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The 2025 winner of the Juno Award for Contemporary Gospel/Christian Album of the Year for his album is honoured to be recognized. 

On Saturday, Ryan Ofei, a Ghanaian-Canadian artist from Ottawa, Ontario, took home the award for his album Restore, which he released in June 2024. 

"Being recognized in Canada is deeply meaningful," said Ofei in a post on Instagram. "ALL GLORY TO GOD!"

The Winnipeg Police Service is asking for the public's assistance in solving the city's most recent homicide. 

Just before 10 a.m. on Friday, officers were called to a back lane in the 700 block of Wellington Avenue, where they found a deceased man. 

The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Bronson Emery Dale Kequahtooway, who was living in Winnipeg but originally from Zagime Anishinabek First Nation, in Saskatchewan.

The Homicide Unit has taken over the investigation.

Funeral For:  Katharina Penner nee Wiebe 
Funeral Date: April 6, 2025 
Katharina Penner nee Wiebe, 91, of Altona passed away Friday, March 28th at Altona Memorial Health Centre. She is survived by 2 daughters, 2 sons, and their families. She was predeceased by her husband Henry G. Penner, 1 daughter in infancy and 1 son. 
The funeral service for Katharina Penner nee Wiebe will be held Sunday, April 6th at 2pm at Altona Sommerfeld Mennonite Church with burial prior to the service at Plum Coulee Cemetery. 

Funeral For: Bill Zacharias 
Funeral Date: April 4, 2025 
Bill Zacharias, 72, of Winkler passed away Thursday, March 27th at his residence. He is survived by his wife Joan, 1 daughter and 1 son. 
A memorial service for Bill Zacharias will be held Friday, April 4th at 2pm at Grace Mennonite Church, Winkler with private burial prior to the service. 
Donations may be made to Winkler Bible Camp. 
Arrangements by Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler.   

Funeral For:  Annie Thiessen nee Bueckert 
Funeral Date: April 3, 2025 
Annie Thiessen nee Bueckert, 80, of Winkler passed away Thursday, March 27th at Boundary Trails Health Centre. She is survived by her husband Belem, 4 daughters and their families. She was predeceased by 1 son-in-law. 
The funeral service for Annie Thiessen nee Bueckert will be held Thursday, April 3rd at 2pm at Winkler Sommerfeld Mennonite Church with burial at Rosenbach Cemetery. 

Former reality show star Jinger Duggar Vuolo welcomed a new baby over the weekend. 

On March 29, Jinger and her husband, Jeremy, introduced Finnegan Charles Vuolo to the world.  

"It was a pretty fairly great delivery," said Jinger in a YouTube video. "I'm just so thankful to God that we have this healthy baby boy with us."

Finnegan, who is the couple's third child, but first boy, weighed in at 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 21 inches long.

Winnipeg is set to welcome the 2025 Inspire Conference, a two-day event designed to empower students in grades 6-12 to overcome challenges and deepen their faith in Jesus.

Taking place on April 11-12, Inspire aims to equip young people with hope and purpose.

Alex Janzen is a conference manager with Inspire Our Nation. She says the conference is open not only to youth, but also to anyone who supports them. 

Big Daddy Weave's new album and project, Let It Begin, will be released later this spring. 

The Christian band last released their album, When The Light Comes, in 2019. After this, one of their beloved band members, Jay Weaver, passed away unexpectedly. Weaver, the brother of lead singer Mike Weaver, was only 42 years old when he died, leaving behind his wife and their three children. 

A representative for the Canadian Red Cross says the situation on the ground in Myanmar is "still very dire and tragic" days after a massive earthquake that has killed more than 1,700 people.

Canadian Red Cross operations lead Chiran Livera said teams of staff and volunteers made up of both international and local Red Cross workers were in Myanmar when the quake hit on Friday, and they have been able to distribute help, including water and shelter kits, from warehouses stationed around the country.

Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion. A new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher warns that more than one-fifth of pollinator species it studied in North America are at risk of extinction.