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Coming Events Thursday, June 21 – Sunday, June 24 CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW Bob Foster Extreme Sport Park […]
Month: June 2018
Local News
Lions distribute Canadian flags to Grade 1 students
Students from Morinville Public School and Ecole Notre Dame received their certificates and Canadian flags from members of the Lions Club of Morinville on Monday as part of Project Pride.
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Obituaries
Obituary Notice: Bonnie Mae Moerike (nee Kelly)
Passed away quietly in her sleep on Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 in her home. Anyone who knew her knows her heart and home was always open to stray animals and stray people. She will be remembered fondly by many.
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Local News
Midstream receives donation of plants
The Midstream Thrift Store received an assortment of tomatoes, flowers and other plants from High Q Greenhouses Proprietor Michiel Verheul Monday morning.
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Columns
National Column: Quebec Liberals won’t suffer Wynne’s fate
As the last national assembly sitting before the Oct. 1 provincial vote was winding down last week, a brief encounter with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard yielded an unsolicited prediction. “I have a secret for you,” he told me on his way out of a Radio-Canada studio. “I will win the election.” […]
Local News
Town offering Monday bus runs to St. Albert over the summer
The Town of Morinville is conducting a pilot program from July 2 to Aug. 27 providing busing to St. Albert with the Town’s Community Bus. The program will offer residents stops at several drop-off and pick-up locations. […]
National News
Canada and the Métis Nation move forward on Canada-Métis Nation Accord
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the Métis National Council (MNC) President Clément Chartier and the Presidents of the MNC Governing Members at the annual Crown-Métis Nation Summit Friday.
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Local News
Government to offer free legal advice for survivors of sexual violence
The Government of Alberta says a new pilot program will assist survivors of sexual violence with understanding their rights and provide options as they seek healing and justice.
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Columns
National Column: Playground shooting a reckoning point for a city simmering with gun violence
A sign on the east wall of the tiny playground warns: “No running, pushing or shoving.”
It doesn’t say: No shooting. […]
Columns
National Column: Trump and Kim deserve credit for breaking logjam
No one is quite sure what U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un agreed to last week. But it doesn’t seem to matter. The theatrical peace gambit orchestrated by these two flamboyant impresarios appears to be paying off. […]
Local News
Elder Abuse Awareness focus of one-day conference in Morinville
For World Elder Abuse Awareness Day more than 50 people attended an awareness event at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre on Friday. […]
Local News
Morinville Council Briefs
Morinville Council has a revamped advertising bylaw after unanimous motions to pass Second and Third Reading of Bylaw 6/2018. The new Bylaw updates Morinville’s rules around council advertising to enable council to rely more on posting online notices for council business including upcoming public hearings or council events. […]
Local News
Council approves formation of a sponsorship committee made of Morinville and County residents
The Morinville rec centre project will have eight new hands on deck to attempt to attain Council’s goal of acquiring $6,185,000 in sponsorship money for Morinville’s new $30,500,000 rec centre project. The committee’s terms of reference were unanimously approved by council following some amendments at their June 12 meeting. […]
Local News
Council given rec centre project update; “It’s coming on time and under-budget”
At their June 12 meeting, council received a slew of updates from administration on Morinville’s biggest ever capital project, their new arena and rec facility. Different members of administration addressed segments of the project update, from operations to finance and construction progress. […]
Local News
Community Champions: Primeau student helping feed dogs thousands of miles away
A Grade 5 student at G. H. Primeau school in Morinville has decided to change the world for homeless dogs in St Lucia, an island in the Carribean.
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Columns
National Column: Trump’s momentum will be hard for him to contain
U.S. President Donald Trump has begun a rapprochement with North Korea that he will find difficult to reverse. […]