Sylvia St. Cyr

A former Winnipegger and cancer survivor attempted to swim across Lake Winnipeg on August long to support others battling cancer. 

"It was tough to decide which day to go as every day was windy," says Jonathon Fenton. "We had a little opening on Sunday, where it was windy for the first three hours. I was swimming in the chop, like a cork in a washing machine, just bouncing around."

The 61-year-old, two-time cancer survivor ventured out on Lake Winnipeg at Grand Beach and started to swim the long way across to Gimli on Aug. 3. 

The Adult and Teen Challenge men's addiction recovery program up north is holding onto their faith as they look to rebuild after the devastation of the wildfires. 

"It's very devastating," says Allen Lagore, the Flin Flon Regional Director with Adult and Teen Challenge of Central Canada. "When you first get back to your community and realize that 218 homes have been lost in our community, you see the effects on everybody's lives. It rips your heart out."

A warm air mass will move into Manitoba on Friday early in the morning, bringing warmer temperatures and snow. 

"We do have a warm front that is approaching from the west," says James Colangelo, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. "That will be arriving in Manitoba sometime early Friday morning."

The system will bring with it some precipitation. 

A Steinbach family received a strange letter one year ago, and now they have reunited with family they didn't even know they had.  

Katie Reimer recently found out she had a brother and a niece. Reimer's brother, David Unruh, received a mysterious letter a year ago that read, "I believe your father is my father's father." 

After looking into it further, considering it might be a scam, the brother and his sisters came to realize that indeed, they had another sibling, Josef, from the time their dad was a soldier in WWII.  

Over the past five years, the Children's Hospital Foundation has run a Better Futures Campaign with a goal of $75 million, yet they recently announced the amount donated far exceeded expectations. 

Three years ago Jordan St. Cyr moved him and his family down to Tennessee. This week he'll perform in his hometown of Niverville for the first time since the move to a sold-out crowd.

"We wanted to do something special, in Niverville, just to really honour all the relationships that have helped us get to where we are here," says St. Cyr. "I'm blown away by the response. It's going to be a beautiful night of worship and celebrating what God has done in our lives and what His desire is to do in each one of our lives."

Many towns and cities across the Manitoba prairies are home to interesting and fun roadside attractions. 

Travel Manitoba's Senior Content Marketing Specialist, Jillian Recksiedler, shares the most famous, pretty, and quirky roadside attractions for people to add to their list while road-tripping this summer. 

"Manitoba is renowned for these quirky roadside attractions that dot the great plans," says Recksiedler. "As you road trip you come across them. There's a lot. We highly support hitting the road this summer to check out some of these roadside attractions."

The entire population of Gaza, roughly two million people, is on the brink of famine and MCC is facing delays in delivering food aid by truck.

The main issue MCC is facing is getting through the borders into Gaza to bring food relief. 

"It's an unprecedented humanitarian crisis," says Darryl Loewen, the Executive Director of MCC Manitoba. "The residents of Gaza have their movements restricted by the state of Israel and the IDF. War has displaced nearly three-quarters of Gaza's population and at least half are living with an acute emergency food crisis."

The entire population of Gaza, roughly two million people, is on the brink of famine and MCC is facing delays in delivering food aid by truck.

The main issue MCC is facing is getting through the borders into Gaza to bring food relief. 

"It's an unprecedented humanitarian crisis," says Darryl Loewen, the Executive Director of MCC Manitoba. "The residents of Gaza have their movements restricted by the state of Israel and the IDF. War has displaced nearly three-quarters of Gaza's population and at least half are living with an acute emergency food crisis."

A Manitoba worship artist who spent years in prison ministry is now in Florida waiting on a miracle in her battle against Lyme Disease. 

Catherine Plett lives in the Winkler area with her husband and three boys. Sharing the gospel is her passion and it's been brought down to sharing His word on social media after Lyme Disease has taken so much away from her. Plett has been a songwriter for many years, releasing music that she says God puts on her heart.