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Development Appeal Board Bylaw passes all three readings

At the Dec. 12 Council meeting, Morinville’s Director of Planning and Development, Greg Hofmann presented on Bylaw 15/2017, which acts to amend the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) Bylaw to limit the number of councillors that can sit on the board to one. This change comes following new provincial rules that impose the limit on councillors across the province.
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Council accepts reports on vaping and marijuana

Council has received two new reports for information on hot-button topics: vaping and marijuana legislation. Both reports were prepared by Sgt. William Norton, Morinville’s Manager of Enforcement Services, and were accepted as part of a larger sudo ‘consent agenda’ motion, where council also received many other items for information and passed motions. […]

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Business and community work together to help local families

Local businesses, community groups and residents pitched in to support Jandel Homes’ Fill a House Christmas Campaign this year. Jandel partnered to fill three of their show homes at their Edmonton, Grande Prairie and Meadows of Morinville Sales Centre with non-perishable food, cash and new unused toys to assist local families struggling at this time of year. […]

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Council passes mass approval motion in lieu of consent agenda after procedural issue

Council approved many motions at once in a large “motion approving recommendations for a set number of items”, as Mayor Barry Turner called it. The motion effectively worked as a ‘consent agenda’, where council may approve the recommended option from administration on a collection […]

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Government urging Albertans to be fire smart as they deck the halls

Fire-related deaths double in Alberta during the Christmas season. In 2016, there were 4,324 fires in Alberta resulting in 29 deaths and 166 injuries. As such, the Government of Alberta is asking Albertans to follow safety tips to keep their family safe. […]

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Council approves small increases to utility rates

Council has approved an increase in rates for water, sewer and waste, effective January 2018 at their Dec. 12 meeting. Water, sanitary and garbage would see an increase in utilities of just over 1.8 per cent for 2018. […]

Arts & Culture

MCTV releases latest edition

MCHS’ MCTV Episode 349 includes a live Interview with Laurie McCurdy (Organizer of the 2017 MCHS Toy Drive) as well as coverage of the RAP Info Night […]

Arts & Culture

Talk of the Town

The big event of the week was MCHS’ production of James and the Giant Peach, which ran Wednesday through Friday at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. Below is a video of our photos of the production. […]