Local Sports
MCHS Jr. Girls are 4J Zone Champs
The MCHS Jr High team travelled to Drayton Valley on Wednesday November 15th and after a slow start in pool play the Wolves battled their way to the top. […]
Local News
Soldiers and Oilers Alumni to face off in hockey game to support wounded troops and families
The Seventh Annual Heroes Hockey Challenge (HHC), a series of annual charitable hockey fundraising events taking place in communities across Canada with various National Hockey League (NHL) alumni teams and celebrities, is underway. […]
Province
Government says School Act amendments will improve student success
The Government of Alberta says new legislation would ensure students and communities benefit from more consistent and clear rules in the education system. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: And that’s a wrap
Above: Our final print edition was sent to Morinville and area homes today, marking a completion of seven full years […]
Business
Municipalities get relief on uncollectable tax
Municipalities collect education property taxes on behalf of the province through their municipal property tax system. Oil and gas facilities are taxed until there is an abandoned status on the records of the Alberta Energy Regulator. Once abandoned, no assessment is prepared. This government says this process can take several years during which the municipality is required to remit education property tax. […]
Columns
National Column: Trudeau talks progressive but lacks needed action
by Thomas Walkom Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government talks a good game – particularly in the areas of human rights and […]
Arts & Culture
Morinville Library’s Silent Auction runs through festival weekend
The Morinville Community Library will soon be setting up tables in the program room and throughout the library to showcase the many items up for bid during the library’s upcoming Silent Auction Nov. 21 to 25. […]
Arts & Culture
Morinville Museum hosting new travelling art exhibit
When We Were Young is a new travelling exhibit on loan to the Musée Morinville Museum and on display until Dec. 6. […]
National News
Alberta bolstering drug-impaired driving laws
The Government of Alberta is proposing new legislation to deter impaired driving and improve safety on the province’s roads. […]
Province
Infectious syphilis and gonorrhea on the rise in Alberta
In the face of what the government calls continued outbreak levels of infectious syphilis and gonorrhea, Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services (AHS) are working together to raise awareness about the importance of safe-sex practices and regular STI testing. That awareness includes continued universal syphilis screening for all pregnant women. […]
Business
Chamber Gala later this month
The Morinville & District Chamber of Commerce will be celebrating seven decades of business and highlighting their 70th anniversary with a formal gala evening Nov. 30 at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. […]
Business
New Faces at the AIHA board table
Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA), a cooperative of Lamont County, Strathcona County, Sturgeon County, and the Cities of Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan that promotes sustainable industrial development in the Heartland region welcomed two new board members last week. The organization also saw the transfer of Chairmanship from the City of Edmonton to the City of Fort Saskatchewan. […]
Province
Government encouraging conversations to prevent bullying
Bullying Awareness Week runs Nov. 12 -18 and the province is encouraging Albertans to help prevent bullying at school, work and elsewhere. […]
Arts & Culture
Town ready to get lit
Nominations are being sought by the Town of Morinville to determine who has the home with the most community Christmas spirit. […]
Columns
National Column: Reworked TPP could be trade deal of the future
In Canada, all eyes are on Donald Trump and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Will the mercurial U.S. president sandbag the deal? Or is his hard line just a negotiating ploy?
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Columns
National Column: Trudeau should add killer Duterte to sanctions list
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has used its so-called Magnitsky Act to impose sanctions on Russian and Venezuelan leaders accused of human rights violations. Politically, that’s easy.
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