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A pair of talented Christian artists recently released a new single together. 

Lauren Daigle paired up with Blessing Offor to record a new version of her song 'These Are The Days.'

"Blessing and I met a couple years ago while playing some shows together! That smile you see is one he carries around with him everywhere he goes!" said Daigle on Instagram. "So excited that his voice arrived to These Are The Days!" 

Although India can be known for its Christian persecution, one megachurch is thriving and hopes to build 40 more churches over the next 10 years. 

Calvary Temple is India's largest church with 300,000 congregants located in Hyderabad, holding five separate services on Sundays to accommodate everyone. The first service starts at 6:00 a.m. and the last one takes place at 8:00 p.m.

Genesis 45:16–28

So Joseph sent his brothers off, and as they left, he called after them, “Don’t quarrel about all this along the way!” And they left Egypt and returned to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan. (Genesis 45:24–25)

Statistics Canada released data on cattle, hog, and sheep inventory numbers as of  January 1, 2024 as compared to January 1, 2023.

Stats show the Canadian cattle herd has fallen to its lowest level in over 30 years to 11.1 million cattle and calves on farms, down 2.1 percent from the previous year. 

Key factors for the drop relate to the drought and tight feed supplies which put downward pressure on the cattle sector, while stronger prices saw more producers that may have been struggling with feed supplies sending some of their breeding animals to market.

1 John 3:18

"Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."

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UPDATE: Grande Prairie RCMP advise the heavy police presence and shelter in place have been lifted. RCMP will remain on scene while the investigation continues. A suspect is in custody and there is no threat to public safety.

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RCMP advise the public of a heavy police presence in the Hillside neighbourhood in Grande Prairie. Avoid the area near 96A Street and Hillcrest Drive. Residents within view of police response are asked to shelter in place and stay away from windows.

The Liberal government is planning to create a "digital safety commission of Canada" to regulate social media companies to take steps to reduce the risk of online harms to their users.

Justice Minister Arif Virani tabled the Online Harms Act today, and creating a new regulator is just one of the new measures being proposed.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has long promised to better protect against online harms, but his ministers have repeatedly said developing such legislation was complicated.

India is extending the timeline for duty-free imports of yellow peas.

Initially, India implemented a 50 per cent duty on yellow peas in November of 2017.

In December 2023, it announced a temporary duty-free import period ending in March 2024.

Last week, India announced that they would extend that duty-free period to the end of April.

Jeff English, the vice president of marketing and communications for Pulse Canada, says it's good to see the extension in place.

Peace Country residents woke up this morning to extreme cold temperatures and a lot of snow. 

After an unusually warm and dry winter, the precipitation was needed. In fact, the amount of snow that fell beat a record amount that was set in 1952.

On February 25, 1952 the Grande Prairie area saw 7.4 cm of snow fall, and yesterday's snowfall surpassed the greatest amount record for that date with 7.6 cm. 

The latest "Grain Marketing Insights Report"  with LeftField Commodity Research is available through Manitoba Crop Alliance.

The report takes a general overview of what's happening in the wheat, barley, corn, flax, and sunflower markets.

According to the report, non-durum wheat supplies are tight with December non-durum exports moving at a record pace for the 2023-2024 crop year at 1.84 million tonnes.
CWRS basis levels have been firm for old crop, while new crop levels have appreciated from very low levels.