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Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty, as backlash to an American president who appears bent on upending the global order gains momentum.

Despite softer-than-expected tariffs against Canada last week and a more cordial tone from the White House over the past week, the echo from Trump's repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st state continues to ring in Canadians' ears.

The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection policies like rent control.

The NDP says housing and rent prices in Canada have doubled since 2015 and the average asking rent hit $2,109 per month in January.

Police say they've charged a 31-year-old Ottawa man with several offences following an incident that placed an area of Parliament Hill under lockdown on Saturday.

Ottawa police said in a media statement Sunday that a man entered East Block in downtown Ottawa at 2:40 p.m. Saturday and started issuing threats to those inside.

Security officials isolated the man in a security screening area while police evacuated the building, which mostly houses offices for senators and their staff.

Police said the man surrendered peacefully after hours of negotiations.

Funeral For:  Annie Kehler nee Thiessen 
Funeral Date: April 8, 2025 
Annie Kehler nee Thiessen, 76, of Winnipeg passed away Sunday, March 23rd at St. Boniface Hospital. She is survived by her husband John, 2 daughters, 1 son, 1 sister, 2 brothers, and their families. She was predeceased by 2 sisters and 4 brothers. 
The celebration of life for Annie Kehler nee Thiessen will be held Tuesday, April 8th at 11am at Springfield Heights Mennonite Church, 570 Sharron Bay, with burial at Sage Creek Cemetery (Mennonite Memorial Gardens). 

It began with a simple request for poppies — and evolved into a powerful gesture of international camaraderie and cooperation. 

Members of the Morden Royal Canadian Legion Branch #11, along with one representative from Carman Branch #18, were invited to tour a top-level United States Space Force radar facility near Cavalier, North Dakota in early March. It’s a visit that two local veterans, Bob Frost and Rob Wiebe, describe with awe, gratitude, and a deep sense of cross-border unity. 

As temperatures rise across the Pembina Valley, local fire officials are urging residents to stay off ice-covered lakes, ponds, and creeks. Captain Jonathan Baumgart of the Morden Fire Department warns that spring ice is significantly weaker than it appears and poses a serious danger.

For the first time this playoffs, the Winkler Flyers lost at the Icon Arena and trail in a series for the first time, down 1-0 after a 4-2 loss to the Northern Manitoba Blizzard on Saturday night.

It was a tough start for the Flyers as they found themselves down 1-0 just over six minutes into the hockey game.

Things would get worse as Nik Gudmundson was assessed a 5-minute major for kneeing and a game-misconduct, leaving the Flyers with just 11 forwards for the remained of the game, on top of having to kill off a major penalty.

Teya Friesen, a young mother and resident of Winkler, is in her second battle with Lyme disease—a condition that was left undiagnosed for over a decade. After receiving treatment in the United States, Friesen is speaking out to raise awareness and funds to support her ongoing recovery.

Manitoba Agriculture farm management specialist Ben Hamm calls low enrollment in the federal AgriStability program a “missed opportunity” for livestock and crop producers. The income-based risk management tool, he argues, offers broader protection at lower costs than alternatives—yet only 20 per cent of eligible producers use it.

“I looked up and, oh my goodness, the sky was full of vultures and hawks and eagles. I came home and told my wife what was happening in the Pembina Valley, and the rest is history.” 

This is Al Schritt’s recollection of the spring day in March of 1986 when, during lunch with his students, his observant nature helped discover a significant revelation about the Pembina Valley that hadn’t been recorded yet.