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Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) are in the middle of a strike vote after three collective agreements expired December 31st.

The agreements include CN and CPKC engineers and conductors and the rail traffic controllers at CPKC.

The union represents about 9300 workers, including 6000 conductors, locomotive engineers, and yard workers with CN and  3200 conductors, locomotive engineers, and yard workers at CPKC, as well as the 90 rail traffic controllers with CPKC.

Grande Prairie & District Catholic School Division is proud to announce Danielle Campbell as the new Principal of St. Joseph Catholic High School.

Danielle joined our community of schools in 2012. Her previous roles include: Principal at St. Clement Catholic School, Assistant Principal at St. John Paul II, and Classroom Support Teacher at Mother Teresa Catholic School. Danielle has a Master’s of Education in Special Education, a Graduate Degree in Special Education, a Bachelor of Education, and a Bachelor of Kinesiology.

Alberta wildfire officials say local and provincial wildland firefighters continue to battle a blaze west of Slave Lake. 

An update from the province yesterday says the fire about eight kilometres southeast of Kinuso was about 15 kilometres in size, but was being held and was not threatening homes or communities at the time.

The cause was still under investigation. An airtanker was in use and helicopters were bucketing hotspots. 

Over the next several weeks, firefighters will be burning areas of dead dry grass around communities in the Slave Lake Forest Area. 

On March 14, 2024, Grande Prairie RCMP Drug section, with assistance from Grande Prairie RCMP Police Dog Services and Grande Prairie RCMP Crime Reduction Unit, executed a search warrant at a residence in the Countryside South area of Grande Prairie.

As a result of the search warrant, the following items were seized:

Exodus 12:1–28 

The instruction Moses gave was to be passed along from generation to generation. After he finished with these specific instructions, Scripture says, "And the people bowed low and worshiped. Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did" (vv. 27–28).

A man best known for his time on the stage with DC Talk and Toby Mac has passed away. 

Gabriel Patillo was a multi-talented man, who by the age of ten, was dancing onstage alongside DC Talk. He also performed in music videos for Brentwood Music and worked as a theatre kid for Opryland, all before age 15. 

As he grew into an adult, and with inspiration from his father, who was also in the entertainment business, Gabriel joined TobyMac's Diverse City team, singing background vocals, choreographing, dancing and co-producing tours. 

Well-known pastor and speaker Chuck Swindoll is changing titles at his church in Texas but not hanging up his pastor 'hat' just yet. 

This week Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, founded by Swindoll, announced that a new lead pastor will take over Swindoll's position starting May 1.

Jonathan Murphy, currently chair of pastoral ministries at Stonebriar, will take over the lead pastor position. Swindoll will continue preaching but switch his title to founding pastor.

Romans 13:6-7

"This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honour, then honour."

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Exodus 11:1–10 

"Tell all the Israelite men and women to ask their Egyptian neighbors for articles of silver and gold.” (Now the LORD had caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the people of Israel. And Moses was considered a very great man in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s officials and the Egyptian people alike.) (Exodus 11:2–3)

The main point, the central ingredient of Exodus 11 and 12, is obedience. God spoke, some people heard and did what God said. As a result, God used them in His plan at that time in history.

Christian entertainment company, TruPlay Games, has released a new game. 

King David's Battles is a journey into the heart of an extraordinary hero. The new adventure game reflects the Christian company's commitment to build a beautiful, fun, world-class entertainment ultimately building character and nurturing faith. 

Diving into the realms of a 3000-year-old epic biblical saga, TruPlay is the first company to do so.