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Grande Spirit Foundation is looking forward to the opening of our newest seniors Pleasant View Lodge in Spirit River, Alberta, scheduled for 2024. This exciting development aims to meet the growing demand for high-quality senior living facilities in the region, providing a safe and welcoming environment for residents.

The new seniors lodge, located in the heart of Spirit River, will offer comfortable accommodations, nutritious dining options, engaging activities, and dedicated lodge staff where seniors can thrive and enjoy their golden years to the fullest.

In June, 2023, McLennan RCMP, assisted by Alberta’s Integrated Child Exploitation Unit, both Central and Western Alberta District (WAD) General Investigation Sections (GIS) and WAD Crime Reduction Unit, responded to a report of sexual offences against a youth. The offences took place while the youth was attending a school in the High Prairie School Division.

On Feb. 7, 2024, Brock Mackenzie Whalen (31), a resident of Peace River, Alta., was charged with:

Ottawa says it is aware of reports that another Canadian citizen has gone missing in the Gaza Strip.

Global Affairs Canada says it is providing consular assistance to the family but can't share more because of privacy considerations. 

The Associated Press reports that Israeli forces detained two young adult American brothers and their Canadian father in Gaza in an overnight raid.

Relatives of the men say they were taken from their home.

Fort St. John will welcome The TUNNEL, an interactive LED public art installation, starting Thursday, February 15, near the stage in Centennial Park.

This international exhibit has recently travelled through the USA and Australia, and is only making this one stop in northern British Columbia. The 100 foot exhibit will light up the park during the annual High on Ice Winter Fest and remain on site until March 3 for locals and visitors to enjoy.

Harry Balfour School is getting closer to its new playground thanks to a recent $30,000 donation from the Five Mile Community Agricultural Society.

Each year during the budgeting process, Mayor and Council host a public consultation and invite the residents of Dawson Creek to bring questions or concerns forward regarding the budget.

The City of Grande Prairie has announced that all outdoor rinks are now open to the public for skating. 

Throughout the winter months, Parks maintains several outdoor rinks across Grande Prairie. The rinks are opened to the public once sufficient ice surface is present to allow for safe skating.

Genesis 41:41-46 

This is an excellent opportunity to shift the scene for a moment and look at all this from the perspective of the guy who's out working in the fields, moving stones for one of those interminable, ever-ongoing pyramid projects. He knows nothing at all about what's just happened in the dungeon and throne room. All he knows is that some young upstart, some foreigner, has maneuvered his way into Pharaoh's good graces. And he is being told, "Bow your knee to this man!"

Former football legend Tim Tebow's latest project is helping Down syndrome families in Guatemala.

Since 2010 the Tim Tebow Foundation has been blessing vulnerable people in multiple ways, always focused on one target audience. Unlike the football term, Tebow's definition of MVP is Most Vulnerable Person, to stand up for the ones who often don't have a voice. 

Matthew 5:43-45

"You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."

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