Columns
Column: Charm offensive may not work
When last I visited our august Upper Chamber, senators were raging against impending exile, invective was being flung beneath the […]
Month: December 2014
Arts & Culture
Ambitious Grease: The Musical lives up to its stage reputation
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville Community High School actors spent the fall putting in plenty of hours rehearsing the school’s annual Christmas season play, a necessary investment given the school took on one of its most ambitious productions to date – Grease: the Musical. […]
Local News
Town defends snow removal process
by Colin Smith
A major snowstorm like the one that hit the Morinville last week makes a mess of the roads and streets. It also generates complaints like the one received by the Morinville News from a resident living near Notre Dame School, who noted the snow had not been removed from his street by mid-Sunday morning… […]
Columns
Column: Canadians left guessing about probe into Ottawa attack
On a Sunday evening, four days after the storming of Parliament Hill, the RCMP provided an unsolicited and detailed update, telling us it had “identified persuasive evidence that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau’s attack was driven by ideological and political motives.”… […]
Columns
Column: Harper softens edge in bid for re-election
No one would describe Stephen Harper as a gambler. This prime minister is usually disinclined to roll the dice unless […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: High School students offer opinion on TFW program
We are grade 12 students currently enrolled in Social Studies 30-1 at Morinville Community High School in Morinville, Alberta. Our […]
Local News
Dec. 3 Print Edition download
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday, and in 1400 mailboxes Wednesday. … […]
Editorial & Opinion
The results are in from our annual reader poll
Over the past week, we asked our online readers what sections of our publication were most important to them…. […]
Business
Federal government opens summer job funding
by Morinville News Staff
Employers are being invited to apply for Canada Summer Jobs funding through the Canada Summer Jobs program to help create student jobs. Funding will be available to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses… […]
Local News
Open house to address Town’s plan for arena and rec facility
by Colin Smith
An upcoming open house will give Morinville and area residents a chance to find out more about a proposed new regional multi-use recreation centre.
The Dec. 11 open house will provide a recap of all of the input that has been compiled so far from the previous open… […]
Columns
Healthy Routes: Staying Healthy for the Holidays
by Glady Kublik – Neighbors Vitamin Shop
The Christmas Holiday season is not far away and everyone is busy preparing for family gatherings, workplace parties and numerous social functions. With the hustle and bustle starting earlier every year, it seems we are totally worn out by the time Christmas comes and susceptible to every virus we come in contact with. There are many ways to protect and support our immune system to keep us healthy for the holidays and the rest of the winter also… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: Patience is a virtue
Editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba’s commentary on modern impatience (shown above) is funny because it is a reflection of just how impatient we have become as a society. As the comedian Louis CK observed: We live in a science fiction age and still no one is happy… […]
Columns
Column: Harper’s pledge of transparency slowly fading
by Tim Harper There was always less than met the eye in Stephen Harper’s use of a parliamentary committee to […]