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Philippians 4:8

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

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Philippians 2:1–2

As we discussed in Part One, Martin Luther, hero of the Protestant Reformation, was a maverick, a classic shaker and mover. Alone...independent...invincible. He needed no one but God to lean on.

Or did he? 

Is that true of any “hero”? 

Michael W. Smith is smiling from ear to ear after meeting the newest addition to his family.

Over the weekend, his daughter Anna Van Rennes gave birth to a baby girl. 

Congratulations to Kristal Cuthill our latest Date Night on Daniel winner.

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

Chris Pratt returned to his house for the first time since the California wildfires broke out earlier this month. 

Chris, his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger and their three children, including their newborn Ford Fitzgerald Schwarzenegger Pratt, were forced to evacuate when the fire broke out in the Pacific Palisades.

Growing up, Jinger Duggar Vuolo was surrounded by television cameras. For 17 years, Vuolo was part of TLC's reality television shows, 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On. 

Today, Jinger is a mother of two, soon to be three and an author of two books, My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear and the soon-to-be-released, People Pleaser: Breaking Free from the Burden of Imaginary Expectations. 

On July 17, 2022 Grande Prairie RCMP received a report of a suspect sexually assaulting an underage minor and publishing the images. As a result on July 19, 2022 RCMP arrested and charged 45-year-old Justin Radcliffe with:

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will press Canada's case against damaging tariffs with the new U.S. secretary of state in Washington next week, after Trump repeated a demand Thursday for allies to vastly increase their military spending.

Trump is threatening to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada starting on Feb. 1. Joly said things are still in flux because Trump hasn't confirmed his new commerce secretary.

"There will be lots of rhetoric," Joly told reporters on Parliament Hill on Thursday.

The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau.

Candidates had to declare by 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 23 with a $50,000 deposit towards a $350,000 fee to enter the race. The winner will be named on March 9.

Here's a quick look at who's in and who's out.

The 2024 growing year was an interesting one within agriculture for producers across Western Canada. Multiple drought years previously had brought uncertainty heading into the 2024 winter regarding moisture levels for spring as snow was not abundant. Thankfully, some choice snow and rain events in late Winter and into Spring helped shape optimism for the growing year.