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ELIZABETH AND ABIGAIL’S JOBS ARE AT RISK AS GOWEN STRENGTHENS TIES WITH THE RAILROAD, WHILE A NOTORIOUS GANG RETURNS TO HOPE VALLEY IN AN ALL-NEW EPISODE ‘WHEN CALLS THE HEART’ SUNDAY, MARCH 5, ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

STUDIO CITY, CA – March 7, 2017 – In “Change of Heart” premiering Sunday, March 12 (9 p.m. ET/PT), Abigail’s () tenure as mayor is threatened as Gowen (Martin Cummins) plots in the shadows to be reinstated. Ray Wyatt (Jeremy Guilbaut) promises Elizabeth () that the railroad will help the underfunded school but in a shocking turn of events, she ultimately finds her teaching position in jeopardy. Jack (Daniel Lissing) has a brief reunion with a younger Mountie (Anthony Konechny) he mentored at the Academy as he passes through town, while newcomer Carson Shepherd (Paul Greene) lands a job at the café after sustaining an injury sidelining him from railroad labor. Abigail and Frank’s (Mark Humphrey) relationship is still in limbo but Rosemary (Pascale Hutton) schemes with Cody (Carter Ryan Evancic) on a plan to get them back together. Not swayed after the stagecoach heist was thwarted by Bill (Jack Wagner), Jack and Frank, the Tate brothers return to Hope Valley with their sights set on carrying out a daring bank robbery. Hallmark Channel’s Original Primetime Series “When Calls the Heart” is a WCTH Season 4 Production in association with Television and Believe Pictures. Brad Krevoy, Robin Bernheim Burger, Brian Bird, Michael Landon, Jr., Susie Belzberg, Eric Jarboe, Michael Shepard and Jimmy Townsend are executive producers. Paul Jackson, Cynthia J. Cohen, Amanda Phillips Atkins, Lori Loughlin, Derek Thompson, Neill Fearnley, Peter DeLuise and Michael Rohl are co- executive producers. Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm serve as producers. Richard Manning, Charles Lazer, Simon Richardson and Shelley Matheson serve as supervising producers. Doran S. Chandler and Vince Balzano are associate producers. Neill Fearnley directed from a script by Cynthia J. Cohen & Paul Jackson. Based on the novel by Janette Oke.

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