Morinville News

Confirmed cases in Alberta rise to 542 with 33 recovered

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alberta rose by 56 in the past 24 hours to a total of 542 since the outbreak began in the province. Thirty-three Albertans are reported to have recovered from the illness, an increase of six from yesterday. The overall provincial total of 542 includes those who have since recovered. […]

Province

Notley calls on Kenney to fire Health Minister

Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to fire Health Minister Tyler Shandro after allegations were made that the Minister confronted and berated a neighbour over a shared social media post. The allegations were reported Friday by the CBC. […]

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Crime & Police

St. Albert RCMP want to keep community informed

St. Albert RCMP are working hard at keeping the community informed while navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Albert detachment has seen a decrease in calls for service over the past week but anticipate as tensions begin to rise around safeguarding property, mental wellness due to self-isolating / distancing and the economic downturn […]

COVID-19

Feds announce support for small businesses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday morning additional new measures to support small businesses dealing with the economic impacts of the pandemic. The feds say these new measures will help Canadian companies protect Canadians jobs and pay workers during the pandemic.
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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Library looking for help to help local senior

I have been looking for an electric typewriter for an elderly lady who would really like to write letters but cannot due to Parkinson’s tremors. The last time she worked in an office she used the “Selectric” and being elderly, she is not in a position to learn word processing and printer basics. […]

COVID-19

NDP and ACFP calling on government for more funding and support for Alberta doctors

After two days of calling on the government to ban evictions, and Thursday calling on the government to provide funds to childcare centers they say are in danger of being permanently closed, the Alberta NDP is now calling on the government to provide more funding and support to Alberta’s doctors. […]