This week's McDonald's Coffee Break winner is...

Northern Valor Petroleum!

They enjoyed hot coffee and treats from McDonald's! 

Enter your business and you and your co-workers could win coffee and a variety of muffins, lil donuts, cookies, egg McMuffins and breakfast burritos from McDonald's!

We'll draw a winner every week and will personally deliver McDonald's coffee and treats to the winning business.

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Sequel to The Passion of the Christ officially in the works after 20 years

Fans of Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ are pleased to hear that after more than two decades, a sequel is set to begin filming this summer. 

According to Variety, the new movie The Resurrection of the Christ will be filmed by Cinecittà Studios in Rome starting this August. 

Bestselling author Jennie Allen to release first-ever children's book

Bestselling author, speaker and mom of four, Jennie Allen, is getting set to release her first-ever children's book. 

With childhood anxiety on the rise, Allen's new book, What to Do with Your Whirly Swirly Thoughts, will help children deal with any anxious, scary or unkind thoughts that cross their minds.

The book offers tools and pictures to help kids recognize and redirect their thoughts in healthy ways. 

Calving season going well in Saskatchewan as snow melts and producers prepare

With the weather warming and spring coming to the prairies, producers have been going through calving season with plenty of work for them. 

Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan Vice-President Chris Procyk says that, from what he's heard, it's been a decent season in the province.

Alberta Health Services halts plan to reduce patient food, drinks after pushback

The head of Alberta Health Services says the agency is halting a proposed food-reduction policy after public outcry over patients potentially being cut off from snacks and drinks.

The agency's interim president and CEO, Andre Tremblay, said the policy was set to go into effect Tuesday to change how food is stored and delivered in an effort to reduce waste -- not to deprive patients of food.

Thrown off in the middle of nowhere, she sees STARS — and they save her life

Medical emergencies can develop in an instant for anyone.  

Even if someone collapses or has a serious accident a block away from the hospital, the fear, uncertainty, and pressure of the moment can be earth-shattering.  

What happens, then, when the same thing happens kilometres away from a hospital, in the remote and sometimes harsh expanse of nature or farmland?  

For Paula Johnson, who was bucked off her horse on a birthday expedition that had already taken her across water, through an elk herd, and past grazing cattle, there was no going back. Only up.  

Verse of the day: April 2

Matthew 20:17-19

Jesus predicts his death a third time

"Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, 'We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day, he will be raised to life!'"

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Staying faithful together

Psalm 26:8

David's prayer for protection while enduring mistreatment didn't merely ask God for help; the king's song included a commitment on his part.

    1. Resolved: I will be faithful in public worship (v. 8)

O LORD, I love the habitation of Your house
And the place where Your glory dwells.

Injury collisions on four Grande Prairie arterial routes dropped by 56%

A recent analysis presented at the City’s March 18, 2025 Operational Services Committee shows a drop in injury collisions following a speed limit reduction introduced in 2020.

The findings demonstrate that after the City lowered posted speed limits on four arterial routes, injury collisions in those areas declined by 56 per cent.

Samaritan’s Purse Canada airlifts emergency field hospital to Myanmar

Samaritan's Purse Canada is preparing to airlift a field hospital to earthquake-stricken Myanmar.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand on March 28 and was followed by a 6.4 magnitude aftershock just over 10 minutes later. 

This caused multiple buildings and infrastructure to collapse in both countries, killing more than 1,700 people and injuring countless more. Emergency crews have been working around the clock to help find survivors, but the death toll is expected to climb as time goes on.