2021 in review: March

From grandpas singing to chickens to a mother asking for prayers for her daughter fighting bone cancer, March was filled with faith and fun stories.

PRAY: 14-year-old fighting aggressive bone cancer

A local family is asking for prayers for their daughter after learning what they thought was a sore leg turned out to be stage 4 bone cancer.

"On February 19 during the day she couldn't get out of her desk at school because her leg was sore," says Joyce Perreault, Phoenix's mother. That day everything changed for the family.

RZIM announces big changes to organization

Ravi Zacharias International Ministry has announced big changes to its operations, including laying off more than half its staff and relaunching the organization to support abuse victims.

The leadership of the organization made the announcement in an email obtained by Religion News Service, Charisma News reports.

In the Mar. 10 email, CEO Sarah Davis tells staff that RZIM cannot and should not continue to "operate as an organization in its present form."

BREAKING: 70 MP's send letter to police for full investigation of Pornhub/MindGeek

Over 70 Canadian Senators and MPs from all eight political parties sent a letter to the RCMP calling for a full investigation into MindGeek/Pornhub and the online exploitation of women and children.

This letter is supporting the 104 survivors and 525 NGOs fighting against the Canadian-based porn website, Pornhub under the parent company MindGeek.

Walter Gretzky dies at 82

Canada's most beloved hockey parent, Walter Gretzky, has died at the age of 82.

"He bravely battled Parkinson's and other health issues these last few years, but he never let it get him down," Wayne writes.

'Here within moments': Officers bring peaceful end to armed incident

A Winnipeg business owner is praising police after officers brought a quick end to a frightening incident Saturday afternoon.

Katie Renae is the owner of The Dog Loft Inc. in Saint Boniface. She says a woman armed with a rifle entered the business vestibule and wouldn't leave.

International recognition for grandpa singing with chickens

A local farmer started videotaping some songs in the chicken coop for his grandkids, but now he's being recognized all the way to Italy.

Russell Loewen and his wife run a vegetable farm just five miles outside of Winnipeg, and they also have a chicken coop that doubles as his music studio.

Raising chickens for five years, Loewen has recently found that when he sings a certain tone or pitch, he can make the chickens cackle loudly. He calls the hens his Morning Jabber Cackle Choir.