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As we observe Remembrance Day, several city facilities will either close or adjust their hours.

On November 11, the following locations will be closed: City Hall, City Service Centre, PlayCare at Eastlink, Montrose Cultural Centre, Grande Prairie Museum, Dave Barr Community Centre, Activity and Reception Centre, and Cedar Point.

However, a few facilities will remain open with holiday hours from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., including Eastlink Centre, Ernie Radbourne Pavilion, and Design Works Centre.

Canada’s unemployment rate held steady at 6.5 per cent last month as hiring remained weak across the economy.

Statistics Canada’s labour force survey on Friday said employment rose by a modest 15,000 jobs in October.

Business, building and support services saw the largest gain in employment.

Meanwhile, finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing experienced the largest decline.

Many economists see weakness in the job market continuing in the short term, before the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cuts spark a rebound in economic growth next year.

Each year, we gather on November 11th to remember and honour Canada's fallen Veterans and those who continue to serve today.  

Please join your local community on Monday to remember. Here are some events happening throughout the Peace Region: 

Grande Prairie 

Bonnetts Energy Centre 

Doors open at 9:45am, ceremony at 10:45am 

Non-Denomination Service: 11:02am – 12:20pm 

Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans (ANAVETS) Grande Prairie Unit 389 

A veteran Ottawa Citizen journalist who was accused by a former cabinet minister of being a Russian asset said it is the "height of irony" that a parliamentary committee studying disinformation has fallen for it. 

David Pugliese told the House of Commons security committee on Thursday he found it astonishing that none of the MPs challenged the allegations when they were made last month. 

Christian artist Brandon Lake is releasing a new single with soulful lyrics and a bit of rock, called "Hard Fought Hallelujah."

Earlier this year in July Lake released the single "That's Who I Praise," which has been well-received by fans. This new song is also a single with no talk on when a new album may be released. 

Lake won three GMA Dove Awards in October for his 2023 album Coat of Many Colors. 

Joshua 24:15

But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

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Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Philippians 4

Laurence J. Peter and I are close friends. Although I've never laid eyes on him, I've smiled at his comments and nodded at his conclusions...amazed at his remarkable insight into my own life and those around me. 

The simple answer to the riddle is this: I own a copy of his book The Peter Prescription, and you should too! It's an insignificant looking paperback filled with significant, sound principles. He says it talks about "How to Be Creative, Confident, and Competent," but I think he overlooked a better word: how to be Content. 

ALERT has located and dismantled an alleged fentanyl superlab that was operating outside of Valleyview, Alta. The superlab is estimated to have regularly produced bulk quantities of fentanyl for years and was a significant source of fentanyl in Alberta and Western Canada.
 

The City of Grande Prairie is pleased to offer its free community sandbox, helping residents keep sidewalks and driveways safer and slip-free throughout the winter season.

Located at the City Service Centre (9505 112 Street) near the south end of 112 Street, the sandbox provides sand to improve traction and support winter safety.

Here’s how residents can use the service:

Applications opened Thursday for a $1-billion federal program to help municipalities and Indigenous communities build critical infrastructure.

The government set aside $1 billion through the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund in direct funding to communities to build or improve infrastructure to support drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste.

Applications are available online for municipalities and Indigenous communities. Those applicants will need to demonstrate how their proposals will support the building of more homes.