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On May 16, 2025, at 2:25 a.m., Peace River RCMP received a complaint regarding a structure fire at 9704 100 street in Peace River. Peace River Fire Department has started an arson investigation with the assistance of Peace River RCMP.

Peace RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance regarding this incident. Anyone with dashcam or other footage of the area between the times of 11 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. on the night of May 15, 2025 to May 16, 2025, is asked to please review their footage and submit anything of interest to the Peace River RCMP.

The sexual assault case of five hockey players faced another major upheaval Friday, abruptly converting from a jury to a judge alone in order to avoid a mistrial that would have rebooted the proceedings for a second time in less than a month.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia ruled to discharge the jury Friday over concerns about possible jury bias. The move came after a juror sent a note to the Carroccia indicating some members of the panel felt two of the defence lawyers were laughing at them as they came into court each day.

It’s official, Sons of Sunday have released their highly anticipated debut full-length album.

Last year, powerhouse Christian artists, Brandon Lake, Steven Furtick, Chris Brown, Chandler Moore, Pat Barrett and  Leeland teamed up to write and record songs.

Their debut album, Sons of Sunday, features 12 tracks, including the released "GOD DID," "Runnin' With Angels," "One More Day," "Exchange," "Looked Up," and last week's "Pray Mama/Pray On."

Award-winning director and producers Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey have partnered with Lionsgate as they prepare to release the follow-up to their film The Passion of Christ. 

Their Icon Productions banner has chosen Lionsgate as their studio partner on The Resurrection of the Christ. 

Alberta’s government has made 11th-hour changes to controversial proposed legislation, declaring that no separation referendum question could threaten First Nations' existing treaty rights.

Premier Danielle Smith’s government is working to considerably lower the threshold to allow for citizen-initiated referendums, including whether the province should separate from Canada.

Her government's proposed bill has yet to become law, but it's faced backlash from Indigenous leaders since its introduction in the house more than two weeks ago.

When a church in Toronto's west end was converted into affordable housing nearly 15 years ago, the group behind the project was already thinking ahead. 

Andrea Adams, the executive director of the non-profit developer St. Clare's, said she was "daydreaming" about what could be built on the yard next to the 20-unit building on Ossington Avenue. 

She was eventually introduced to Assembly Corp., a company that builds mass timber modular housing, around the same time that the city was looking for proposals for "shovel ready" affordable housing projects. 

Some outdoorsy Canadians are planning to build their tents with elbows up this summer as the season unofficially kicks off this long weekend.

Sally Turner says she and her husband plan to do their camping, canoeing and biking this year in Canadian national parks, including at Jasper National Park this weekend, because of the U.S. trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump's calls to make Canada a 51st state.

"I have, in the past, camped in the United States, but that's not going to happen in the near future," Turner said while shopping for camping gear in Edmonton.

Zephaniah 3:17

"The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing."

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Isaiah 30:15

We are living in a “too much” culture.

Too much empty talk. Too much rich food. Too much emphasis on success, winning, being the biggest, and having the best. Too much comparison, commercialism, and competition. Too many meetings. Too much social media. Too many making the extreme the standard. Periods are fast being replaced by exclamation points. “Nice” is no longer sufficient. Now it’s got to be “fantastic” or “incredible.” And, of course, “awesome!!”

Severe thunderstorms need rising air, and to get that you need heat, or rather, you need a large difference in temperature between two areas.

Many people associate thunderstorms with a very hot day, but just having one of those does not mean that there is a large difference in temperature.

To get thunderstorms on a hot day, you need to have cool air aloft.