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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he still plans to force a spring election when Parliament returns at end of March.

He says that before that vote to topple the Liberal government happens, he could work with the governing party for about two months to rush through Parliament relief measures for workers who could be affected by a looming tariff war with the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s 90-day freeze on foreign aid and a recent prisoner swap are returning Afghanistan to the global spotlight. 

Many of the 300,000 Ukrainians who have come to Canada on three-year emergency visas since 2022 face an uncertain future as their temporary resident permits come closer to expiring, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress warned Wednesday.

Congress executive director Ihor Michalchyshyn said he met with Immigration Minister Marc Miller last week to ask his department to automatically renew the visas for another three years.

U.S. President Donald Trump could be just days away from hitting Canada with punishing tariffs. Here's a look at the industries that would be hit the hardest.

Statistics Canada says the value of Canadian exports to the United States in 2023 exceeded $594 billion. More than 43 per cent of that came from just six industries: oil and gas extraction, oil and gas refining, auto manufacturing, aluminum production and processing, aerospace and crop and animal production.

A 25 per cent tariff applied across the board would increase the cost of those exports by $148.5 billion.

The 48th Manitoba Ag Days was considered a huge success again this year.  

Teresa Hildebrand, the event's Media Coordinator, said the event drew tens of thousands of visitors over the 3-day event from across the region and beyond. She had their 50/50 jackpot was the largest ever and everyone was very pleased with the event. 

Ephesians 4:2

"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."

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Genesis 39:19-21; 41:50-52; 45:4-8; Proverbs 18:12; 1 Peter 1:3-9

"There lies the most perfect ruler of men the world has ever seen...[and] now he belongs to the ages."

Of whom was this said? One of the Caesars? No. Napoleon? No. Alexander the Great? No. Eisenhower? Patton? MacArthur...or some earlier military strategist like Grant or Lee or Pershing? No, none of the above. How about Rockne or Lombardi? No. Or Luther? Calvin? Knox? Wesley? Spurgeon? Again, the answer is no.

The City of Grande Prairie is excited to announce the Eastlink Centre as a new recreation facility partner with the Prescription to Get Active program and Grande Prairie’s Primary Care Network (GP PCN).

On Tuesday, January 28, around 9:30 AM, the Grande Prairie Fire Department responded to a fire in an abandoned house in Avondale. Flames were visible from the main floor window, and crews began fighting the fire from outside. A search confirmed the house was empty, but the fire had spread to the attic, forcing crews to stay outside for safety.

On January 17th 2025, the Fort St John Street Enforcement Team, with assistance from the RCMP Emergency Response Team executed a drug search warrant 8900 block of 77th Street, Fort St John, BC.

The Street Enforcement Team initiated this investigation after observing traffic consistent with drug trafficking, often known as a dial-a-dope operation, linked to the residence.

Given the high-risk nature of the investigation, the RCMP Emergency Response Team was requested to assist with executing the search warrant.