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By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Sturgeon County – Sturgeon Valley residents are in favour of improving the level of fire protection service available to them but are not as eager to foot the bill for it, according to data compiled over the summer … […]
By MorinvilleNews.com staff
Sturgeon County – Morinville RCMP Staff Sergeant Mac Richards attended County Council Tuesday morning, presenting a picture of crime in Sturgeon County that is at or below the average levels seen over the past three years … […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Sturgeon County – Council gave unanimous approval to first reading of a parking bylaw for Sturgeon County during its Nov. 9 regular meeting.
The proposed bylaw is a response to a Cardiff Pittsburgh resident who brought her concerns to County Council during its Aug. 24 meeting … […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Sturgeon County – The Heartland Transmission Project, one of several projects identified as being Critical Transmission Infrastructure (CTI), has come under much criticism in recent months by those who are opposed to the lines crossing their property and by those who see no need for the lines at all.
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By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – With more and more help wanted signs popping up in Morinville shop windows, Charmin Rockwell, a career counsellor with Career Employment Counselling Services (CECS), is hoping local businesses looking to hire help will take advantage of her services – particularly since they are free to use.
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Sturgeon County – RCMP were called to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 44, approximately one kilometre north of secondary Highway 633 Saturday night.
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]By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Approximately 150 area residents heard a disturbing message last Thursday night: the proposed Heartland Transmission Project (HTP) is part of an overall plan that could see Albertans’ hydro bills doubling or even tripling each month. That was the message of Joe Anglin, one of two speakers invited to Morinville by the Sturgeon Blue Line Group, an anti-transmission line advocacy group. […]
A Generous Donation
Sturgeon Foundation Executive Director Marguerite Bosvik (left) receives a cheque for $2,000 from Nicole and Dominic Currie of Tyrone Steele, located in Sturgeon County. The community minded company raised $1,000 during its annual golf tournament and matched the funds dollar for dollar. Mr. Currie said he’d learned what the … […]
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By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Current and former firefighters gathered together with local politicians and members of the public at the Morinville Fire Department Saturday afternoon for the arrival of Morinville’s new $1.2 million ladder and pumper truck.
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – After making newspaper headlines and the evening news for their gathering at the AUC public session held in Morinville Oct. 25, a group of area residents opposed to the Heartland Transmission Project are set to hold their own meeting Thursday night.
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – With fraudulent payment card crimes increasing from 100,000 affected cards in 2007 to 230,000 in 2009, debit and credit card fraud is something the RCMP are concerned about.
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Residents have an opportunity to return to the polls over the next week, but this time it’s not to select a mayor and council. The Town of Morinville is seeking public input to help them decide which of two logo designs will be the one Morinville uses to identify itself both inside and outside the community.
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Edmonton – The province is inviting Alberta producers to apply for a new federal-provincial grant to help them further enhance food safety practices in their operations.
By Robert Jump
Morinville – A fire chief, music teacher and newspaper reporter might seem like an unusual threesome to launch a new publication, but that’s precisely the combination putting their heads together to come up with the concept behind Morinville’s Monday Morning News: a print news-magazine set to hit the streets later this month.
By Étienne Thevou
Dale Dinsmore and Linda Ferguson of Pleasant Homes pose with some of the garage sale items that were available in their Fourth Annual Charity Garage Sale Friday afternoon. The two-day event brought in $2,700 for the Morinville Food Bank Society, a number that will be matched by Pleasant Homes … […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Legal – Council Chambers played home to a sometimes heated exchange between Legal Council and Legal residents Jeannie and Dan Charrois. At issue was the approximate $7,650 being spent to send the whole of council and some administrative staff to the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association conference and trade show in Edmonton later this month.
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