Year: 2017

Local News

Stop the texts, and you’ll stop the wrecks, government says

Feb 8, 2017 Comments Off on Stop the texts, and you’ll stop the wrecks, government says

A week into Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the government is once again urging Albertans to stop texting behind the wheel.

The province offered research that indicates between 20 and 30 per cent of all collisions are due to distracted driving. The government also says distracted drivers are three times more likely to be involved in a collision than attentive drivers. […]

Local Sports

Morinville Jets finish record-breaking season first in the West

Feb 8, 2017 Comments Off on Morinville Jets finish record-breaking season first in the West

The Morinville Jets beat the visiting Edmonton Mustangs 9-6 Tuesday night to finish the Capital Junior Hockey League regular season in first place in the West Division with 58 points, the highest regular season tally in Jets history. […]

Business

Morinville barber retires after more than 50 years

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After more than 50 years in the business, local barber Paul Henry Casavant is trading in his scissors and clippers for garden shears.

The 76-year-old Morinville man said Jan. 31 was his last shift at Paul’s Barber Shop located on 104 Street where he has owned and operated his home business since 1996. Casavant reflected that it is strange thinking it will be all over. He will miss everyone. A lot of these guys have grown up and grown old with him. […]

Columns

National Column: Liberals shore up their left flank

Feb 8, 2017 Comments Off on National Column: Liberals shore up their left flank

In the eternal balancing act of Canadian Liberalism, it’s a week for tilting left. One after another, cabinet ministers are lining up to resuscitate programs that please the Liberal base and that the Harper Conservatives fought tooth and nail. […]

Arts & Culture

Painting for the Sesquicentennial

Feb 8, 2017 Comments Off on Painting for the Sesquicentennial

Morinville residents gathered at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Monday and Tuesday to take part in the Canada 150 Mosaic mural, a national project celebrating Canada’s 150th Birthday.

Mural criteria required a landmark Morinville is well-known for, that is historical in nature, and still existing today. Artists for the project include Lead Artist Lewis Lavoie, Paul Lavoie, and, Phil Alain, all based out of St. Albert. […]

Local News

Province expands naloxone program

Feb 7, 2017 Comments Off on Province expands naloxone program

Alberta’s firefighters now have greater access to lifesaving naloxone kits now that all first responders can administer naloxone by injection.

The province said Tuesday fentanyl and other opioids continue to take a deadly toll in Alberta communities. There were 343 deaths in 2016 due to apparent fentanyl-related drug overdoses, a 33 per cent increase from the 257 deaths listed in 2015. […]

Province

Wildrose critical of carbon tax-funded grant program

Feb 7, 2017 Comments Off on Wildrose critical of carbon tax-funded grant program

Monday’s provincial announcement of $600,000 in grant funding for climate literacy programs did not sit well with the Wildrose, with the opposition party calling the spending “an offensive waste of Albertans’ money that will be used to further the government’s out-of-touch carbon tax agenda.”
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Arts & Culture

Lots to do in Morinville Family Day weekend

Feb 7, 2017 Comments Off on Lots to do in Morinville Family Day weekend

The Town of Morinville, local organizations and businesses are working towards a common goal next weekend – providing two days of activities over the Family Day weekend.

“Attending Morinville’s Snowman Festival is a great way to celebrate our Canadian winter,” said Kathleen Ducharme, Town of Morinville Culture & Events Programmer. “We hope families will venture outside and enjoy a variety of community activities, take some photos and make special memories.”
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