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As the Peace Country heads into another cold snap, preparations are being made to protect those at risk.

As of February 26th, an Emergency Warming Centre is now fully activated in Dawson Creek with daytime warming hours available until March 4, 2024.

The shelter has the capacity to host up to 30 individuals and can provide water, warm drinks, snacks and a warm place to shelter over the next week.

If you or someone you know is in need please go to:

With the return of the snow and forecasted precipitation for later this week, County Regional Fire Service has lifted the Fire Advisory that was put in place on February 23rd for the entire County, along with the towns of Beaverlodge, Sexsmith and Wembley. 

Residents are reminded that permits are required during the fire season. Burning is not permitted when winds reach, or are forecasted to reach, 12 km per hour or higher. 

The City of Grande Prairie is set to reinstate parking bans starting on Tuesday, February 27.  The ban restricts parking on permanent snow routes (priority 1 and 2 routes) from Monday to Friday between 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. until the ban is lifted.

An avalanche claimed the life of an Alberta man on the weekend.

It happened in the back country in southern Alberta between Carbondale and Castle Mountain Ski Resort near Pincher Creek.

RCMP in Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass were alerted to the avalanche just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24.

A further investigation revealed that at approximately 1 p.m. that afternoon two adults with two children were snowmobiling when the avalanche occurred.

One of the adult men was able to escape with both children however the second man was buried by the avalanche.

Genesis 45:10–15

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended Canada's defence spending Monday as Polish counterpart Donald Tusk urged the rest of the West to confront the very real dangers Russia poses at a critical juncture in its war with Ukraine. 

There is still more to do, but Canada is doing it, Trudeau said during a joint news conference alongside Tusk, who now finds himself back in his old post as Poland's prime minister. 

Christian artist Josh Wilson is releasing 24 songs in 2024 and each one shares a part of his own mental health struggle and journey back to life. 

The first track 'It Gets Better' was released on February 23. 

"I’ve struggled for many years with anxiety and panic attacks, and more recently with depression," says Wilson on social media. "Until 2017, I self-medicated my anxiety with alcohol and eventually became addicted. By the grace of God (and with the help of family, friends, and therapy) I’m almost 7 years sober now."

1 John 4:9

"This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him."

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Genesis 45:8–9

"So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser[a] to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.

“Now hurry back to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all the land of Egypt. So come down to me immediately!'" (Genesis 45:8–9)

Matthew 22:37-39

"Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

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