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Syria’s new interim prime minister, Mohammed al-Bashir, has called all Syrian refugees to return. He promises freedom and protection for all people and sects.

However, some Syrians aren’t willing to bank their lives on mere words yet.

Manitoba's agricultural sector is set to receive a significant boost, with both the provincial and federal governments investing $15.4 million over the next four years in major infrastructure projects aimed at improving food processing capacity across the province. This funding, part of the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (Sustainable CAP), is designed to help local producers increase their output, create jobs, and make the industry more efficient and sustainable. 

Galatians 4:4-5

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.

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Psalm 46:4-11

Grande Prairie Enforcement Services is urging motorists to familiarize themselves with the rules of the road when it comes to pulling over for emergency vehicles. A fire truck, police vehicle, or ambulance with its siren on has the right of way over all other vehicles and it is important to be aware of your surroundings and be prepared to act.

Here is what to do when an emergency vehicle with its siren on approaches:

Rising Above Ministry! 

They enjoyed hot coffee and treats from McDonald's! 

Enter your business and you and your co-workers could win coffee and a variety of muffins, lil donuts, cookies, egg McMuffins and breakfast burritos from McDonald's!

We'll draw a winner every week and will personally deliver McDonald's coffee and treats to the winning business.

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Brian Doerksen and Marika Siewert have put together a brand-new online Christmas Special that all ages will enjoy.  

Home for Christmas: The Heart of Christmas in Story and Song will air this Sunday, December 15, 2024. 

Brian Doerksen says, “It's a streaming special, so once people get their link, they can watch it as often as they want for two whole weeks right through the Christmas season.” 

The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate by half a percentage point today but signalled a slower pace of rate cuts moving forward.

The decision marked the fifth consecutive reduction since June and brings the central bank’s key rate down to 3.25 per cent.

Forecasters were widely expecting the jumbo interest rate cut after the November labour force survey showed the unemployment rate rose to 6.8 per cent.

Popular Christian artist, Anne Wilson recently graced the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. 

The special performance was the wrap of the Opry's NextStage program.

Opry NextStage is a program that finds up-and-comers on their way to superstardom and places them center stage. These artists have the talent, the stories, and the sound to become the next big thing in country music. And this program brings them into the limelight, in a way that only the Opry can. 

TikTok is challenging the federal government’s order to shut down its operations in Canada, claiming it will eliminate hundreds of jobs and potentially terminate a quarter of a million contracts that it has with Canadian advertising clients. 

The company filed documents in Federal Court in Vancouver on Dec. 5, seeking to set aside the order to wind-up and cease business in Canada.