Arts & Culture

Letter: First Nations and Metis art exhibit at the library

Morinville Community Library has gathered a collection of paintings, sculptures, beadwork, and textiles on loan from a variety of places including, the Town of Morinville, St. Albert Art Gallery, iHuman Youth Society, and local artists. […]

Columns

National Column: Trump proves Canada is unprepared for new world

The Trump tariff threat is a reminder of Canada’s free-trade dependency.

Free trade with the U.S. and Mexico was supposed to unambiguously benefit this country. And in some ways, it did. But by integrating our industries so seamlessly into the U.S. economy it also left us even more vulnerable to the whims of American politics. […]

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Local News

Police looking for those who do not buckle up

Alberta’s police, sheriffs and peace officers will be looking for motorists not wearing seatbelts this month as part of the province’s monthly traffic safety focus. February’s focus was on distracted driving. April’s focus will be on speeding. […]

People

Sturgeon Community Resource Network has moved

It was a little move in terms of distance but a big move in terms of providing resources last week for the Sturgeon Community Resource Network.

The Gibbons organization, which provides services throughout Sturgeon Company recently completed their move across the street to a much larger facility. […]

Local News

Morinville family looking for a new home after weekend fire

The children smile. It’s what you do when someone takes your photo. But parents Jonathan and Sandee Aviles’ faces more openly show the pain of the ordeal they have been through the past few days since their new rental home burned, destroying virtually everything they had built over the past seven years. […]

Columns

Column: Chamber Chatter

A quick reminder to attend our Monthly Networking Luncheon Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Our special guest speaker is Mayor Barry Turner. Come and learn what is new for Morinville. There will be a question and answer period.
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National Column: Federal sovereigntists drag PQ under water

In his final interview in 2015, the late Jacques Parizeau famously described the Parti Quebecois he once almost led to a historical referendum victory as a field of ruins. Make no mistake: the implosion this week of the Bloc Quebecois caucus is adding another layer of debris to an already littered field. […]

Arts & Culture

The Week in photos

Moving churches and moving Blizzards for a good cause were the top stories last week. Here is our look back at what you might have missed from The Morinville News. […]

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Local News

Staff Sergeant Dale Kendall gives last quarterly update to council

Dale Kendall, Morinville’s RCMP detachment head, gave her last formal presentation to council at their Feb. 27 meeting to present the Detachment’s quarterly report. Kendall announced that evening that she will be leaving the Morinville detachment in order to accept a senior advisory role at Edmonton’s K Division headquarters, a job that Kendall said, “You just don’t say no to.” […]

Local News

Council approves land for LAV III memorial site on rec centre grounds

The Morinville Rotary Club and veteran Jayson Wood received some good news from Council after they approved the use of a slice of Town land on their new recreation centre site to develop a new LAV III monument. The LAV or Light Armoured Vehicle is a popular vehicle that has been used by the Canadian military in many deployments globally and is familiar to many soldiers who deployed in Afghanistan. […]