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Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

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Isaiah 50:10

Let's get six words clearly fixed in our minds. These six words form the foundation of God's therapeutic process for all worrywarts.

                                                                            WORRY ABOUT NOTHING,
                                                                            PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING

The City of Grande Prairie is advancing its 2025 capital construction season with road rehabilitation beginning as early as June 18 on 68 Avenue between 108 Street and 116 Street.

Work in Pinnacle Ridge is scheduled to begin around June 26 at the following locations:

Effective at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, the County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service will downgrade the Fire Ban to a Fire Restriction for the entire County, along with the towns of Beaverlodge, Sexsmith and Wembley.  

Motorists are advised that CN will be doing work on the rail crossing on 84th Avenue west of Highway 2 in Clairmont, starting tomorrow, June 18th.

This work will result in a full road closure at the crossing.

The project is expected to be completed by Thursday June 19th, weather dependent.

Information provided by the County of Grande Prairie

The County of Grande Prairie would like to advise residents of a road closure on Range Road 95 from Highway 667 to Township Road 713 from June 18, 2025 until further notice due to construction.

Traffic accommodations will be made for residents on Range Road 95 within the affected area. 

Saskatchewan's Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) projects, and Strategic Field Program (SFP) benefit from Federal-Provincial Sustainable CAP funding.

Farmers benefit from the practical, short-term research projects conducted through the ADOPT, which they can then use on their own operation.

For the 2024-25 fiscal year, more than $1.4 million was invested in six SFP and 32 ADOPT projects.

Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined $4.3 billion in new support for Ukraine's defence as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta on Tuesday.

The Prime Minister's Office said that sum includes $2 billion for weapons like drones, ammunition and armoured vehicles — funding that Canada will count toward its NATO defence spending target.

Canada is also lending Ukraine $2.3 billion to help the embattled country rebuild its infrastructure.

The future of the system used in Canadian dairy, egg and poultry production will once again be the focus of political debate

The Bloc Quebecois wasted no time returning a sometimes contentious topic to the parliamentary agenda, introducing a bill to protect supply management just days after the first session of the new government began.

Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028

Canada’s national pig code is getting an update.

‘We’ve launched the code of practice with the National Farm Animal Care Council,” said Stephen Heckbert, executive director of the Canadian Pork Council.

The Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs will be guided by the development process set out by the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), the spearheading body for Canada’s various livestock codes.