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Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) celebrated 2024-2025 Fairview campus graduates this weekend in the Fred Speckeen Theatre. The graduating class of was cheered on by NWP faculty and staff, as well as many friends, family, and supporters.

The program also included a speech from the 2024-25 Fairview Valedictorian, Kailey Weisgerber. Kailey achieved academic excellence in the Veterinary Technology diploma and is honoured to represent this year’s Fairview graduates.

Congratulations to Jonathan Lorentzen our latest Date Night on Daniel winner.

He won a $100 gift card to Mr. Mike's Steakhouse Casual and a Cineplex gift card courtesy of Daniel Cram of Sutton Realty.

The Quebec government is creating a committee to make recommendations on how to strengthen secularism in the province. 

Announced this morning, the committee will study whether Quebec’s secularism law, Bill 21, is being respected. 

The government says it will also document alleged religious infiltration of Quebec institutions. 

The committee will analyze measures in place elsewhere in the world to reinforce state secularism, and will deliver a report by Aug. 20. 

A pastor from North Carolina who recently celebrated his 100th birthday has died.

Roy Jernigan was thrust into the spotlight worldwide after he decided to celebrate his 98th birthday by skydiving. He died on Feb. 28 from natural causes. 

"I appreciate all of you that faithfully followed him and enjoyed his services," said Roy's daughter. "Preaching was his life and he loved the Lord with all his heart. He lived what he preached."

It's been an exciting time for Rebecca St. James and her family as they celebrated the baptism of one of her children. 

Last Sunday, St. James' husband Cubbie, had the honour of baptizing their seven-year-old daughter Imogen.

"Such a profoundly special moment last week," said Rebecca in a post on social media. "Praying she knows and experiences the deep love of Jesus every day of her life. We are so proud of her and her sweet heart!"

Pastor John MacArthur delivered a video message to the Shepherds Conference last week, his first appearance since a series of health issues kept him from the pulpit since the second half of 2024.

The well-known pastor of Grace Community Church, who has only been home since the beginning of February, spent weeks in hospital after complications from a heart valve replacement.  

The Bank of Canada's interest rate announcement arrives on Wednesday in a cloud of uncertainty thanks to a shifting trade war with the United States.

Most economists expect the central bank will deliver another quarter-point rate cut while it waits to see how long the dispute with Canada's largest trading partner lasts.

The Bank of Canada faces a difficult task: setting monetary policy at a time when inflation has shown signs of stubbornness and the economy picks up steam, while risks of a sharp downturn tied to U.S. tariffs loom on the horizon.

Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill this afternoon to huddle after the party selected its new leader, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.

Carney is heading into a day full of briefings and in the coming days will need to be sworn in as prime minister, tap his cabinet and sort out his party's battle plans for the coming federal election — but the exact timeline for all these things remains unclear.

The three Prairie, provincial canola grower associations have evaluated and selected 11 canola research projects to receive funding under the Canola Agronomic Research Program (CARP) in 2025. 

This investment includes over $2.3 million from Alberta Canola, SaskOilseeds and Manitoba Canola Growers, as well as over $764,000 from the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) and over $363,000 from Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR), bringing the total investment to over $3.4 million.

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