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The City of Grande Prairie is proud to announce the speaker and panelist lineup for the upcoming State of the City: Grander Conversations event, featuring community and industry leaders.

The Inclusive & Caring Community Panel brings together professionals from essential service sectors to discuss community well-being, collaboration, advocacy and opportunities for growth. Panelists include:

Applications for the next Community Group Funding cycle beginning in 2026 are now open until April 30, 2025. Community Group Funding is a stream of City funding available for programs and services run by community groups that benefit the community and residents.

Community Group Funding was updated for the next funding cycle, with key changes including increased parameters for capital requests and the introduction of three funding streams:

·Small grants: up to $10,000 per year to support local programs that enhance quality of life.

Global Affairs says it can't intervene on behalf of a Canadian being held in an Arizona immigration detention centre, where the woman's mother has described conditions as "inhumane and deeply concerning."

Alexis Eagles said her daughter, Vancouver businesswoman and former actress Jasmine Mooney, is being detained at the San Luis Regional Detention Center with about 30 people in the same cell.

Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister at a ceremony at Rideau Hall Friday after the formal resignation of Justin Trudeau.

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, who will preside over the event, announced late Wednesday the swearing-in ceremony for Carney and his new cabinet will take place at 11 a.m. ET in the Rideau Hall ballroom. 

Carney, who was selected as Liberal leader Sunday in a landslide vote, has promised a "seamless" and "quick" transition.

Christian band Cochren & Co. will make their national television debut next week. 

The Gotee Records Gold-selling act will appear on “FOX & Friends” as part of the morning show’s “Faith & Friends” Concert Series on March 23, 2025.

Cochen & Co.’s current radio single, “Money Can’t Buy,” is currently Top 15 on the radio charts.

Chis Pratt says it's thanks to God that his oldest son Jack is alive today. 

Pratt's ex-wife Anna Faris gave birth to Jack prematurely in 2012, and he came into the world weighing just 3 pounds, 10 ounces. It was this experience that brought Pratt closer to God.

"I really made some deals with God, as you do when you're praying, and I felt like if you save my son, I will give you everything, said Pratt in an interview on Fox & Friends.

A new poll suggests that 40 per cent of Canadians are worried about losing their jobs as many businesses scale back hiring plans in response to the trade war with the United States.

The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from March 7 to March 10, suggests that more than half of workers in Ontario were concerned about job security, the highest in the country, while just under one in four in Atlantic Canada said they were worried.

A major foreign-policy summit is underway in Quebec today, with the Liberals welcoming foreign ministers from the U.S., Europe and Japan.

The Group of Seven ministerial meeting is taking place in the Charlevoix region, just as Canada seeks support against damaging American tariffs.

The leaders are set to discuss the functioning of the G7 today, as well as geopolitical challenges ranging from Haiti to Sudan.

Ukraine is expected to loom large over the meetings, with Kyiv saying it would be willing to accept a ceasefire if Russia agrees to certain conditions.

Romans 8:28

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

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Psalm 13:3–4

As I read Psalm 13 and reflect on the section describing David on his face, overwhelmed with grief and hopelessness, I see two practical areas of application:

    1. It was the length of the test that began to weary David. "How long" occurs four times in two brief verses. Let us remember that God not only designs the depth of our trials but also their length. Sometime soon, read the words of the ancient prophet Habakkuk, chapter 1. He too asked, "How long?"