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Local News

FitzGerald wants councillor childcare reimbursed

The next council may have their childcare costs covered during Town meetings following a motion from Councillor Brennan FitzGerald. The Notice of Motion came forward at Council’s Mar. 28 meeting for debate. It calls for the reimbursement for childcare services offered to councillors during official Town meetings/business, provided the amounts were reasonable. […]

Columns

National Column: Trudeau is at his worst in the House

Justin Trudeau does not much like the House of Commons and the feeling is mutual.

This is not a statement on the people who sit alongside or across from the prime minister, or the latter’s feelings toward them.
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Province

Alberta to consult and provide report on smaller-scale renewables and alternative generation close to users

The government announced Friday that the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC), Alberta’s independent utilities regulator, would undertake a broad review and consultation about renewable and alternative electricity distributed generation in Alberta. […]

Arts & Culture

Talk of the Town

On Friday night the Morinville Community Cultural Centre was the venue for Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson as they performed Peter N’ Chris and the Kind of Ok Corral.
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Morinville News

Fishing season sees opening of 12 new lakes

A dozen new fishing destinations have been added this year, after the recovery of several lakes and fisheries closed for decades, the government announced Saturday.

The province will open eight lakes to walleye fishing this year, many of which have been closed since 1996 when Alberta introduced major restrictions to walleye harvesting after major population declines.
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Local Sports

Following in his hero’s Footsteps

A Morinville man is following in his hero Terry Fox’s footsteps by running across Canada.
Maxime Chabot was born in Jonquière, Quebec but has called Morinville home for six years over two stints here, his most recent for the past two years. […]

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Council meetings may be live streamed – report to come

Councillor Brennan FitzGerald brought forward a motion on live streaming Town Council at their Mar. 28 meeting. The motion, which would direct Administration to set up a simple Facebook Live streaming setup, ended up being differed until the first meeting of April. Councillor FitzGerald and Dafoe opposed, both councillors preferring to move forward immediately with the idea. […]

Local News

Town taxes up 2% – School taxes going up over 8%

Council unanimously approved First Reading of the 2017 Property Tax Bylaw, leaving two more readings before tax notices can be sent to residents.

According to Town Administration a property owner with the average $331,960 home can expect their tax bill to go up $126.78. […]