Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Candidates and council meetings
Editor:
First I would like to issue a challenge to all residents of Morinville – get out and vote on September 20th for a councillor!… […]
Month: August 2012
Morinville News
Property crime and collisions on the increase
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – RCMP Staff Sergeant Mac Richards presented a policing report covering the first half of 2012 to Morinville Town Council Aug, 28, outlining the ups and downs of crime in the community… […]
Legal
Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools elect new board chair and vice-chair
Submitted
St. Albert – Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools held their Organizational Meeting of the Board Aug. 27 where returning trustees elected the Board Chair and Vice‐Chair for the 2012 – 2013 school year… […]
Morinville News
Second quarter sees low visit-to-ticket ratio
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Town’s Community Peace Officers (CPO) issued 18 tickets in 398 bylaw calls between April and June of this year. Administration presented the community’s second quarter report during the Aug. 28 Council meeting, Council’s first scheduled meeting since June… […]
Morinville News
Speeding tickets halved but councillors still upset with photo radar practices
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The second quarter of 2012 saw a decrease of nearly 1,000 fewer speeding tickets issued than in the same quarter of 2011. .. […]
Morinville News
Joint training centre on horizon for Morinville Fire Department
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Council has given thumbs up on the first step necessary to establish a Fire Training Facility on East Boundary Road. Councillors voted unanimously Tuesday night in favour of allowing the Morinville Fire Department to enter into a joint use agreement with their St. Albert counterparts. Both departments will contribute equally towards the estimated $25,000 for the first two phases of the project… […]
Morinville News
Bylaw seeks to establish pecking order for Community Peace Officers
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Community Police Officers (CPO) working in Morinville could soon come with a pecking order. Council gave two of three readings to a new bylaw that establishes the rank of Sergeant and adds supervisory duties to the rank. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: 22-days to decide
A week into the bi-election campaign, if one can truly call it a campaign, and we are faced with picking one of six candidates to fill one seat for one year and one month. While it is certain the province will make municipal terms four year terms by the next election, we understand Minister Griffith does not have the authority to… […]
Local News
Wednesday print edition
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is 32 pages of our regular round up of local relevant news plus full profiles… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Joe Morinville Award Winners
Well just as Morinvillians are getting set to fi gure out which if any of these Council wannabes they are going to elect into offi ce, our own polls on more important stuff like eating and drinking coffee closed…. […]
Morinville News
Noon collision sends three to hospital
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – A Tuesday morning collision on 100 Avenue and 107 Street between a car and an SUV sent three to hospital, police report. The collision occurred in front of the Shell gas station on 100 Avenue when a car turning east off 107 Street and an SUV turning off 100 Avenue into the service station collided… […]
Morinville News
Charges laid in Morinville town house vandalism
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Charges have been laid against a Morinville man in relation to approximately $20,000 in vandalism to a town house construction site on 101 Avenue. Twenty-one-year-old Iain James Marsh of Morinville was charged Tuesday with one count of resisting arrest, one count of mischief over $5,000, and one charge of break and enter… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Clarifying The Morinville Community Gardens
Morinville Centennial Community Gardens has been a successful sustainable living initiative. After our first growing season using space behind the Morinville United Church (to grow fruits, vegetables and community spirit), we were thrilled that the Town worked with us to redesign the land at Champlain Park. Our group has received generous support from businesses… […]
Local Sports
Jets prepping for bigger season
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville Jets delivered their most successful season in more than three decades last season, finishing at the top of their division in the Capital Junior Hockey League and going on to playoff semi-finals. This year the club is looking to go farther…. […]
Morinville News
RCMP looking for bike-riding stabbing suspect
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – An early morning stroll home from the pub resulted in a stab wound for a 29-year-old Morinville man.
RCMP report a woman and two men were walking home from Rednex Bar Saturday morning when they were approached my three males riding BMX-style bikes. An altercation ensued and the bar patrons were allegedly attacked by the three bike riders. The incident took place around 3:15 a.m… […]
Local News
The weekend in photos
Costume party
From left: Morinville Community Library Summer Reading Program coordinator Alyssa Turnbull sits alongside Willow Cooper (6) and Amy Begg (5) during the program’s wrap up party Friday afternoon. This year’s … […]