By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – It’s been a tough go for the Morinville Jets of late. A series of injuries have plagued the club for several weeks, leaving the team short on strength and shorter on wins. The Jets were defeated 8-2 by the North Edmonton Red Wings Wednesday night, a club who prior to the contest was sitting at .500 hockey… […]
Colleen Turner donated blood for the 83rd time at the Community Blood Drive held at the Rendez-Vous Centre Nov. 27. Assisting at the Blood Drive was Knights of Columbus member Mike Dubas. The next blood drive will be held Jan. 29. – Lucie Roy Photo… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Citing what he sees as escalating expenses and diminishing financial reserves, Morinville ratepayer Paul O’Dea has called upon Council to order a Staffing Levels Assessment and Operations Efficiency Review to see if the community is getting the best bang for the buck. O’Dea’s appearance was his second in as many Council meetings… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Immediately after investing Mayor Paul Krauskopf with the chain of office Nov. 27, Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec offered up an update on the delayed Cardiff Road interchange… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Council was given the final price tag on the St. Germain Place renovations at the Nov. 27 meeting of Morinville Town Council. Construction costs, architectural and management fees, and other indirect costs totalled $4,222,647,26. That amount is $687,647,26 more than had been approved prior to Apr. 24 when Council agreed to increase funding for the project to $4.2 million… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A leaner 2013 budget passed second reading Nov. 27. After more than two hours of discussion and debate that shaved $300,000 off the $14.6 million budget, Council voted unanimously for second reading. Council will have at least two weeks to ponder further cuts before giving the document third and final reading.
Council gave first reading to the 2013 budget Oct. 23. As laid down at first reading Budget 2013 consisted of an $11 million operating budget combined with a proposed $3.6 million in capital projects. At that time, Chief Financial Officer Andy Isbister said ratepayers… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – While speeders passing by Morinville traffic education increased in the third quarter, tickets issued by Morinville’s automated traffic enforcement contractor were down by almost 75 per cent over the same period last year… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Community Peace Officers responded to 582 complaints between July and September. Sixty-nine provincial traffic tickets, 81 provincial traffic warnings, and a dozen bylaw tickets were issued during the quarter. […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Residents to pay more for water, sewer and waste in 2013
Council gave unanimous first reading to next year’s water, sewer, waste and recycling rates Nov. 27… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec presented Mayor Paul Krauskopf with the Chain of Office Tuesday night in a special ceremony prior to the start of the Nov. 27 Council meeting. Mayor Krauskopf was appointed and sworn in as Mayor of Morinville Nov. 13 after former Morinville Mayor Lloyd Bertschi submitted his letter of resignation… […]
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is 24 pages of our regular round up of local relevant news, including our coverage of the weekend’s Christmas festival… […]
Now that the weekend’s Light Up the Night Festival has officially kicked us into Christmas mode. It’s time for me to roll out my own Christmas wish list. I’m hoping Santa might be able to come through for me on a couple of them… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – St. Anne Council of the Knights of Columbus will be once again coordinating the annual Christmas Hamper Project on behalf of St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church and the Morinville Food Bank Society… […]
By Maureen Kubinec, MLA Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock Constituency
One of the regular talking points of the Official Opposition is to claim that after 41 years of Tory rule, the province of Alberta is some grim, dark, horrible place to live. It’s entirely untrue… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Lions Club members had a special visit from District 37 L District Governor Wanda Coates Monday night bringing the good news the district was ranked number one in North America during the first quarter of the International service club’s calendar year. Club members were praised for their hard work and dedication in the organization’s Campaign 1250 membership drive initiative… […]
I will state my bias up front, in that I have been a member of the Library Board on and off since 2006. In that time, I have seen a few people and things come and go in the Library. I felt that I just had to add a few comments for the people who were not able to attend the Grand Opening on Sunday [Nov. 25]… […]
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