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A 19-year-old male from Winnipeg has died after a motorcycle collision in St Clements on Friday morning. 

At 7:16 a.m., on September 5, Selkirk RCMP responded to a report of a motorcycle collision on Henderson Highway, just north of Clarke Road, in the Rural Municipality of St Clements.

Officers have learned that the motorcycle was travelling north on Henderson Highway before losing control and ending up in the west ditch. 

The driver was pronounced dead on the scene. 

Selkirk RCMP and the Forensic Collision Reconstructionist continue to investigate.

Motorists may experience traffic delays on the Perimeter Highway on September 6 as hundreds of truckers get ready to join together to raise money for a worthy cause. 

The Truck Ride for Special Olympics will start at 10 a.m. at the TC Energy Centre in Iles des Chênes, then travel north on PTH 59 and turn onto the Perimeter Highway, completing one lap counterclockwise around the Perimeter in support for Special Olympics Manitoba athletes.

A humbling moment from the Holy Spirit was the turning point in Bodie Kuljian's music career. 

The 32-year-old singer who goes by bodie recently said in an interview with The Christian Post, that while he always loved Jesus, he was afraid to switch to making Christian music. "I didn't want to lose the audience of people who hated Jesus and hated the Church. I still wanted to write music that gave them glimpses of hope."

A 42-year-old male from Shoal Lake has been arrested and faces several charges.

On September 2, RCMP officers with the Manitoba West District Crime Reduction Enforcement Support Team (CREST) attended the RM of Yellowhead to locate a 42-year-old male who was unlawfully at large in the area.

He had outstanding charges and warrants out of both Alberta and Saskatchewan. He was wanted for:

The Canadian economy lost jobs for the second month in a row as the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level since May 2016, excluding the pandemic period.

Statistics Canada said Friday the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.1 per cent in August, its highest level since August 2021, as the economy lost 66,000 jobs for the month.

The report follows the July labour force survey that showed a loss of 41,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 6.9 per cent.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday human smuggling across the border with Canada is getting worse — and that traffickers are looking north following the Trump administration's crackdown at the border with Mexico.

"The northern border, it always has been, but it's gotten much worse, much more prevalent because … it's a multibillion-dollar business, the smuggling of drugs, guns and humans," Bondi said during a news conference in Tampa, Fla.

Messages of condolences and support poured in for a Manitoba First Nation after a mass stabbing on Thursday, including from a First Nation in Saskatchewan that experienced one of its own exactly three years earlier.

Police say eight people were found severely injured in two homes on Hollow Water First Nation, northeast of Winnipeg.

An 18-year-old woman died while the suspect, her 26-year-old brother, died after the stolen vehicle he was driving collided with a vehicle driven by a police officer responding to the attack.

It was a leap of faith and a test of courage that led Lisa to establish Little Luxuries House & Carpet Cleaning.

After 15 years in a career that was no longer fulfilling her, and just having gotten off a night shift and contemplating her future, she visited her brother for a morning cup of coffee and prayed.

"God, please reveal to me my strengths and the wisdom you created me for. Help me figure out which direction to go in. No sooner had I said this when a gentleman walked into my brother’s yard.”

Romans 6:6

Matthew 28:18-20

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

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