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City of Grande Prairie snow clearing crews have been working through the night from Sunday, October 20, into Monday, October 21, responding to an early season snowfall.

The response includes sanders, plows, loaders and graders focusing on arterial roads. With slippery conditions, the City reminds drivers to allow extra time and take additional precautions when commuting. Please give snow removal equipment at least three car lengths of space to operate safely.

The City of Grande Prairie advises residents that CN is set to replace a defective section of track at the 68 Avenue rail crossing between Resources Road and 92 Street.

To safely complete this work, all lanes, eastbound and westbound, will be closed overnight from October 23 into the early morning of October 24. The closure is scheduled during nighttime hours to minimize traffic disruption.

To assist drivers with planning alternate routes, variable message boards will be installed today to alert commuters in advance of the planned closure and upcoming detour.

A pair of cyber tips has led to the arrest of an Arkansas pastor and foster parent who is facing 100 counts of crimes related to child pornography.

43-year-old James Vincent Henry came up on the radar of the Internet Crimes Against Child Task Force after they were alerted last month by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Rural First Student buses are cancelled for the day, including bus 501, 502, 504, 505.

As well all Peace Wapiti school buses are also canceled today due to road conditions.  

Dawson Creek School Buses are also cancelled for today.  Chetwynd buses are running on schedule at this time.

The federal government is expected to boost the minimum hourly wage that must be paid to temporary foreign workers in the high-wage stream as a way to encourage employers to hire more Canadian staff.

British Columbia's redrawn political landscape won't be settled for about a week, with manual recounts triggered in two key ridings after a nail-biting provincial election that has yet to produce a clear winner.

Elections BC said Sunday the recounts will take place from Oct. 26 to 28 in Juan de Fuca-Malahat and Surrey City Centre, where NDP candidates lead B.C. Conservatives by fewer than 100 votes.

Phil Wickham stepped out of his comfort zone over the weekend as he wrapped up his last tour date in Canada. 

For the first time, Wickham performed a song in French in front of a sold-out concert in Montreal, Quebec Saturday evening.

"A first for me! I sang a song in French at our show in Montreal," said Phil in a post on Instagram. "It was such a beautiful moment to see the Church alive in Canada." 

Alberta MP and Conservative Agriculture Critic John Barlow has been receiving a number of emails from Canadians who are concerned about Private Members' Bill C-293, which now sits before the Senate.

He says while the primary objective of the bill is pandemic prevention and preparedness, it contains content and language that will adversely affect Canadian farmers and ranchers.

Psalm 40:8

I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.

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Isaiah 54:4-5

Those servants who refuse to get bogged down in and anchored to the past are those who pursue the objectives of the future. People who do this are seldom petty. They are too involved in getting a job done to be occupied with yesterday's hurts and concerns. Very near the end of his full and productive life, Paul wrote: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith" (2 Timothy 4:7). What a grand epitaph! He seized every day by the throat. He relentlessly pursued life.