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The federal government is slashing immigration targets to levels that will flatten population growth as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admits the government did not get the balance right after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government had targeted bringing in 500,000 new permanent residents in both 2025 and 2026.

Next year's target will instead be 395,000 new permanent residents, and that will fall to 380,000 in 2026 and 365,000 in 2027.

On October 23, 2024 at 6:15pm, the Fort St John RCMP were called to assist Taylor Fire Department with a single vehicle collision with one occupant trapped in the vehicle, on Big Bam Road in the District of Taylor, BC.

Taylor Fire Department and the BC Ambulance Service were on scene when Fort St John RCMP arrived.

Two occupants were located trapped inside a brown Jeep Liberty that had rolled down a steep embankment and was stopped by a tree.

The driver was extricated from the vehicle and transported to the Fort St John Hospital with injuries.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention of stepping down as the leader of the Liberal party by next week. 

A letter signed by two dozen Liberal MPs asking Trudeau to step down was presented to the prime minister Wednesday at a tense caucus meeting in Ottawa.

The letter asked for him to let the caucus know by Oct. 28 what he decides to do.

Trudeau told MPs he would reflect on what was said, but when asked today if he would stay on as prime minister after that date he answered a definitive "yes." 

A group of singers from a choir that Mandisa used to sing in paid tribute to her at a recent NFL game. 

The Fisk Jubilee Singers performed last week during the halftime show of a Tenessee Titans game. 

Watch the performance here

Danny Marshall, Mandisa's uncle, introduced the singers thanking the group and the Tenessee Titans for recognizing her.

An NFL player used God's word to soothe his wife as she delivered their second child. 

Chanen Johnson said on two occasions during labour and after delivery, her husband, Juwan Johnson, a football player with the New Orleans Saints, read the Bible to her.

A new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says 83 per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults without one. 

It says seniors 65 years and older are more likely to have access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner than younger adults between 18 and 34. 

Access to primary care is highest in Ontario and lowest in Nunavut. 

Fresh off their GMA Dove Award wins, worship artists Bethel Music are releasing new music, including a single off their upcoming album. 

The single "Even Though I Walk" was released on Oct. 21, and features Hannah McClure. It is one of 18 tracks that will be on the new album We Must Respond that will be released on Jan. 10, 2025. 

A Steinbach business, that has roots in agriculture, has made the final ballot for the Best of America Small Business Awards.

Cameron Bergen is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of mode40. Bergen explains they work primarily with Fortune 1000 manufacturing organizations across Canada and the United States. 

"We take data, and we turn it into money," says Bergen, explaining that they help optimize processes through analyzing, optimizing, and disseminating information using software, artificial intelligence, and other tools. 

Lost on a Mountain in Maine, produced by Sylvester Stallone, will be hitting theatres and inspiring people across North America in the next few days. 

"It's a story about Donn Fendler who was a kid who was lost, on a mountain, in Maine," says Luke David Blumm, the actor who plays Fendler. "It's a really good story. Deeper down it's a lot about the relationship between Donn and his father. The movie takes place in the 1930s when fathers and sons did not have the closest of relationships."

Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

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