January 2020 – Page 3 – Morinville News

Jets fall to Edmonton Mustangs

Jan 23, 2020 1

It should have been an easy win for the Morinville Jets on the road Wednesday night when they took on the Capital Junior Hockey League’s bottom-ranked Edmonton Mustangs.
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Commissioner investigating ID scanning technology at Alcanna-operated liquor stores

Jan 23, 2020 1

Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) announced Thursday that it will investigate Alcanna Inc. and Patronscan’s pilot project to use identification-scanning technology to permit entry into liquor stores Alcanna operates. […]

Homelessness in Morinville six times 2016 rate, report finds

Jan 23, 2020 14

Three years after Morinville’s first homelessness survey in 2016, the number of people without a regular place to sleep was up by more than six times.
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Morinville asked to merge with rest of Sturgeon County

Jan 23, 2020 1

by Colin Smith Morinville should join with Sturgeon County and the other towns in the area to form a unified […]

Letter: Thanks to Good Samaritans

Jan 22, 2020 Comments Off

This afternoon (January 22nd) I found myself in the ditch in my vehicle on the intersection of Highway 37 and Range Road 244. Road conditions were slippery, the truck ahead of me was sliding into the vehicle making a northbound turn, it managed to stop I wasn’t going to be able to, so I steered off the road and into the snow-covered ditch. […]

Morinville’s Natalie Bond off to Alberta Winter Games

Jan 22, 2020 5

Morinville’s Natalie Bond began swimming at the pre-competitive program in St. Albert, offered by Excel at Fountain Park in 2016.
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Corporate restructuring at Sturgeon County removes nine

Jan 22, 2020 11

Sturgeon County Chief Administrative Officer Reegan McCullough announced last Thursday that the County would undergo several staffing changes to “provide quality, cost-effective services and infrastructure to meet the diverse needs of Sturgeon County.”
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CFIB raises Alberta’s red tape reduction grade from failing to B-

Jan 21, 2020 Comments Off

The Government of Alberta received its highest grade in 11 years on the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) annual Red Tape Report Card. CFIB presented the grade of B- to Premier Jason Kenney and the Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction, Grant Hunter, during an event in Calgary. […]

St. Albert RCMP arrest suspect for theft from vehicle

Jan 21, 2020 Comments Off

A security company alerted St. Albert RCMP to a suspicious male trying to open vehicle’ doors and crawling under vehicles at 190 Carleton Drive on Friday night. The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. […]

Nominations sought for exceptional women to be recognized in honour of International Women’s Day

Jan 21, 2020 3

Residents have just over three weeks to nominate exceptional area women for some special recognition. For the past 23 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. […]

Property tax analysis shows 2.6% average annual increase over 10 years

Jan 21, 2020 Comments Off

An analysis released by the Town Administration at the request of Morinville News showed the average increase over this period as 2.62%. […]

Rise in liquor store thefts leads province to launch working group

Jan 21, 2020 Comments Off

Liquor store thefts in Edmonton tripled in 2019 over the previous year. With more than 9,500 liquor store thefts in Edmonton alone last year, the government has established a working group to combat what the UCP says is a growing public safety threat posed by liquor store robberies and thefts. […]