Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Like Father, Like Son: Justin Trudeau Places Canada in Permanent Deficit
There are many things to say about the Liberal’s most recent Budget 2018 and few of them are good. During […]
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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Columns
National Column: Are laws needed to keep pets off the dinner table
Should people be allowed to eat their pets? It’s a question that has come to the fore after the Vancouver Island owners of a pot-bellied pig named Molly recently butchered and ate her.
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Columns
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. […]
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. […]
Local Sports
Morinville Sports Shorts
by Morinville News Staff MCHS JV Girls take zones The MCHS JV Girls took gold at zones over the weekend, […]
Columns
National Column: Morneau’s unwise decision to backtrack pharmacare
That was a fast retreat.
On Tuesday, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced plans to implement a national pharmacare system. But a day later, Morneau revealed that whatever he’s planning, it is not pharmacare.
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Arts & Culture
ACFA gets $23,000 CIP grant
On Thursday night Glenn van Dijken, MLA Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock Constituency spoke on the Franco-Albertan flag and on the new significance this year as a Symbol of Distinction under the Emblems of Alberta Act, an outcome of Alberta’s first and historic French Policy, announced last year. […]
Arts & Culture
Coming Up Around Town
Town Information Click the ad to download PDF Chamber Chatter Events and Activities Coming Events Thursday, March 8 Thursday, March […]
Local News
Curling Club receives almost $120K from province
The Morinville Curling Club was the recipient of a $119,283 Community Facility Enhancement Program grant from Alberta Culture and Tourism. […]
Local News
Council approves third read of budget after slashing tax increase from 6% to .07%
Council has approved the third and final reading of their 2018 budget after a nearly four-hour long meeting dealing mostly with amendments to the budget. […]
Arts & Culture
Province and town celebrate French culture
The Alberta government has proclaimed March as Alberta Francophonie Month in the province, complimenting the annual Rendez-vous de la Francophonie celebrations taking place across Canada from March 1-21.
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Editorial & Opinion
Letter: History Committee creates Morinville Quiz – $100 prize on offer
The Volume 4 (for) History Committee and French Association, Centralta region- ACFA created a short 10-question multiple choice quiz testing your knowledge of Morinville.
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Columns
National Column: Is orange the new red for PM’s Liberals?
Connect the dots between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s India adventure and Tuesday’s budget and what you find is what was meant to be a pre-emptive one-two punch against the NDP.
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