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Critics respond to report suggesting price correction, saying farmland remains a solid investment

The largest owner of cropland in Canada isn’t buying the idea that farmland values are overdue for a correction.

He says that’s because technical analysis — where market watchers use trends, patterns and mathematical models to predict future price movements — doesn’t apply to agricultural land.

Primary Care Alberta’s Screen Test program will be in Grimshaw and Peace River next month to provide screening mammograms to eligible individuals aged 45 to 74.

A mobile mammography trailer will be at the following locations:

• Grimshaw: Grimshaw Berwyn Community Health Complex (5621 Wilcox Road) Aug. 21-23

• Peace River: Peace River Community Health Centre (10101 68 Street) Aug. 25-27

On July 19, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate a fatal shooting by a Grande Prairie RCMP officers that happened earlier that day.

On July 18 at 10:36 p.m., a community peace officer in a marked vehicle had his emergency equipment activated while attempting to pull over an unrelated vehicle. The officer observed another vehicle being driven erratically, speeding away and running a red light. The officer broadcast this information on the radio channel shared with Grande Prairie RCMP.

Please be advised that Range Road 63 is closed from Highway 43 to Township Road 724 due to construction.

The full closure is in effect until tomorrow at 7:00am.

The Clairmont Centre for Recycling and Waste Management will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, July 29 until 8:00am on Wednesday, July 30 due to construction on Range Road 63. 

During the full closures, access will be granted to residents and business employees located along the affected route. The route will be closed to all other traffic.

Drivers are asked to avoid the area when travelling.

A major new initiative is launching in Grande Prairie this August with the goal of improving how the community responds to domestic abuse, gender-based violence, and other urgent challenges facing local families.

Hope Grande Prairie, led by Odyssey House, is a collective impact initiative that brings together nearly 50 local organizations to work as one—sharing information, coordinating support, and building stronger wraparound services for those in crisis.

Popular Christian artist Forrest Frank may have broken his back, but that hasn't broken his spirit or will to write new songs. 

Over the weekend, Forrest was playing with his son, Bodie, when he fell off his skateboard and fractured his L3 and L4 vertebrae.

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two leaders of the Freedom Convoy protest, are scheduled to be sentenced for mischief on Oct. 7 in an Ottawa courtroom.

In addition to lengthy prison sentences, the Crown wants to seize Barber's truck, which was used in the protest.

A forfeiture hearing on that matter is scheduled for Sept. 12.

Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey said Thursday she wants to rule on the mischief sentence and truck forfeiture at the same time so that she does not deliver "piecemeal" decisions.

Triplets from North Carolina have gone viral on social media after sharing the gospel and reading from the Bible.

Gage, Till, and Kaden Helms are on a mission to spread the good word of God through social media. Their tagline on Instagram is "triplets on a mission for JESUS."

The teenagers, who recently turned 18, had never been on any social media before. After their parents gave them the go-ahead, they created an account called 3n1trilogy about a year ago. 

Three workers who were trapped in a remote northern British Columbia mine have been rescued after more than 60 hours underground.

Red Chris mine operator Newmont Corp. said the three men were safely bought to the surface at about 10:40 p.m. on Thursday.

It said Kevin Coumbs, Darien Maduke and Jesse Chubaty — contractors for B.C.-based Hy-Tech Drilling — were in good health and spirits after being trapped underground by two rockfalls on Tuesday morning.

"This was a carefully planned and meticulously executed rescue plan," the company said in a statement.

Psalm 119:60

"I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands."

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