Celebration of Life for Pastor Tomislav Milardovic set for this weekend in Winnipeg

Friends and family of Tomislav Milardovic will gather together this weekend to remember the young pastor and rapper.

A celebration of life will be held on Friday, May 23 and Saturday, May 24, at the Deliverance Centre Church at 1831 Selkirk Avenue.

The family is inviting everyone from pastors to prayer warriors to musicians, singers, family and friends to remember Milardovic.

Friday's celebration services will run from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. and Saturday will begin at 6 p.m. and will be followed up with a supper. 

Winnipeg man accused of allegedly abusing dog, biting officer

A 46-year-old man is facing a long list of charges after allegedly abusing a dog and assaulting a police officer. 

The incident happened on Tuesday at around 3:15 p.m. on Assiniboine Avenue near the Midtown Bridge. 

Winnipeg police say an off-duty officer witnessed a large group of bystanders attempting to stop a man from abusing a large dog. 

The officer stopped and identified as a Winnipeg Police officer, and with help from one of the bystanders, attempted to arrest the man. 

Preserving an example of community cooperation: The St. Joachim Parish

Efforts are being made to preserve a historical building in La Broquerie, MB.

The St. Joachim Parish received historical status in 2000. While there are many older structures across Manitoba, very few have historical status, especially in the southeast. Lucien Grenier, a member of the church’s financial committee, shares that such status is remarkable not only to the people in the municipality or town of La Broquerie, but to anyone with a family history of immigration to Canada.

Poilievre names 48 Conservative MPs as critics, announces House leadership team

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has named 73 MPs to his party's leadership team and critic roles ahead of next week's return to the House of Commons.

He has named 48 Conservative members of Parliament to critic roles, while another 14 will become associate critics.

Most of them are returning MPs, though some have been shuffled to new positions left by people who were not re-elected on April 28. 

Here's what to know if Canada Post workers go on strike again

Canadians could soon find out if there will be another labour disruption at the national postal operator.

The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has said it is reviewing a set of proposals for urban workers, along with rural and suburban carriers.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a 72-hour strike notice on Tuesday, and the deadline is Friday at midnight.

Canada Post says the new offers address several concerns, and it is offering a wage increase of 13.59 per cent over four years.

Verse of the day: May 22

Galatians 5:13

"You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love."

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Coming into the light

1 Peter 2:9

There are few things more frustrating than encountering individuals content to remain living in the status quo. I call those folks people with a “No” face! Many are so fearful of change, they cocoon themselves in well-guarded shelters of skepticism, doubt, rigidity, and even fear.

Even worse are those who for unknown reasons choose to remain in bondage to their sin—huddled in dark shadows of unbelief. But as followers of Christ, none of that ought to describe you or me.

G7 finance ministers to discuss global economy, Ukraine at Banff summit

Top economic officials from the G7 were locked in a full day of closed-door discussions Wednesday to examine pressing topics, including the global economy and the war in Ukraine. 

The meeting between the group's finance ministers and central bank governors in Banff, Alta., is a prelude to the G7 leaders summit in June in nearby Kananaskis. 

It comes in the wake of the U.S. imposing global tariffs that have resulted in many countries reconsidering their trading relationships. 

Manitoba ethics commissioner faults former premier for pushing mining project

Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson and two of her Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers acted improperly by pushing for the approval of a silica sand mining project and should be fined, says a report by the province's ethics commissioner.

The report says Stefanson, then-deputy premier Cliff Cullen and then-economic development minister Jeff Wharton tried to get approval for the Sio Silica project after the Tories lost the 2023 election, but before the new NDP government was to be sworn in.