinew told a breakfast meeting of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce.