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Autumn Nelon Streetman is sharing a special moment from her son's birth last month. 

Rhett James Streetman was born on Dec. 1, 2024, the same date as Autumn's late mother's birthday.

"When we went into the hospital, I knew the doctor I had been seeing for the last 9 months wasn’t on call that day," said Autumn. "I wasn’t sure what doctor I would end up with but it was completely God’s will for us to have Dr. Martin."

Rachael Lampa has released a new single which she hopes will remind listeners of their worth. 

"It's called "What It's Worth,"" said Lampa in a post on Instagram. "It's about God seeing us for what our hearts are worth because he made us. And he made us worthy. And he made us valuable."

According to LongeviQuest, the longest-living person is a nun in Brazil who is 116 years old. 

Inah Canabarro Lucas, born in June 1908, just surpassed the previous oldest living human, Tamiko Itooka of Japan after she passed away at 116. 

Lucas started studying religion at 16 before being baptized at 17. At 26 years old, Lucas took her vows and became a nun in the Catholic church. She has held that role for the past 90 years and is the second oldest nun to have ever lived. 

Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and British Columbia will help fight wildfires in California, and the federal government is co-ordinating efforts with the provinces to deploy resources.

Sajjan says in a social media post that 60 firefighters from the two provinces will be deployed as soon as Monday, and that Canadian officials are working to identify and prepare more resources to send in the days ahead.

A Kentucky worship leader who was a former member of the resident artist at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter is in custody after he was accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a minor. 

According to the Boone County Sheriff's office, late last year, a victim, who was a minor when the abuse began, reported to detectives that he had been sexually abused for many years by 36-year-old Michael Howard. 

In 2024, Farmers for Climate Solutions (FCS) commissioned market research firm Leger to conduct a national poll of Canadian producers during the 2024 growing season.

The goal was to:

Madison Cain Johnson of the Christian band CAIN has welcomed her second child over the weekend, another son. 

Back in July 2024, the singer announced her pregnancy as a sort of miracle. After trying for a second child for a long time, Johnson and her husband Jared asked their church to pray for them. Shortly after, they made the announcement that they were indeed expecting. 

2 Corinthians 5:19-20

"That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God."

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Proverbs 3:5–6

Those folks who used to put together Campus Life magazine got my vote. With an incredible regularity they would put the cookies on the lower shelf so that any high-schooler in America could thumb through the thing without getting turned off. One of their secrets was frequent humor, lots of jokes. You know, all kinds of stuff to laugh at...some a little gross, but all designed to scratch a teenager where he was itching. And most kids I know at that age are never very far from fun. 

“Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways.” 

With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority government in October 2015.

Those sunny ways followed him into an unseasonably warm November day weeks later, when he attended his official swearing-in at Rideau Hall. As Trudeau made his way up the driveway to the governor general’s residence, he was surrounded by family, members of his new cabinet and throngs of cheering supporters.