Columns

Column: Council ends session with a record of inconsistency

Council is wrapping up their term for the summer. They’re cleaning their lockers, recycling the old looseleaf paper they kept in their ratty binders. They’ve said goodbye to the teacher – or in their case, their former CAO. They’re ready to grill on the BBQ and catch some rays. What record have they left behind in the wake of their most recent session? […]

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Local News

Council has 18-minute meeting to close out summer session

Council had the shortest meeting of their term so far this week following a round of brief reports and motions to rescind a few redundant bylaws that were largely formalities. In total, the meeting took just over 18 minutes before adjournment. […]

Morinville News

Hetherington new 3rd Canadian Division and JTFW commander

Brigadier-General Simon Hetherington was appointed Commander, 3rd Canadian Division (3 Cdn Div) and Joint Task Force West (JTFW) at a change of command ceremony held July 11 at 3rd Canadian Division Support Base Edmonton. […]

Columns

National Column: Pride proud to not single out groups

Toronto’s Pride parade prides itself on never shouting down – or shutting down – participants.

That may be news to the Toronto chapter of Black Lives Matter, which rained on this month’s parade when it ransomed the event. But it’s an important distinction, the difference between protest tactics and parade principles. […]

Columns

National Column: Canada’s return to NATO’s front line has air of familiarity to it

And so Canadian soldiers are heading back to Europe.

Times change and the world, despite a steady drumbeat of appalling headlines, is safer for us than for our parents. So the deployment of 450 Canadian Forces troops to Latvia won’t be nearly as formidable as the deployment to West Germany – often more than 10 times larger – that was Canada’s defining military commitment for 42 years through the Cold War. […]

Province

Province hopes new programs will create jobs

The provincial government is hoping two new royalty programs will encourage oil and gas producers to explore new areas, boost production, and keep Albertans working while getting others back to work. […]

Local News

Around the Town

A trio of Bluejays found the food in Linda Lyons’ bird feeder too much to resist on Friday. She sent us this great shot of the rare alignment of three Jays at her feeder […]

Local News

Student shaves head for a friend and a cause

A Grade 2 Morinville Public School student, moved by the illness of a fellow student and ringette player, decided to do something to be supportive. Seven-and-a-half-year-old Talia Segreto decided to cut her more than 12 inches of blonde hair off in support of Kylee Houle, diagnosed with Anaplastic Large Cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma In April. […]