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Spirit River’s first Type B continuing care home (CCH) spaces (formally known as designated supportive living spaces) are now open at Pleasant View Lodge, enabling more community members to receive a higher level of care closer to home.

Residents began moving into the new spaces in November.

The new facility, located at 5120 44 Ave., includes a total of 52 CCH spaces, as well as 40 lodge spaces.

The new Alberta Health Services (AHS) EMS facility in Valleyview marked its official grand opening today.

Located on grounds of the Valleyview Health Centre, the three-bay station is a state-of-the-art building designed to better accommodate local staff and ambulances, reflecting the growing and changing needs of the community.

The $4.1-million facility was completed in late 2023 and funded by the Government of Alberta’s Infrastructure Maintenance Program.

A 14-year-old contestant who wowed judges and the audience during Season 26 of The Voice has released his first single. 

Jaukeem Fortson put out a cover of for KING & COUNTRY's "God Only Knows."

Forston performed for King & Country's "God Only Knows," bringing all four judges and the crowd to their feet.  

Two new polls suggest Quebeckers are feeling pretty good about their relationship with Canada these days.

Between December and February, the share of Quebecers who said they were "very proud" or "proud" to be Canadian increased 13 points from 45 per cent to 58 per cent, according to an Angus Reid poll conducted online Sunday and Monday.

A WWII veteran as well as the co-founder of the Christian ministry Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), Jack Hemmings, has passed away.

On Jan. 24, 2025, at the age of 103, Hemmings passed away at a hospital in Sussex surrounded by his wife, Kate. 

In 1940, at the age of just 19, Hemmings volunteered as an air crewman in WWII. After the war, he received the Air Force Cross for exemplary gallantry while flying. 

Erik Mock was in Ukraine last week during the first days of the USAID funding freeze. 

“There was just a growing sense of indifference and hardship that was going on,” he says. But the suspension of USAID funds wasn’t the main issue – far from it, in fact, according to Mock. 

The big culprit is hopelessness: Ukrainians are worn by the brutality and difficulty of life. 

1 Peter 1:13

"Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming."

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Genesis 21:1-2

God isn’t in a hurry, so He didn’t have a problem waiting a quarter century before fulfilling His promise and allowing Abraham and Sarah to conceive. Who knows why He waited that long? It was His call; His timing is perfect. Personally, I believe Abraham would not have been ready any earlier. Abraham needed spiritual maturity, so the Lord waited.

Grande Prairie RCMP have responded to 2 reports of robberies at the same business in the area of 100 Avenue, Grande Prairie and are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects.

On Jan. 22, 2025, at approximately 7:00 P.M., an unknown male was able to enter the business and had a large knife; the male made way with a large amount of jewelry from the location after assaulting an employee and damaging a display case.

The male is described as:

Fentanyl has emerged as the primary cause of illicit drug deaths in Canada and the United States, and its trafficking has been cited by U.S. President Donald Trump to justify his threat of steep tariffs on goods from Canada.

But the potent opioid also has a decades long history and is extensively used as a medical pain management tool. Here's a look at the drug and how it's used:

— Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used to help relieve severe pain.

— Health Canada says fentanyl is 20 to 40 times more potent than heroin and up to 100 times more potent than morphine.