Nurses group hopes premiers' new sense of unity will lead to labour mobility

The Canadian Nurses Association says it hopes the new "united Team Canada" approach at the Council of the Federation will lead to harmonization of nurses' licences across the country.

The association was among a number of health-care advocacy groups at the recent annual meeting of Canada's premiers.

While health care tends to take centre stage when the premiers meet, this year's gathering with Prime Minister Mark Carney was dominated by discussion of U.S. President Donald Trump's global trade war.

Most Canadians think the country is making progress on reconciliation: poll

Most Canadians believe the country is making good progress on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, a new poll from Leger suggests.

"The extent to which people feel progress on reconciliation is being made or not has an important bearing on how they feel about the country," said Jack Jedwab, president and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies, which commissioned the poll.

The survey of 1,580 respondents was conducted between June 20 and 22. A margin of error cannot be associated to the survey because online polls are not considered to be truly random samples.

Verse of the day: July 27

Hebrews 12:1

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."

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God in our Conversation

Deuteronomy 6:7

We are to walk of spiritual things in our homes just as we would talk about anything else.

You talk together about how the Dodgers played last night. No big deal, you just talk about that. You talk about what you're going to do next week. You don't lecture on it. You don't make a big announcement, you simply talk about it...You may talk about what you plan to watch on television that evening.

You don't hold classes on it, you merely talk about it. There is an easygoing, natural flow of conversation...

Montreal church fined for Sean Feucht concert as protesters set off smoke bomb inside

The City of Montreal has fined a local church for hosting a concert by the U.S.-based Christian musician Sean Feucht.

Feucht's controversial views and his status as a rising star in the MAGA movement have led officials to cancel his concerts in several Canadian cities in recent days.

But on Friday evening, an evangelical church in Montreal allowed Feucht to perform a hastily scheduled concert over the objections of the city administration, and is now facing a $2,500 fine. 

Heat warning for Winnipeg as temperatures hit close to 40 with humidity

There is a heat warning in effect for the city of Winnipeg and southern Manitoba. 

Environment Canada shares that there will be hot and humid conditions over portions of southern Manitoba on Saturday, with humidex values reaching 38 during the afternoon. 

Saturday night, there will be a cold front sweeping over Manitoba that should abate the intense heat. 

Betty Anne Funk (nee Barkman)

Funeral For: Betty Anne Funk (nee Barkman) 
Funeral Date: August 22, 2025 
Betty Anne Funk (nee Barkman), 77, of Steinbach passed away Tuesday, July 22nd at Rest Haven Care Home in Steinbach. She is survived by her children Kathryn, Karla (Steve), and Michael (Megan), her grandchildren, Kayden and Hazel, and several step-great/grandchildren. She is survived by sister Shirley, brother Johnny, and sisters in law Laura (Levi), and Hilda (Pete). She was predeceased by 5 brothers, 2 sisters, and her parents, Jacob and Helena Barkman.

Ronald Ron Heinrichs

Funeral For:  Ronald Ron Heinrichs 
Funeral Date: July 28, 2025 
Ronald Ron Heinrichs, 82, of Morden passed away Monday, July 21st at Tabor Home. He is survived by 2 sons and their families. He was predeceased by his wife Mary. 
A memorial service for Ronald Ron Heinrichs will be held Monday, July 28th at 2pm at Wiebe Funeral Chapel, Morden. 
Donations may be made to Tabor Home Foundation. 
Arrangements by Wiebe Funeral Chapel, Morden. 

Manitoba byelection called in traditional Progressive Conservative stronghold

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called a byelection Friday that will test whether his NDP government’s popularity can spread to a longtime Progressive Conservative stronghold.

Voters in the Spruce Woods constituency will go to the polls Aug. 26 to choose a replacement for Grant Jackson, a Tory who resigned in March to run federally. Jackson garnered more than double the votes of his closest opponent in 2023, and the Tories normally get well above 60 per cent of the vote in the area.