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Increasing political tension in Uganda’s election season has Christian educators concerned. 

President Yoweri Museveni has held office for nearly 40 years. Ever since he seized power in 1986, Uganda has been “comparatively stable, but increasingly authoritarian,” according to a 2025 report from the U.S.-based Congressional Research Service. Uganda has never had a democratic transition of power.

Major institutional investors are asking the federal government to give them a reason to invest more at home in the upcoming fall budget, says the Liberal MPs leading budget consultations across Canada.

The federal Liberals are in the midst of consultations on the upcoming 2025 budget. While federal budgets typically are tabled in the spring, this one is set to land during the fall session of Parliament.

The RCMP is introducing a drone corridor along part of the Canada-U.S. border in an effort to boost security.

Drones are to patrol the border in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in what the RCMP says is a trial.

The force says the corridor has been established with help from Transport Canada and drone patrols will target illegal activity including smuggling and drug trafficking.

It says the corridor extends from the ground to 500 feet in the air and one nautical mile north of the border, or just under two kilometres.

Survivors of abuse by former Anglican priest and Scout leader Ralph Rowe are working to create a national advocacy and advisory council aimed at promoting men’s healing, the Anglican Journal reports.

Rowe, who served in northern Ontario and in several northern Manitoba communities, was convicted of 75 sexual crimes against children that took place between 1974 and 1987. It is believed that Rowe may have abused up to 500 children during that time.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

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Luke 12:15

Let's take a brief look at greed.

Practically speaking, greed is an inordinate desire for more, an excessive, unsatisfied hunger to possess. Like an untamed beast, greed grasps, claws, reaches, clutches, and clings—stubbornly refusing to surrender. The word enough is not in this beast's vocabulary.

RCMP officers are asking anyone with information regarding a possible shooting in the RM of Norfolk to come forward.

At approximately 7:30 a.m. on August 9, Portage la Prairie RCMP officers were dispatched to a complaint about shots fired at a residence in the RM of Norfolk, near Road 58 West and Road 67 North.

Upon arrival, they spoke with a resident who believed a bullet was shot through the front window of the house and another into a camper parked on the property. 

No bullets were located on the property and no one inside the residence was physically injured.

A section of the Norwood Bridge is expected to be closed for a few days for construction.

The Northbound median lane is closed for paving. Due to the work, there are heavy delays for northbound St. Mary's Road and westbound Goulet Street.

Work is expected to last a few days.

A man has been arrested after an off-duty police officer saw him break into a garage in St. Vital.

On August 10, 2025, a 36-year-old male was seen breaking into a garage in the 100 block of Sterling Avenue. Prior to the break in, it was determined that the suspect had stolen merchandise from two stores in St. Vital.

Two separate stores in the 1200 block of 1200 St. Mary's Road reported theft of merchandise between 4:27 p.m. and 5 p.m. The stolen merchandise was valued at over $1,000 combined.

It was a successful weekend for two young Winnipeg girls who used lemons and lemonade to help in the fight against cancer. 

Erika,11 and Carly, 7, set up a lemonade stand at Sandy Hook RV Resort on Saturday, where they sold lemonade, cookies, bookmarks and crocheted lemons, with all funds going to support CancerCare Manitoba. 

"It started when we had a family member named Jack, and he died from cancer, and we wanted to do something," said Erika. "So we started a little lemonade stand and went through CancerCare Manitoba, got stuff and did that for the past few years."