Morinville News

Government launches pilot program for visitor services

Reliable and easy-to-access visitor and tourism information is the motivation behind a government pilot project announced Thursday morning.

The new Visitor Services Innovation Fund, launched by Culture and Tourism, will provide grants up to $7,000 to individual organizations providing visitor services and up to $16,000 to those partnering to develop new ways to connect with more tourists in the province. […]

Business

STEP program returns for 2017

The Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP) application process kicked off Friday for Alberta employers looking to hire students for summer 2017.

The program provides eligible Alberta employers with funding to hire summer students. Under the program, employers receive a $7-per-hour wage subsidy to provide students with work experience from May to August.
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Province

Door-to-door energy sales banned in the new year

Albertans will ring in the New Year with fewer ringing door bells. Starting Jan. 1, 2017, Alberta will prohibit the unsolicited door-to-door selling of energy products to protect people from what the government says is misleading, high-pressure sales practices. […]

Local News

Province restores rural road funding

The province says its new Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program (STIP) program better meets municipality’s needs. The Government of Alberta has restored funding to STIP as part of its $34.8-billion Capital Plan. […]

Province

Province supports student mental health

College and university students returning to classes across Alberta this fall will continue to have access to mental health services on campus, the province reported Thursday morning.
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Province

Province says it’s strengthening independent environmental monitoring and science program

The government is tabling Bill 18, An Act to Ensure Independent Environmental Monitoring, an Act it says would officially move the environmental monitoring, evaluation and reporting functions that were once led by the Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) back into the government fold. […]

Province

Province moves forward on Mental Health Review

Creating new addiction treatment beds is among several immediate actions the province is taking in response to the Valuing Mental Health report, which is now available on the Alberta Health website. […]