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The 2025 Agricultural Water Management Fund is now accepting applications. This fund aims to support agricultural producers and local governments in developing effective water management projects.

Naomi Paley, Manager of Drainage Extension at the Water Security Agency, explains that qualified applicants can receive up to $95,000 per project through a cost-sharing approach across three funding streams:

Max Lucado, pastor at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, celebrated his golden anniversary of God's grace by getting a tattoo.

"50 years ago this spring, grace found me," said Max in a post. "My testimony is interwoven with my favourite word in the Bible. On the cross, Christ proclaimed, 'It is finished!' (Jn. 19:30) In Greek- “Tetelestai!” Among the meanings of this word is 'paid in full.'"

Pastor Lucado says it was that message that changed his life. Before finding God, he says his life revolved around everything but his faith.

A pastor who was allegedly kidnapped while preaching at a church service in South Africa is praising God for saving him.

Josh Sullivan, 34, and his family were working at a church in Motherwell in South Africa earlier this month, when it's alleged that six armed men entered the church and kidnapped the pastor.

According to the South African Police Service, an operation to find Josh was launched after they received verified intelligence about his kidnapping and where he was being held.

The mother of a Calgary murder suspect has testified her son was having hallucinations and was in fear of animalistic creatures months before a young woman was stabbed to death on a downtown street.

Michael Adenyi, 29, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of fitness instructor Vanessa Ladouceur. The 30-year-old was walking to work on the morning of March 18, 2022, when she was attacked.

Health officials in Alberta are reporting 29 new cases of measles, bringing the province's total to 118 since early March.

The government says many of the new cases are in Alberta's south and central zones, seven are in the north and one is in Edmonton.

Alberta Health Services says people may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease at three medical clinics in the Edmonton area earlier this month.

Cattle market analyst Anne Wasko from Gateway Livestock says that's largely due to tariff uncertainties leading up to April 2nd. 

She notes despite that cattle prices in Western Canada have remained strong, hitting record highs across all classes of cattle with slaughter cow prices hitting another high last week.

The waning days of the federal election campaign saw voters turn out in record numbers for advance polls and party leaders attempt to poke holes in each others' platforms.

Elections Canada said in a news release Tuesday that the four days of advance polling between Friday and Monday set a new record for turnout, with 7.3 million people casting ballots early.

That's up 25 per cent from the 5.8 million people who took part in advance voting in the 2021 federal election.

Following a comprehensive investigation by Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation’s inspection and investigation section, the FALG program was suspended in February for Alberta’s largest cattle financing co-operative, alleging a number of financial mismanagement and regulatory issues.
 
As negotiations continue to reinstate the Feeders Association Loan Guarantee program to the Picture Butte Feeder Co-operative, the provincial cattle feeders association is making its feelings known.

The sequel to Mel Gibson's 2004 film, The Passion of the Christ, is set to begin filming in August, and Jim Caviezel has been going to C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters to prepare to reprise the role of Jesus. 

The Resurrection of Christ is scheduled to be released in 2026, more than 20 years after the original.