“My problem is it’s been nearly a year since the election and I still don’t know about 90 of these people,” I said to a veteran Liberal MP as his colleagues filed out of a hotel ballroom in Saguenay, north of Quebec City. […]
Daniel Gervais (right) of Edmonton placed 1st in the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Competition held Saturday at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. The Edmonton fiddler received a trophy and $3500. Gervais also won the People’s Choice Award, sponsored by Calvin Vollrath. […]
Dear Editor: This is a warning for anyone who walks along the railroad tracks with their dogs to get to […]
Ten months after losing the federal election, former Prime Minister Stephen Harper resigned his Calgary Heritage MP seat in the House of Commons and retired from politics.
Interim Conservative Leader and Spruce Grove-Parkland MP Rona Ambrose issued some parting comments for Harper (57). […]
In the garden of electoral reform, mandatory voting is a low-hanging fruit
that all parties seem content – for now – to leave on the branch. […]
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says Alberta small business confidence stuck in neutral, and that the Government’s first quarter fiscal update offers an opportunity to refine its budget plan. […]
Peter MacArthur took these photos of a female Merlin on his backyard fence. “Merlins like to eat sparrows,” writes his wife Barbara. “By pure coincidence, there were no sparrows today.” […]
In the bad old days of the Soviet Union, Western intelligence agencies used to grab at the tiniest details to figure out, in the absence of reliable information, who was up or down in Moscow. Seating orders on reviewing stands at May Day parades. The placement of articles in Pravda. Musical choices on state radio. Any scrap or tidbit.
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After the 24-hour waiting period following the Aug. 22 nomination close, Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools have six candidates running for the Ward 1 position left vacant by retiring long-time Trustee Dave Caron. […]
Gilbert (Gib) Boddez was born and raised in Riviere Qui Barre (RQB) in a family of six – two boys and four girls.
His parents Andre Boddez and Mathilda Belanger married In November of 1939 at St. Peter’s Church in Villeneuve. Gilbert was the first son, born in In March of 1941, and was followed by siblings Andrea, Simonne, Gordon, Lena, and Doreen. […]
The appointment Friday of a rookie minister to the pivotal parliamentary function of government House leader is the clearest possible signal that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals expect mostly clear sailing in the Commons this fall. […]
Five years on, what would Jack Layton make of the Canadian political landscape and the gloomy state of the party he led to unprecedented heights before his premature death? […]
The Morinville RCMP reported Monday afternoon that they were advised the 36-year-old male driver of the motorcycle involved in the collision on Aug. 19 succumbed to his injuries in hospital Aug. 21. […]
Getting into swimming lessons at St. Albert’s Fountain Park Pool may have become slightly more difficult for those living in Morinville. […]
by Stephen Dafoe A short time ago in a library not far, far away, a summer reading program wrapped up […]
Summer ends for the Liberals this weekend. On Sunday and Monday, the cabinet meets in Sudbury for a two-day retreat. Thursday and Friday the full Liberal caucus will be in Saguenay, north of Quebec City, for two days of meetings to prepare for the autumn sitting of Parliament. Four days after that, Justin Trudeau leaves for eight days in China, a trip his office views as a high priority. […]
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