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Maverick City Music is facing plenty of backlash following a recent collaboration with a rap artist.

The five-time Grammy award-winning and six-time Dove award-winning worship collective is featured on a song on GloRilla's latest album Glorious alongside, Kirk Franklin, Chandler Moore and Kierra Sheard.

The song, 'Rain Down on Me' is the only song on the 15-track album that doesn't feature explicit or inappropriate lyrics. 

After hearing this news, fans of Maverick City quickly took to social media to react.

Canada's emergency preparedness minister says the passengers of an Air India flight that landed in Iqaluit due to a bomb threat remain stuck there, and he has approved a request for the military to help them.

Harjit Sajjan posted on X late Tuesday that the airline "hasn't found a solution" after the plane landed in Nunavut's capital with 211 passengers on board earlier in the day and that they are "stranded."

An addiction recovery program in Manitoba is in need of help as it heads into the final quarter of 2024.

"One of the main recovery programs we offer is an in-residence program," says Keith Stewart, a director with Adult and Teen Challenge of Central Canada. "We have five in-residence campuses and we're operating right at capacity right now. We have 19 in-community programs as well, offered around the province."

October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month and a local ministry is helping churches be better equipped to help women and families in need. 

"Called to Peace Ministries is a Christian ministry that provides advocacy for women that are experiencing domestic abuse, as well as church partnerships that want to support these women," says Rose Catellier, a domestic abuse victim advocate and church partner liaison with Called to Peace. "The church should be the safest place on earth for women that are experiencing abuse."

Psalm 19:14

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

There we sat, a cluster of six. A stubby orange candle burned at the centre of our table flickering eerie shadows across our faces. One spoke; five listened. Every question was handled with such grace, such effortless ease. Each answer was drawn from deep wells of wisdom, shaped by tough decisions and nurtured by time. And pain. Mistakes and mistreatment. And honed by tests, risks, heartbreaks, and failures. Decades in the same crucible had made his counsel invaluable.

The countdown is on! CHVN and Classic 107’s online auction is ending Wednesday, and now is your chance to grab incredible deals while supporting local businesses.

With Christmas just around the corner, this is the perfect opportunity to kickstart your shopping at prices you won’t believe.

The chances of a half-percentage point interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada became more likely Tuesday after Statistics Canada reported annual inflation fell to 1.6 per cent in September.

Economist Tu Nguyen of accounting and consultancy firm RSM Canada said she had expected the inflation rate to remain close to the central bank's two per cent target, where it was in August, for a few more months.

"This is one of the instances where I'm happy to be wrong," she said.

A young boy is dead after falling from a window on the 19th floor of a Winnipeg high-rise on Thanksgiving Day according to the Winnipeg Police Service.

The WPS says that the incident took place on Monday evening in the Central Park neighbourhood.

The Canadian Press reports that the four-year-old was taken to hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

The WPS tells the Canadian Press that its child abuse unit determined the fall to be accidental. As a result, no arrests have been made.

The Homicide Unit continues to search for answers to a murder that occurred over a year ago. 

Oct. 14, 2024 marks one year since 24-year-old Joseph Campbell from Winnipeg was killed. The Homicide Unit asks the public for assistance in locating the persons of interest. 

At approximately 1:20 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2023, Campbell was grievously assaulted by a group of individuals in the 300 block of Keenleyside Street. The suspects fled the area, and Campbell subsequently succumbed to his injuries.