Local News

Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools recognized for health efforts

Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools received provincial honours from The Ever Active Schools organization at its annual convention last weekend. The District received the School District Wellness Champions Award of Distinction for the organization’s Healthy Schools, Healthy Learners initiative. […]

Arts & Culture

Martinis and blues to unite for a great night

Great food, great music and martinis are the recipes being cooked up by local chef Doug Adsit and musician Paul Smith. The first of a proposed series of regional cuisine and entertainment nights, Martinis and Blues takes place at Smith Music Feb. 28 and will feature an authentic Louisiana buffet, traditional blues music and martinis. […]

Local News

Winter Walk Day taking back our outdoors

Recreation Coordinator Melonie Dziwenka is hoping residents will join her for a winter’s walk during the lunch hour this Wednesday, which is Winter Walk Day, part of the province’s ChooseWell initiative. […]

Arts & Culture

Morinville actor takes lead in Big Fish

It’s been a couple years since Rory Turner performed in a play at Morinville Community High School, but the Grant MacEwan University Theatre student’s passion for the arts is as large as it ever was. In his second year at MacEwan, Turner has landed the lead in Big Fish, running Feb. 4 to 14 at the John L. Haar Theatre, Centre for the Arts and Communications Campus at the school. […]

Local News

Council passes new Automated Traffic Enforcement Policy for Morinville

Nine months after residents voted to keep or remove automated traffic enforcement, and after an hour of debate, Council unanimously approved a new policy on the operation of the technology within town limits. The policy was developed to clarify elements of the automated enforcement program and to place focus on the role the initiative has in public safety rather than revenue generation… […]

Legal

Town and County want you to get off the Internet

More children can play a computer by the age of five than can ride a bike. By the time a high school student graduates, they will have spent more time looking at screens than attending class, playing sports and talking with friends combined. […]