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Council gives First Reading to water, sewer and waste bylaws

Water and Sewer Rates Unchanged for 2014

Council gave First Reading to both the Town’s Water and Sewer Bylaws, which set the fee schedules for both services. Should Council pass Second and Third Reading without amending the bylaw, residents and businesses in Morinville will essentially see no rate increases on either their water or sewer bills…. […]

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Council passes First Reading of Budget

by Calli Stromner

Morinville – The Town’s 2014 Operating and Capital Budget is one step closer to being approved after Council unanimously gave First Reading to it Feb. 11. Taxes for both residential and non-residential properties are slated to increase by 4 per cent over 2013 rates, even with a modest 2 per cent proposed increase in overall assessment values. Under the proposed 4 per cent increase, the average homeowner can expect to pay an additional $75 based on an average home valued at $300,000… […]

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Local News

Our Morinville – Valentine’s Edition

Our Morinville is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Our Feb. 5 and 12 editions took a little different approach to community life in honour of Valentine’s Day…. […]

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Local News

Feb. 12 Print Edition Download

Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, and in rural mailboxes Wednesday as well… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: Joe Morinville

Publisher phoned me Sunday to remind me my column was late and that I had two hours to write it or he was gonna run something else instead. So this column is a little rushed and all over the place… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: The Curmudgeon’s Commentary

by Stephen Dafoe

Technology is an essential part of the news business today, particularly for those of us who are involved in providing daily online news. There are the interviews to record, the endless emails to answer, the photos to take… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: The Wheelbarrow Gardener

submitted by Valerie Loseth, The Wheelbarrow Gardener

With the recent warm temperatures and the increasing amount of daylight hours, those of us with a green hue to our thumbs are itching to get back into the garden. We long to feel the dirt under our fingernails and the sun on the back of our necks. We have probably looked at a seed catalogue… […]

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Arts & Culture

Local dancers selected to perform with Ballet Jörgen

by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Eight Morinville dancers will take to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre’s stage Valentine’s Day to perform in Ballet Jörgen’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Morinville Dance Connections students… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Progressive Views: Government insults veterans

by Tristan Turner

Veterans Affairs has closed nine of their service offices across Canada in a move that Minister Julian Fantino says will ensure that veterans have “support in the communities where they live.”… […]

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Morinville News

CRB committee selects chair

by Morinville News Staff

Edmonton – Beaumont Mayor Camille Berube was elected to a two-year term as Chair of the Capital Region Board’s (CRB) Governance, Priorities and Finance Committee Monday in a secret ballot at the Committee’s inaugural meeting Monday. Councillor Phyllis Kobasiuk of Parkland County was elected as Vice Chair at the same meeting. The CRB represents 24 municipalities in Alberta’s Capital Region, including Morinville and Sturgeon County… […]

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Local News

Police briefs

Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch released crime statistics for the month of January in an email to members Monday afternoon. According to the watchdog organization, the first month of 2014 saw RCMP responding to three break-and-enters…. […]

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Morinville News

Police say distracted driving increasing carnage on Alberta’s highways

by Morinville News Staff

Edmonton – Crotches Kill is the message RCMP and their traffic safety partners have been putting out in February as part of their focus on distracted driving. Online advertising, billboards and radio ads have been playing off the fact many motorists are still texting with their phones hidden in their laps. The campaign encourages motorists to keep both hands on the wheel and both eyes on the road… […]

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Local Sports

Morinville Jets ready for playoffs

by Stephen Dafoe

Edmonton – The Morinville Jets ended the regular season Sunday night with a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Mustangs, the third-ranked team in the Capital Junior Hockey League’s West Division. The Jets ended the first period tied 1-1 with the Mustangs, but fell by two in the middle frame to end the period trailing 3-1. The final period gave an extra goal to each team but did little to reverse the Jets’ fortunes… […]

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Local News

Morinville woman recognized for volunteer efforts

by Lucie Roy

Edmonton – A local woman is being heralded an ambassador of Francophone Sport in the province for track record of volunteerism with the Alberta Francophone Games (JFA). Monique Lavallee of Morinville received the Alberta Francophone Sport Ambassador award during the Federation of Francophone Alberta Sport (SSAB) General Annual meeting held at Cite Francophone in Edmonton Feb. 5. .. […]

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Morinville Sports Report

Scholarship honours memory of former Morinville Jet captain

The Morinville Jets final home game of the season started in a solemn fashion Friday night with the presentation of the Nick McRae Memorial Scholarship to Cameron Melville. The award is given to a player apprenticing in a trade as the late Jet Captain did… […]