Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Hair Massacure bbq fundraiser at Sobeys this weekend
MAR 1 UPDATE 4:20 PM – DUE TO THE INCOMING BAD WEATHER – THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL MAR. 17. […]
Month: February 2018
Local News
Around the town – midweek edition
Young curlers Lisa St-Onge tells us that the Junior Curling Program out of the Morinville Curling Club has kids as […]
Columns
National Column: Liberals seem more comfortable than ever
All governments live by a clock. It typically starts ticking loudly in the third year of a majority mandate, when there is still time to put in place the structural elements of a re-election platform. The next-to-last Liberal budget of the current Parliament begins to lift the veil on the ruling party’s pre-election mindset. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: Parents need to get their acts together
Wednesday is Pink Shirt Day, a day when students, teachers, and parents will don pink shirts to make a pastel sartorial statement on the evils of bullying. […]
Arts & Culture
Servus and Town inviting public to sing along to Grease
Servus Credit Union and the Town of Morinville are partnering to present Sing-A-Long Grease at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Mar. 11. The event will include a screening of the 1978 film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John complete with on-screen lyrics as well as what organizers are calling other interactive fun. […]
Morinville News
St. Albert Bahá’í to honour five area women this weekend
For the past 21 years, the St. Albert Bahá’í community has sponsored an annual celebration of United Nations International Women’s Day by recognizing the contributions women make to society. […]
Local News
Pink Shirt Day an opportunity to reflect on effects of bullying
Nice Needs No Filter is the slogan of this year’s Pink Shirt Day, taking place Feb. 28. The focus this year is on cyberbullying. […]
Business
Government support of partial upgrading tech a strong first step, Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association says
The Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA) said it is encouraged by Premier Notley’s announcement Monday of her government’s actions supporting the full-scale commercialization of partial upgrading technologies. […]
Business
Letter: Chamber inviting members and others to China trip
China is our second largest export market. Already the world’s largest market for cars, cell phones and seafood, it is the fastest growing market for luxury goods, air passengers and nuclear power. […]
Local News
The Father’s House begins moving its new church
One year after St. Albert real estate developer Landrex Inc. gifted the Father’s House with the former King of Kings Lutheran Church building at the north end of St. Albert, the Morinville church is one step closer to calling it home. […]
Business
Partial upgrading seen as a way forward for Alberta oil
The province announced Monday that Alberta would leverage billions in new private-sector investment to create thousands of jobs through a diversified energy industry.
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Local News
Province says preventing wildfires is a shared responsibility
Despite snow and ice still being in varying quantities throughout the province, Alberta wildfire officials are currently preparing for this year’s fire season.
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Business
CFIB says small business holding their breath over changes to passive investment rules in federal budget
New survey results from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) indicate small business owners remain concerned about the government’s proposed tax changes with almost two-thirds of respondents saying changes have caused them to rethink whether to continue being in business. […]
Business
Province says Alberta’s India mission unlocks trade opportunities
While Prime Minister Trudeau was capturing all the headlines during lat week’s India trip, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier, along with a number of Alberta businesses and producers, met with a number of potential Indian investors, traders and government leaders during a seven-day trade mission. […]
Columns
National Column: Trudeau’s trip to India accomplished its objective
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s state visit to India has been labelled a total disaster. It wasn’t.
At worst, it was only a partial disaster. And it did accomplish what the prime minister had set out to do, which was provide good visuals for his Liberals in next year’s federal election campaign. […]
Columns
National Column: Trudeau’s visit to India paved with good intentions
If apparel oft proclaims the man, then Polonius, who uttered those words in Hamlet, would have quite literally given our prime minister a dressing down this week. From the viewpoint of the Shakespearean character, Justin Trudeau would have broken the basic rules: his clothes were as costly as money could buy, but gaudy, too, proclaiming him unserious. […]