Columns
National Column: Ford threatens federal plans
The prospect that Doug Ford could be in charge of Canada’s largest province by July 1 is bad news for the three main federal leaders.
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PCs
Columns
National Column: Orange wave crushes Tories
Voters in Alberta made history Tuesday night – and they sealed it with an exclamation point.
Rachel Notley and her New Democrats secured a majority victory in an election that was supposed to be a stroll in the park for a powerful Progressive Conservative dynasty that had all but swallowed up its opposition in the province.
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Legal
Students vote for the candidates
Morinville Public School Grade 6 teacher Tara Hodgson said her students have been researching and following the election campaign closely for the past three weeks, part of their learning about democracy in Social Studies. She felt it would be a good idea to carry through with a mock election. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: We give them an A for effort
Three politicians walk into an election with varying degrees of preparation. The incumbent has the advantage of knowing when the election will be called. The other two know it will be called, think they know when it will be called, and then have to scramble when it is actually called. […]
Columns
Column: Joe Morinville
Read there was only 150 what turned up for the All-Candidates Forum the Chamber and the Rotary Club put on with the Teachers’ Unions. I did a little search on the last forum that was put on by this rag and seen there was “approximately 400” came out to that one in 2012. […]
Local News
Kubinec talks budget in Morinville
by Lucie Roy Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA and Minister of Culture and Tourism, The Honourable Maureen Kubinec made a presentation on the […]
Local News
Prentice makes campaign stop for Morinville PCs
by Tristan Turner
Alberta PC leadership candidate and former bank executive Jim Prentice spoke to PC supporters, local councillors and journalists Aug. 18 during a campaign stop at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. Prentice gave a speech in support of his candidacy, identifying points in his platform and his history as a federal minister. He also took time to respond to questions from attendees… […]
Editorial & Opinion
MLA Column – Changes made to Farm Fuel Benefit Program
BY Maureen Kubinec
MLA Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock
On March 7, our government tabled a budget that includes some tough measures to address our province’s current fiscal situation.
One of those measures is the removal of the Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance portion of the Alberta Farm Fuel Benefit Program. The 6-cent-per-litre Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance, which was unique to Alberta… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column – Progressive View: Revenue Bubble
With the provincial budget imminently on its way, I’ve began to take stock about the economic and social realities of Alberta today, and what I hope to see in the years to come. … […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: A few Wildroses in a sea of blue
It was interesting to watch one of the vacuous TV talking heads announce with complete seriousness Monday night that there were no real surprises in the PC majority. Of course many of us were quite surprised given the vast number… […]
Local News
Moral issues a concern for voters
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Monday night’s all Candidates Forum resulted in a number of questions being asked of candidates (particularly the Wildrose’s Link Byfield) regarding moral and social issues.
The Wildrose Party has drawn fire in media and social media circles for some of its candidates’ past views on topics ranging from abortion to gay marriage. Recently Wildrose candidate Allan Hunsperger, a Christian pastor… […]
Morinville News
All Candidates Forum draws area voters
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock candidates looking to occupy the seat made empty by retiring long-term MLA Ken Kowalski made their pitches to Morinville and area voters Monday night. Five provincial election candidates took to the podium to try and sway the approximately 400 voters in attendance with their policies, platforms and answers to voter questions… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: Clayton speaking: Which flavour are you going to choose?
By Clayton Rosaasen
With summer peering around the corner, not quite here yet, evidenced in the recent snow dump, but certainly coming, one can picture a group of youngsters looking at the ice cream menu trying to figure out what flavour to make a mess with. Now making a mess may be the operative word in more ways than one as you finish this column… […]
Morinville News
Kubinec ready to run for PCs
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Recently nominated Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock PC candidate Maureen Kubinec has been making preparations for the provincial election; her campaign office in downtown Morinville opened just prior to the writ being dropped Mar. 26, and she’s spent the past couple of weeks making the rounds in Morinville… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Re $870,000 is a lot of money
Editor:
Amongst the many political issues exciting our province, one concerns MLA and cabinet pay.
A controversy has erupted with the disclosure that an all-party Legislature committee – the 21-member Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections – has not met for years, yet every member has been paid $12,000 a year for their “service.”.. […]
Province
Kowalski to step down in spring
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Barrhead – Citing a need to take back his personal life, Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Ken Kowalski announced Friday morning he would not seek re-election in the next election. With that decision comes the end of Kowalski’s 33 years as an elected official… […]