Reach

Alberta-born singer Jodie Leslie got her start in music at the age of two, and while that has always been a passion, her life took a different career path for a period of time.

"I went into college taking equine sciences," Leslie says. "So some veterinary courses for horses and training courses, and I ended up finding myself over in Europe riding and training horses and while I was over there I really gained a hunger for being on a worship team, singing with a band."

Romans 13:6

This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.

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Acts 7; Acts 17

Billy Wilder, the great movie producer, openly admitted: "I have a vast and terrible desire never to bore an audience." With tacit agreement Jack Parr once declared: "The greatest sin is to be dull."

Those two statements ought to haunt anyone who regularly practices the fine art of communication.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is condemning violence that erupted Sunday when Indian consular officials visited a Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont., as police announced three people have been charged in the clash.

Visits by Indian officials to the temple in Brampton and another in Surrey, B.C., were met with protests from demonstrators seeking a separate Sikh nation called Khalistan.

On Nov. 1, 2024 at 8:45 p.m., Grande Prairie RCMP were flagged down by a distraught male who had just been bear sprayed in the face.  The 54-year-old male victim, explained that as he was driving in the area of 108 Avenue and 100 Street, he observed a male yelling at some youth that had been stopped in their vehicle.  Believing that the youth were in trouble, the victim yelled out at the suspect to stop.  The suspect then proceeded to cross the street and discharged a can of bear spray into the victim’s face and vehicle.  The suspect is described as;

On Oct.

Several elders at Gateway Church have been removed following a four-month investigation into lead pastor Robert Morris' confession of sexual misconduct involving a minor. The inquiry examined whether some elders were aware of the abuse and failed to act.

Murray Sinclair, who was born when Indigenous people did not yet have the right to vote, grew up to become one of the most decorated and influential people to work in Indigenous justice and advocacy.

A former judge and senator, one of Sinclair's biggest roles was chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools. 

He died Monday morning in a Winnipeg hospital, said his son Niigaan Sinclair. He was 73.

Sinclair was a father of five and a grandfather.

The wife of a missionary recently killed in Africa has been arrested in connection to her husband's death.

44-year-old Beau Shroyer was killed on Oct. 25, 2024, in an act of violence while serving Jesus in a remote area of Angola, Africa.  

Lakes Area Vineyard Church says in a statement they were heartbroken to learn of the turn of events.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces' premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million.

It follows Poilievre's own pledge last week that if he becomes prime minister, he will axe the federal sales tax on new homes sold for under $1 million.

The Conservatives estimated that measure would reduce the cost of an $800,000 home by $40,000 and spur construction of another 30,000 homes per year.