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Ports in British Columbia could potentially be paralyzed again starting next week, as the latest labour dispute has triggered a provincewide lockout notice from employers against a union of more than 700 foremen.

The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a statement that it will "defensively" lock out members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 starting Monday at 8 a.m., shutting down all cargo operations provincewide but leaving cruise ships and operations for grain vessels unaffected.

On Oct. 24, 2024, at 3:30 p.m., Whitecourt RCMP responded to a report of a vehicle that failed to stop after colliding with a pedestrian at the intersection of 52 Avenue and 47 Street in the Town of Whitecourt.  The 19 -year- old female pedestrian was transported to hospital by a co-worker where she was treated and later released with nonlife threatening injuries. The suspect vehicle is described as:

The County Regional Fire Service, in partnership with the City of Grande Prairie and Municipal District (MD) of Greenview, made a significant step in enhancing regional emergency preparedness with a state-of-the-art Fire Training Centre. The grand opening of the new facility took place at the County Dunes Fire Station on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. This project was also made possible through the support of our corporate sponsors, TC Energy and Pembina Pipeline Corporation.

Grande Prairie Legion #54 will be hosting an Open Mic Jam Session to help raise funds for the restoration and beautification of the Cenotaph. 

It's going to be a fun night of entertainment from some of Grande Prairie's amazing musicians. 

The Open Mic Cenotaph Fundraiser will take place at the Legion on November 9, 2024. 

Doors will open to the public at 4pm, Music from 5-11pm, and the kitchen will be open from 6-9pm. 

Beaverlodge RCMP is currently on scene at a serious motor vehicle collision located north of Beaverlodge on Highway 43.

The highway is expected to be closed for several hours, and traffic is being diverted.

Over 10,000 college students filled the stands of a Texas arena this week to worship Jesus.

The free Unite US event happened Tuesday evening at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.

"We will never take for granted the way God has shown up– night after night, university after university," said Unite US in a post on Facebook.

Unite US is a movement of college students united to lift the name of Jesus. Tuesday's event closed off its fall semester tour. 

Maureen Anderson lost both her sons to their overseas service in the Canadian Army, even if they died years later and a continent away from the hot dust and violence of the Afghanistan war.

Growing up, Ron Anderson was more serious, “a little fighter,” his mother recalls. His younger brother Ryan was quieter, softer. Both joined the military before they finished high school, already certain of what their career paths would be.

“My boys were very kind to me, and I miss them terribly,” Anderson said in an interview this week from her home in Oromocto, N.B. 

Mounties have dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug "superlab" in Canada that had been acting as a "supermarket" for organized crime. 

Police say the lab mass produced and distributed the powerful opioid fentanyl and methamphetamine across Canada and internationally.

David Teboul, assistant commissioner with the RCMP's Pacific region, told a news conference Thursday that dismantling the lab “undoubtedly saved thousands of lives in Canada and abroad.” 

2 Corinthians 10:11-12

No hypocrisy, no competition. Wouldn't that be refreshing to live such a life? It all comes to those with a "renewed mind"...those who determine they are going to allow the Spirit of God to invade all those walls and towers, capturing the guards that have kept Him at arm's length all these years.

Blackleg is a disease in canola mainly caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans. It’s a serious disease that affect canola plants in the seedling stage by attaching to the stems and working up the stem as it grows, inhibiting the movement of water and nutrients within the plant. It can cause upwards of 50% yield reduction in severe cases. Blackleg was first spotted in western Canada in 1975 in north-east Saskatchewan.