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Say this about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as they hit the halfway mark of their 2025 Canadian Football League season:

They have certainly developed a flair for the dramatic — and, yes, sometimes unnecessarily — so much so that the final moments of their games could bring a stone-cold corpse to life again.

The Blue Bombers improved to 5-4 with another all-over-the-map 30-27 victory over the Ottawa RedBlacks in front of another capacity Princess Auto Stadium crowd of 32,343 that certainly felt much more difficult than it needed to be by the night’s end.

The CHVN Cruiser was at the Pembina Curling Club, 1341 Pembina Highway, for the India Pavilion as part of Folklorama on Thursday evening.

The Cruiser then made its way to St. Norbert Community Centre, 3450 Pembina Highway, for the Pearl of the Orient Philippine Pavilion.

The India Pavilion had a grand cultural display with booths showcasing different cultures in India. There were various dances throughout the show featuring traditional, modern, and blended styles.

Romans 14:8

 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

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Hebrews 6:19

The word picture of an anchor is used often in ancient literature, but it’s used only once in the New Testament in picturing hope as an anchor for our soul. Lots of hymns and gospel songs make use of this anchor metaphor. Every one of them comes back to Hebrews 6:19: “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul...” 

There’s something beautiful in this word picture that I would have missed without the insight of one very capable scholar: 

Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Winnipeg and a wide area of southern Manitoba as a cold front moves through the region Thursday afternoon and evening.

The watch, issued at 1:41 p.m., also covers communities including Selkirk, Portage la Prairie, Steinbach, Morden, Gimli, the Whiteshell, and areas as far north as Berens River and Little Grand Rapids.

Forecasters say conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail, heavy rain, and dangerous lightning.

For over 20 years, Manitobans hve been able to support the Children's Hospital in a sweet way.

August 14 is the 23rd annual Miracle Treat Day at Dairy Queen, a day that Kathryn McBurney and the team at the Children's Hospital Foundation look forward to every year. 

Controversial American singer Sean Feucht says he is still planning to perform in Manitoba.

Feucht announced Thursday morning that the concert will now be held on private farmland in the Rural Municipality of La Broquerie after being denied access to Winnipeg parks and, he claims, Winnipeg churches.

What began as a humble grassroots gathering with a borrowed wedding tent and a makeshift stage has, 13 years later, evolved into one of the region's most quietly influential Christian music festivals.

Off The Charts Music Festival returns to Cavalier, North Dakota, this weekend, offering two days of high-calibre performances, community celebration and spiritual renewal, all entirely free.

Jamaican-Canadian K-Anthony hopes that his latest single, "Falling" reminds listeners to keep going despite the challenges faced.

"The song came from when Peter saw Jesus walking on the water," K-Anthony said. "Sometimes we have great hopes and expectations for what God has created us to do, but in the midst of it, situations happen and you might slip and fall, but the idea is don't stay falling, but get back up."

Two individuals have been arrested following a North End homicide earlier this month. 

26-year-old Breydon Henry Cadieux-Kwiatkowski was found suffering from severe trauma in the 600 block of Boyd Avenue at around 7 p.m. on August 5. 

On August 12, the Manitoba Integrated Violent Offender Apprehension Unit, with assistance from the Tactical Support Team, arrested a 27-year-old and a 64-year-old.