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Boxing superstar and former politician  Manny Pacquiao recently used his platform to spread the gospel in an unexpected place. 

In July 2025, Pacquiao, 46,  returned to the ring in Vegas for fight week after a four-year hiatus.

Pacquiao, the only eight-division world champion in boxing history, took on Mario Barrios in hopes of beating his record to become the oldest ever welterweight. However,  Barrios went on to win that match. 

Winnipeg police are investigating after a man was found unresponsive in the city's North End. 

The man, who has been identified as 26-year-old Breydon Henry Cadieux-Kwiatkowski of Winnipeg, was found suffering from severe trauma in the 600 block of Boyd Avenue at around 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Officers provided the man with emergency medical care before paramedics arrived. He was transported to hospital in critical condition and has since succumbed to his injuries. 

The Homicide Unit has taken over the investigation. 

Environment Canada has an air quality warning in effect as the smoke from wildfires hangs heavy in the air on Friday, with the potential for some more severe weather moving through. 

"There's a warm front that is more or less stalled out right now along the international border," says Kean Kokolsky, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (EC). "With that, the smoke has been transported out of the north back towards us."

Friday morning, already the smoky air lies thick in southern Manitoba, causing issues with visibility on top of polluting the air. 

The family of a First Nations woman who died at the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer hopes a special court hearing will help them heal and move on almost a year after the trial.

The family of 30-year-old Ashlee Shingoose, who was identified in March as the unknown victim in the case, will have the chance to give victim impact statements in court on Aug. 15. 

Métis leaders left a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday saying they're confident they will be included in talks about major projects Ottawa hopes to use to bolster the economy in the face of a trade war with the United States.

"When things really matter, Métis governments come together and we get the work done," said Métis Nation of Ontario president Margaret Froh.

The Tim Tebow Foundation, alongside many partners and a few dogs, are praising God after locating and rescuing 25 missing children. 

"We are grateful to have supported our partner, the National Child Protection Task Force (NCPTF), in collaboration with law enforcement, nonprofits, and private-sector experts, to host the Northeast Florida Missing Child Rescue Operation," says the Tim Tebow Foundation on Instagram. 

The task force spent three days, and in that time, rescued 25 children who were previously missing and endangered. 

One of the brothers in the Christian band for KING & COUNTRY is expanding his talents once again, starring in an upcoming movie alongside A-listed actors. 

Joel Smallbone will be acting in the upcoming film Young Washington, alongside well-known actor Sir Ben Kingsley of Gandhi and Schindler's List, as well as Andy Serkis of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. 

Production of the film depicting a young George Washington will begin later in August. 

The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says it's time for Ottawa to stop studying the idea of a national forest fire co-ordination agency and take action.

The organization's president wants the federal government to take inspiration from the U.S. Fire Administration to establish a similar office in Canada.

The U.S. office is part of Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, but Ken McMullen says a Canadian version could be simpler and less costly.

The CHVN Cruiser visited the Celtic Ireland Pavilion on Thursday evening at the Fort Garry Curling Club, 696 Archibald Street.

We were then transported to the Caribbean Pavilion at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Boulevard. The Cruiser finished off its night at the Spain Pavilion at the Notre Dame Recreational Centre, 271 Ave. de la Cathedrale.

The Celtic Ireland Pavilion is celebrating its 20th year at this year's Folklorama.

Psalm 32:5  

Like a cool, cleansing shower on a hot, sweaty day, God's forgiveness washes away not only sins but their tormenting guilt.

God goes into the depths of our inner being and provides that magnificent relief that only He can bring: PEACE . . . .

If you are harboring some sin—if you are keeping hidden a few secret regions of wrong—don't expect to enjoy freedom from guilt, child of God.

There is an unspoken axiom threaded through Scripture: secret sin cannot coexist with inner peace.