Local News
Talk of the Town
Letting things slide Adam Gnauck (above) and Christian Baty (below) take their turns on a giant slip ‘n’ slide during […]
Month: August 2016
Columns
National Column: The political cost of minister’s limo bill
As he announced he would reimburse all the money he charged Jane Philpott for limo service around Toronto, Reza Shirani of Executive Sedan Livery Service Inc. had a stern warning to newspaper columnists and other bottom-feeders. […]
Columns
Letter: Cultural Centre appreciative of Hip fans
Editor: I had plans Saturday evening to get up on stage and thank the many Tragically Hip fans that joined […]
Arts & Culture
Pokémon was a GO in the park – returns next weekend
The Morinville Festival Society held a Pokémon GO event in St. Jean Baptiste Park Saturday afternoon, not only drawing plenty of Pokémon but also those trying to catch them. The event, a fundraiser for the society, included a hot dog concession stand. […]
Local News
Highway 2 collision causes life-threatening injuries
A man was airlifted to hospital Friday afternoon after a collision on Highway 2.
Morinville RCMP and emergency services responded to a serious two motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck on Highway 2 near Township Road 564 in Sturgeon County around 4:45 p.m. Friday afternoon. […]
Arts & Culture
Summer Music in the Park wraps up another year
Summer Music in the Park came to a close Aug. 16 after three biweekly offerings of free music on a summer’s night.
County resident Jim Baker brought the series to Morinville’s St. Jean Baptiste Church grounds for the second year in a row, building on the success of the inaugural series in 2015. […]
Columns
How will PM tackle terror? Just watch him
So far on terrorism, Justin Trudeau is more or less the prime minister Stephen Harper told us he would be.
On the very day Trudeau became leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, in April 2013, he sat in Ottawa for an interview with Peter Mansbridge of the CBC. Two bombers had just detonated their home-brew contraptions at the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding hundreds. […]
Local News
Morinville Food Bank looking to fill bare shelves
There is a large swath of empty metal shelving where canned tomatoes and pasta sauce usually sit. The box of instant noodles, typically overflowing sits half empty. […]
Local News
The week in photos so far
Public Works out Monday building us horseshoe pits at Heritage Lake, part of the upgrades to the park planned for […]
Columns
National Column: Parties of Canada’s left, right bereft of proper leadership
by Chantal Hébert What do the federal New Democrats, the Alberta and federal Conservatives, and Quebec’s two main sovereigntist parties […]
Arts & Culture
Royal Alberta Museum reaches major construction milestone
Although it will not open until late next year, the federal and provincial governments are marking a significant milestone on the new Royal Alberta Museum, which began in downtown Edmonton in 2013, employing several thousand workers. […]
Province
Van Dijken motion on campaign spending defeated
The Wildrose are accusing the NDP MLAs of doubling down on their overhauling of election financing by defeating a Wildrose motion to level the playing field with election spending. […]
Columns
National Column: Canada’s stability shines in a “Sea of Troubles”
Stephen Harper used to call it the Sea of Troubles.
“Yes, Canada is doing relatively well,” Harper said at a campaign stop in St. John’s in 2011, as he began putting a historic thumping on Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals. […]
Columns
National Column: May hasn’t advanced fortunes of Greens
by Chantal Hébert Since her election as MP in 2011, Elizabeth May has been a force for good in what […]
Arts & Culture
Oh, those summer days are drifting away …
by Jennifer Lavallee Morinville News Correspondent You may have already noticed, but a quick glance at the calendar shows fall […]
Business
Fairy tales can come true
Frank Sinatra’s 1953 song Young at Heart is a fitting theme song for Blue Meadow Homes developer Bob Chauvet’s most recent venture. […]