Local News
The week in photos
A quick look back at the photos and stories from the past week.
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Month: April 2018
Business
Council keeps residential and non-residential mill rates the same for 2018, will re-examine in 2019 process
Morinville will continue to be the only municipality in Alberta that keeps its residential and business property tax rates (or ‘mill rates’) identical, at least this year.
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Columns
National Column: This week we saw advocacy going viral
Social media is often – and justifiably – vilified as a vehicle of abuse, a many-headed monster of racist, misogynistic, homophobic and other discriminatory proportions.
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Columns
National Column: Climate change fights heat up
It is not just pipelines that Canada has a hard time getting done. Putting money where the country’s mouth is on climate change is turning out to be at least as hard.
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Local News
Volunteers out doing spring cleanup on Alberta highways this upcoming weekend
Alberta Transportation’s annual highway cleanup takes place Saturday, May 5 and young volunteers will be out picking up litter between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. […]
Local News
Taxes to remain at roughly 1% increase for 2018
Morinville residents will see a 0.96% increase ($19.86 per year on a $300,000 property) over 2017 in their property taxes. Council passed second and third reading at their Apr. 24 meeting.
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Arts & Culture
Morinville Art Club’s 40th-anniversary show most successful yet
The Morinville Art Club celebrated their 40th Anniversary and Redwater Art Club’s 30th Apr. 28 at Fable Hall with a joint art show and sale. […]
Local News
McPherson retires from Sturgeon Victim Services
Sturgeon Victim Services (SVS) held a Retirement Party Saturday at the Curling Club for their Executive Director Donna McPherson.
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Local News
Morinville Library receives up to $30K approval from council for organizational review
Morinville Council has requisitioned $30,000 for the Morinville Community Library to conduct an external organizational review. This decision came following a presentation to council from Jen Anheliger, Chair of the Morinville Library Board reporting on their plans for a full external review of their operations and services. […]
Columns
National Column: Two different sides of policing on display
An officer who held his nerve and held his ground against a suspect who seemed hell-bent on suicide-by-cop. The dramatic confrontation ended with Alek Minassian – subsequently charged with 10 counts of murder and 14 counts of attempted murder in Monday’s van rampage down Yonge St. sidewalks – on his knees and Const. Ken Lam snapping on the handcuffs. […]
Arts & Culture
Coming up this weekend and next week
An art show, talent show, and craft fair are among the weekend activities in Morinville this weekend. Next week will see several Youth Week activities in town. […]
Local Sports
Morinville cheerleaders take silver with Junior Team Canada
Fifteen-year-old MCHS student Kendall Weiss and 14-year-old Primeau student Kennedi Knight have earned silver with Junior Team Canada in Florida at the ICU Cheerleading and Dance Worlds Championship. […]
National News
TSB recommending mandatory flight recorders after an investigation of Prentice crash
After an investigation into the Oct. 13, 2016 crash that killed former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is recommending the mandatory installation of lightweight flight recording systems by all commercial and private business operators not currently required to carry them. […]
Columns
National Column: The thorn in Scheer’s side
Next month, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will celebrate the first anniversary of his successful bid to succeed Stephen Harper in the probable knowledge that some of his former rivals – as well as other ambitious Conservatives – are holding a bit of a deathwatch on his leadership. […]
Province
Sturgeon County region approved for pilot seniors’ transportation projects
The Sturgeon County and West Yellowhead regions will undertake pilot projects over the next year that will test ways to provide senior-friendly transportation for those who have chosen to stop driving, or can no longer do so for medical reasons. […]
Province
Governments drop $15 million for job training
Over the next three years, three Edmonton organizations will receive $4.3 million of a $15 million allocation for more employment training opportunities. The monies will expand the existing Transition to Employment Services program. […]