Local News

MFGA hosts awards night

The Morinville Fish & Game Association (MFGA) Big Game Awards were presented on Friday night. In previous years, the annual awards were part of the association’s annual Brag Night Wild Game Supper. MFGA Trophy Chair Don McLaughlin said the new format is to honour individuals who harvested animals over the past year and entered them for award consideration. […]

Regional News

Sturgeon County recognized for $500,000 plus in donations to STARS

Sturgeon County’s logo will soon have its logo on one of STARS new H145 helicopters. The recognition is in honour of the County having reached a milestone of more than $500,000 in support to STARS. Since the supportive relationship began in 2006, Sturgeon County has contributed $550,234 to STARS to help protect its communities and citizens. […]

Business

Less than 1% of the $22B in federal carbon tax revenues have been returned to small businesses, CFIB says

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling on the federal government to reconsider the federal carbon pricing backstop. Despite collecting billions in carbon tax revenues, the federal government has returned less than 1% of promised proceeds to small businesses while planning to increase the tax by 23 per cent to $65 per tonne on Apr. 1.  […]