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The multi-family residential sector in Morinville achieved the rejection of a proposal which would have increased their tax rate progressively to 20% higher than single-family homes… […]

Businesses are not paying high enough taxes in Morinville. In the past five years, that slogan has been chanted by numerous politicians and town bureaucrats over and over. […]

Hundreds of people who pull wrenches for a living have a unique point of view on Ottawa’s new luxury tax. […]

The first of two opinion columns by freelancer Ed Cowley running this week. [playht_player width=”100%” height=”90px” voice=”en-US-JennyNeural”] by Ed Cowley, […]

Councillors will have to make the following decision. Are you going to respond to the questions asked so the electors of the town of Morinville know your stance on an issue? […]

Morinville needs to stop playing games with business taxation rates and start actually promoting business and industrial growth (if that is actually council’s goal). […]

“The federal government’s taxes and regulations are driving up costs for both farmers and the families who buy the food they produce. Food prices were up 10 per cent in July, the highest increase in more than 40 years.” – CTF […]

[playht_player width=”100%” height=”90px” voice=”en-US-JennyNeural”] by Ed Cowley, freelancer “At the Aug. 23 council meeting, there was no discussion or objection […]

Six UCP leadership candidates signed the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Pledge, which reads: “I will never impose a Provincial Sales Tax and I will not raise taxes.” […]

From January 1 through to March 31, the town spent $2,021,284 on salaries while it had budgeted $2,874,665. That resulted in $853,381 left sitting on the books unused.  […]

Surveys are wonderful. They can produce whatever results you wish.

Instead of actually welcoming residents to an open house or council meeting to receive comments that it can consider in preliminary preparation of the draft 2023 budget for the town of Morinville an online survey tool was used… […]

So why hasn’t Morinville town council directed administration to make the previous year’s comparable figures a standard column in all financial reports? […]

As the governing body, they needed to compare the real 2021 first quarter figures to the actual 2022 first quarter figures. […]

Talking to kids about money management and financial literacy can be intimidating, especially if you feel like you’re not a financial whiz yourself. […]