The physical body

1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

Volumes are written about the mind, our emotional makeup, our "inner man," the soul, the spirit and the spiritual dimension. But by comparison, very little is being said by evangelicals today about the physical body.

Teamsters Canada Rail Conference rejects CN offer to go to binding arbitration

We are still waiting on a decision from the Canada Industrial Relations Board regarding Ottawa's request to consider whether the movement of certain specific commodities, including grain, if it were to be halted due to a labour disruption would affect the health and safety of Canadians.

Two suspects break into local bowling lanes

On June 1, 2024 at 11:20pm, Fort St John RCMP received a report of a break and enter alarm at the Fort Bowling Lanes located at 10116 104th Street, in Fort St John.

Two suspects were observed on surveillance video breaking into the main entry glass doors with a prybar. The two suspects then proceeded to steal a backpack of liquor from the premises.

The suspects are believed to be a youth male and a youth female.

Suspect #1 clothing:

Update on 116 Avenue Construction Project: New Traffic Patterns Effective June 9

The City of Grande Prairie is providing motorists and commuters with updates to traffic patterns starting Sunday, June 9, 2024. These changes are necessary to accommodate deep storm infrastructure installation.

Updated Traffic Impact:

Starting June 9, 2024, the following traffic pattern changes will be implemented:

Make your voice heard – County Electoral Boundary Review Survey now open

The County of Grande Prairie is conducting an electoral boundary review, a requirement of the Provincial government following the dissolution of Hythe. This review will be completed before the 2025 municipal election.  

Electoral boundaries are geographic areas represented by councillors elected by residents of each respective division. Currently, the County is divided into nine electoral divisions, each represented by a single councillor.  

In 2021, the Village of Hythe was dissolved and became part of the County as a hamlet within Division 7.  

Verse of the day: June 7

Psalm 90:2,4

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

AND

A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.

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Spy in the sky

Psalm 19

Let me introduce you to the Hubble Space Telescope (affectionately dubbed "ST"). Says one authority: "It's not hyperbole to say that ST is as much an improvement over the most powerful existing telescope as Galileo's first spyglass in 1609 was over the human eye.... It could bring into focus the stars on an American flag at a distance of 3,000 miles. ST will record images...via electronic light collectors so sensitive they could detect a flashlight on the Moon."