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“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.

More people installed the Bible app YouVersion than ever before on January 5. 

Along with over 798,000 installs, 18.2 million people opened the app on the first Sunday of 2025. This comes one year after the previous record was set on the first Sunday of 2024.  

Galatians 3:26-28

"So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

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Matthew 11:28-30

Strange, isn’t it, how we tend toward extremes? What begins as self-improvement becomes self-enslavement...what starts as merely a mellow change of pace leads to a marathon of fanaticism. We’re nuts! Left to ourselves, we’ll opt for extremes most every time. Which explains why God’s Book so often stresses moderation, self-control, softening our sharp-cornered lives with more curves that necessitate a slower speed. 

When Plains Baptist Church voted overwhelmingly in the 1950s to bar Blacks and “racial agitators” from membership, Jimmy Carter and a handful of his family members were the only ones opposed to the restriction.

Born into a church that taught white supremacy, the first Southern Baptist to serve as U.S. president had learned the truth over time, he said in two notable interviews available for reading as America lays the 39th president to rest.

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by the Canadian Press editors.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 10, 2025.

A person walks with an umbrella on a rainy day in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney signalled through his campaign team Friday that he will launch his bid to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal party late next week, after garnering support from more than two dozen Liberal MPs in the past few days.

And in an interview airing Saturday, former B.C. premier Christy Clark told CBC Radio's The House that she is "very seriously" considering a leadership bid, but expressed disappointment with the short timeline for the race.

Psalm 118:5-6

"When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?"

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Psalm 46:10-11

I laughed my way through Judith Viorst’s How Did I Get to Be Forty and Other Atrocities. I’ve long since passed the half-century mark, so it seemed reasonable that I should at least face the music of being 40. Even though I must admit I feel more like 30...until I think about my schedule of involvements. Then I wish I were 90 and had an excuse for hiding away in a cabin, writing my memoirs...as if anybody would ever care to read them. 

Religious pilgrimages have been one of the main factors driving the recent boom in tourism, which has been pointed as one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world. In Zimbabwe, since 2010, there has been a rise in religiously motivated travel, which has been linked to the growth of the “healing and deliverance ministries.”