Local News

Week in photos

Linda Lyons sent us this shot of a singing red finch at her feeder. Tam Andersen from Prairie Gardens preparing […]

Columns

National Column: Canada veered from Hurtig’s vision

Edmonton publisher Mel Hurtig, one of the lions of Canadian nationalism and a true gentleman, died on Wednesday at 84. It is awful news, but it is conspicuous in its timing. As the lurid pageant of the U.S. presidential election plays out, I don’t recall it ever being clearer than it has been this summer that whatever Canada is, it ain’t the United States. […]

Local News

Division 3 Councillor Bokenfohr appointed to FCM

Sturgeon County Division 3 Councillor Wayne Bokenfohr will be adding to his duties and representing the County federally after being appointed to six Federation of Canadian Municipalities committees. […]

Local News

Tick bite tips for pets

Above: One-year-old English Bulldog, Fynn, was bitten by a tick earlier this year. Fynn’s owner, Morinville resident Jenna Schriver, says […]

Columns

National Column: Cabinet hell-bent on your input

Canada must be a nation of innovators. “684 ideas for #CdnInnovation,” Navdeep Bains, the federal minister for innovation, science and economic development, wrote on Twitter on Monday. “Have you submitted yours yet?” […]

Morinville News

Legislation kicks in to drop payday loan rates

Alberta now has the lowest payday lending rate in Canada; the government announced Tuesday.

A payday loan is a loan of $1,500 or less with a term of 62 days or less. There are more than 30 payday loan companies with some 220 branches in Alberta. […]

Editorial & Opinion

Letter: EALT invite nature lovers to Boisvert’s GreenWoods

The Edmonton and Area Land Trust (EALT) is pleased to welcome you to visit Boisvert’s GreenWoods, a local conservation site, approximately 13 kilometres north of Morinville. This beautiful 80-acre natural area is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including deer, moose, pileated woodpeckers and northern saw-whet owls. A short and easy to walk 1.5-km loop trail will take you past the dugout area and through the old poplar forest. […]