Letters to the editor
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: The Snowbird Flyover
The Prime Minister announced that The Snowbirds will be doing a coast to coast flyover to boost morale across Canada. […]
Letters
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Heritage Place Lodge also looking for messages of encouragement
Like our friends at Aspen house, the residents of heritage place lodge would also like to extend their thanks to the community for their constant support and wonderful acts of kindness during these ever-changing times. […]
COVID-19
Letter: Rural healthcare in Alberta is in the grip of a serious and escalating crisis
On an almost daily basis, we are learning of doctors in rural communities being forced to resign from their local hospital, or close their family practice, and in some cases leave Alberta altogether. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Aspen House looking for words of encouragement for seniors
Aspen House would love to thank our community for the tremendous support and love we have received throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: 11-year-old Morinville boy looking for help on Food Bank fundraiser
I hope you are doing well during this unusual time. Thank you for keeping the community updated, as I have stopped following most other news outlets these days. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Governments need to gear up for start-up growth
Some people who have closed their business due to the virus may never reopen. Fortunately, we are a nation of entrepreneurs.
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Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Canada Day plans and social distancing sidewalks
I still have not heard anything about cancellation of Canada Day festivals We have rightfully decided to not risk the crowds, travel, and expense of the Olympics.
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Editorial & Opinion
Letter: An open letter to community leaders and elected officials from Diabetes Canada
We all have a stake in the health and safety of our communities. And in these times, it is even more apparent that we need to work together to protect residents while we do our best to live and work in new and challenging ways. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Town responds to Letter to the Editor on Transit
I have just read your Letter to the Editor in regards to Transit in Morinville, posted on April 7, 2020, from Mr. Alan Otway and would like [to] answer his questions and provide some clarification. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Town census and public transit question
Imagine my surprise to find the question “ would any residents of the dwelling consider using public transit.” […]
COVID-19
Letter: Open lecture to governments
I’ve been biting my tongue for a bit now, and before I drown on the blood it’s time to say something. […]
COVID-19
Letter: Every Canadian must look in mirror on pandemic
Finally, a reporter asked the PM this morning why we were not prepared for an emergency after his government has been in office for five years. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Media needs to press for analysis of decisions made about COVID-19
I am interested in the numbers that are stated as “community contact” versus travel related. As this pandemic did not originate in North America, at some point they are all travel related.
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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 […]
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
Letter: Lots of good things happening in Morinville
Some folks asked our local news editor to cover “other stuff”, however, “other stuff” just doesn’t get much priority these days while we are adjusting to the “new normal”, or the “temporarily abnormal”. […]