Local News
Our Morinville: The Week in Photos
Here are some of the photos we were sent this week by local photographers. You can send your shots to editor@morinvillenews.com […]
Local News
Morinville Youth Basketball planning summer camps
Although current restrictions limit youth sports, the Morinville Youth Basketball Association plans a series of basketball camps for this July. MYBA will run full and half-day camps for children and evening programs for advanced high school athletes. […]
Arts & Culture
Morinville author Riley Quinn releasing third book in the Lost Boys trilogy
Morinville Online’s Stephen Dafoe spoke to author Riley Quinn about the latest book in the Lost Boys series, The Dark. […]
Local News
Letter: Local Businesses pick their first Community Champion
Margaret was nominated for her work at the Morinville Community Library. Margaret has gone above and beyond to ensure that the community’s youth feel seen, respected and connected throughout the pandemic. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Opinion: O’Toole’s carbon taxes would come with big costs for families
“Filling up a minivan once a week and a pickup truck twice a month will cost a family more than $1,700 per year.” – Franco Terrazzano […]
Crime & Police
Redwater RCMP respond to firearms complaint related death
Upon arriving on scene, RCMP located a deceased female and a severely injured male who was transported via ambulance to a hospital where he remains. […]
Columns
Opinion: Bill C-10 opens the door for regulating government accountability
Translation: Bill C-10 could put online content from news outlets, independent media and ordinary Canadians on social media under the microscope of unelected CRTC bureaucrats. […]
Crime & Police
St. Albert RCMP Assist St. Albert Fire Services with Structure Fire at Citadel Mews
On May 6, 2021, at approximately 8:00 p.m. St. Albert RCMP received a call to assist St. Albert Fire Services with a structure fire at the Citadel Mews. Members responded and assisted with evacuating residents and blocking off roadways. […]
COVID-19
NDP say restrictions undermine people’s ability to plan
The NDP is calling Jason Kenney’s new COViD-19 restrictions confusing and say they leave Albertans with more questions than answers. […]
COVID-19
Alberta opening vaccine appointments to all Albertans 12 and over
Sixteen hours after announcing tougher restrictions and penalties, Premier Jason Kenney announced that all Albertans aged 12 and older will be eligible to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments effective May 10. […]
Local News
Sturgeon County spending $4.4 million on roads and drainage
On April 27, Sturgeon County Council approved an additional $4.4 million to repair, reconstruct and maintain several local roadways and address a number of key drainage issues. […]
COVID-19
Kenney announces stricter restrictions and stiffer fines
Premier Jason Kenney announced a slate of stiffer restrictions Tuesday evening, some commencing immediately, others beginning over the coming days. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Alberta Covid weather forecast for May 4th, 2021
Ninety per cent chance of further restrictions this afternoon, with a 60% chance of losing your ability to get a haircut by midnight, and a 10% chance of an essential services drought by Friday, depending on today’s case count. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: re funding childcare and the Kenney government concern with the federal plan
Kenney is wise to hesitate about the federal childcare plan. It is costly but even if the money is doable, is tilted to only one care style- daycare. It is not really universal and not even accurately labelled childcare since it ignores parent at home, grandma, sitter, nanny, parents who tag-team, work-at-home parents. […]
Columns
Guest Column: God’s 5 Cent Nickel?
In 1939 I was 5-years-old, sent from Edmonton with my three older brothers to live on a farm near Morinville owned by my widowed Grandmother Ida Gibeault and managed by her 17-year-old son, our Uncle Ivan Gibeault. It was depression and wartime. […]
Local News
Our Morinville: The Week in Photos
Last week was another great week for reader photos. Here are some of the shots we received from local photographers last week. […]