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Four people are facing charges after two teens escaped from the Manitoba Youth Centre. 

Winnipeg police say shortly after 7 p.m. on Saturday, two 16-year-old youths managed to get outside of the Youth Centre on Doncaster Street by finding a way through the building's exterior. 

Two females aged 17 and 18 were waiting in a nearby vehicle to help the pair escape and flee from the area. 

Environment Canada is encouraging people to limit their time outside today with an air quality warning in effect for the second day in a row.

"We do have an air quality warning out for the entirety of southern Manitoba, much of central Manitoba, and parts of northern Manitoba," says Brad Vrolijk, a Lead Forecaster with Environment and Climate Change Canada (EC).  "It's due to an extensive plume of wildfire smoke that moved into the region over the last couple of days."

As wildfires rage across the province, the environmental impact is being felt in every corner of the ecosystem, including one vital link in our food chain. 

Curtis Oude Voshaar, local beekeeper at OV Honey Farms, is witnessing firsthand how smoke is affecting his bees, their behaviour and honey production. 

Residents of two communities were preparing to head home Tuesday, while another community was being evacuated, as crews continued to battle wildfires across a large swath of the Prairies.

Some of the 2,400 residents of Tataskweyak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba started making their way back, two months after they were forced to leave by encroaching fire.

"It's very good news this week," Chief Doreen Spence said in a video posted to Facebook on Monday night.

The Bank of Canada is expected to make an interest rate decision this morning.

Economists and financial markets widely expect the central bank will keep its policy rate steady at 2.75 per cent.

A surprisingly strong June jobs report and signs of stubbornness in core inflation convinced many economists the bank would remain on hold.

The Bank of Canada left its key rate unchanged at its two most recent decisions as it waits for more clarity on how Canada's tariff dispute with the United States will affect inflation and the economy.

British Columbians are being urged to stay away from coastal areas that remain under a tsunami advisory, after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded triggered warnings and alerts around the Pacific.

The District of Tofino says beaches are closed, while the province's emergency information agency says people in areas covered by the advisory should stay away from shorelines, with strong waves and currents possible.

Matthew 5:14,16

"You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden."

AND

"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

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Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Proverbs 16:7

Think of David, the young musician, tending his father's sheep back on the hills of Judea many centuries ago.

He was a self-taught, gifted musician. He didn't go on tour, trying to make a name for himself.

Instead, he sang to the sheep.

He had no idea that someday his lyrics would find their way into the psalter or would be the very songs that have inspired and comforted millions of people through long and dark nights.

A 49-year-old man has been arrested after officers seized over $2 million of illicit drugs.

The Winnipeg Police Service’s Organized Crime Unit opened an investigation regarding the distribution of illicit drugs within Winnipeg in April 2025. 

Officers seized a total of $2.2 million of illicit drugs, including 43 kilograms of methamphetamine, 1,968 grams of cocaine, $150,000 in Canadian currency, scales, a vacuum sealer, packaging material and other drug-related paraphernalia during the investigation. 

A 67-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to a suspicious death in a Maples residence.

On December 8, 2022, North District General Patrol officers attended to a private residence in the 1-99 block of Sardelle Crescent, where a 65-year-old male was located deceased.

The Homicide Unit then assumed the investigation. 

The Homicide Unit met with the Manitoba Prosecution Services who authorized the Manslaughter charge.