Columns

National Column: Trudeau has plenty on his plate

Justin Trudeau would not be human if he had not wished the year-end news conference he gave on Monday on Parliament Hill to provide him – in the spirit of the upcoming holiday season – with an opportunity to celebrate the many missions he believes his government accomplished in 2016.
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Columns

National Column: Trump’s NAFTA gambit could take aim at medicare

Donald Trump has promised to renegotiate the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Don’t be surprised if he takes a swipe at medicare.

Right now, Canadian medicare is relatively exempt from NAFTA, as it was from the original 1989 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. […]

Local Sports

Jets frozen by Icemen

After an impressive eight-game winning streak, the Morinville Jets were frozen on home ice Sunday night. The Jets fell 4-1 to the visiting Wetaskiwin Icemen, bringing their record to 17-5-4 this season. The club holds tight it’s first place West Division standing.
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Arts & Culture

Hogg finalist in ACMA Awards

Morinville resident and country musician Justin Hogg was excited to find out last week that he’d made the final round of the Association of Country Music in Alberta Awards in the Male Artist of the Year category. […]

Local Sports

Morinville Sports Shorts

The Morinville Junior B Jets and Morinville Senior AA Kings both enjoyed wins over the weekend. The Jets took down the Sherwood Park Knights 6-2 Friday night, and the Kings upset Bonnyville 9-5 Saturday night. Both clubs’ games were road games.
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Columns

National Column: Health-care power play on deck

On Friday evening, something will happen that hasn’t happened in nearly 13 years. The prime minister and the provincial premiers will talk about Canada’s health-care system.

Oh, the fun they had last time! Paul Martin was the prime minister. He had run and won re-election on a promise to “fix health care for a generation.” […]

Arts & Culture

Town picks its Best Lights

The Morinville Best Christmas Lights Competition was judged by residents and staff of Aspen House on Thursday, Dec. 8. Best Lights were evaluated based on a five-point system in the categories of window, rooftop, yard and overall presentation. The winners are:
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Local News

Marvelous Moms looking to help others

The Morinville Marvelous Moms are once again taking up donations for families in need this season, something they do in conjunction with many other local agencies and community groups.
Organizer Sarah Hall said the MMM have been collecting applications for families in need since mid-November but hadn’t had many come in until this past week. […]

Local News

Capital Region Board to drop from 24 to 13 – Morinville to remain

The Capital Region Board will be reduced from 24 members to 13, a drop of 11 municipalities in the Capital Region. Additionally, the Board heard Thursday at its regular meeting that some form of regional service delivery and regional economic development will be added to its mandate in 2017. […]