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Editorial: Spending a night in a cruiser gives new perspective on policing

Like many people I’m never thrilled to see the police drive by, less thrilled to be pulled over by them, and never thankful if I’m handed a ticket. It is easy to have distaste for the authority police wield. On some level I suppose the police are the embodiment of all that authority we had to respond to as youth and are one of the few who possess that authority over us as adults… […]

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Letter: Re $870,000 is a lot of money

Editor:

Amongst the many political issues exciting our province, one concerns MLA and cabinet pay.

A controversy has erupted with the disclosure that an all-party Legislature committee – the 21-member Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections – has not met for years, yet every member has been paid $12,000 a year for their “service.”.. […]

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Editorial: $870,000 is a lot of money

Some Morinville residents who keep up with what’s going on in the community were outraged at the end of February when it was disclosed renovations to Civic Plaza were estimated to be $870,000 over budget. Comments included the belief taxes would surely go up, the proclamation that heads must surely roll, and the request someone must be made accountable for this egregious example of a council gone wild and spending money like drunken sailors on shore leave… […]

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Editorial: What to do about the cultural centre

It is disappointing to look at the fourth quarter report on the Morinville Community Cultural Centre (CCC) and see the facility lost $353,352 in its first half year of operation. We take comfort that estimated losses were in the neighbourhood of $418,477 and the actual losses were less… […]

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Letter: Civic Plaza out of control

Editor:

The news that town residents are going to have to come up with another $870,000 to fund the town hall renovation is distressful, extremely worrisome, and most of all, it is heartbreaking… […]

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Letter: Legal looking to win Big Valley contest

Dear editor:

Legal’s Big Valley Jamboree and Small Town Saturday Night video entry is up on YouTube and we want to let the world know! Well, at least all our friends and neighbours. It is important that we get as many views as possible before the judging panel selects five finalists for … […]

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Editorial: A tale of two school systems

We look forward to a day 30 years down the road when The Morinville Catholic High School Rams are taking on the rival Morinville High School Raiders on the football field. Morinville has a population of 25,000 residents, a new recreation complex… […]

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Letter: Small town secular education

Editor:

I was surprised and excited to learn of the recent changes that could be made to the legislative act to bring true public, secular education to our tiny community of Legal. The common thinking has been that our town was too small to support it, which was obviously mostly an excuse but one that we’d heard… […]

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Editorial: Children should be seen and not heard

Listening to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta last week for three days waiting for Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk to drop a bill on the table related to the future of education in Morinville was a waste of time on two fronts. Seven hours into the exercise, we were alerted via Twitter that the Minister “hoped” to lay it all … […]

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Column: View from the academy – A new perspective on impaired drivers

By Stephen Dafoe

I watched a woman drink an entire bottle of wine by herself Monday night. Drink after drink she consumed the alcohol until the bottle was empty. She was still standings, and although her words were not overly slurred or her stride too wobbly, there was a certain cockiness in her that wasn’t there when the bottle was still corked… […]

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Seniors and Student views

Compiled by Lucie Roy

Seniors’ Voice – With Feb. 2 being Groundhog Day, we asked some local seniors if they were familiar with the tradition and if they believe in the groundhog’s predictions… […]

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Editorial: Now here’s something magical

You know you’ve encountered something pretty magical when you see kids happy to be learning. One group of kids are in a corner looking at books and creating art; another group is outside getting their photo taken by a parent. Under the roof of the two modular classrooms that now house Morinville Public… […]

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Letter: Re Photo Radar Location Review

I would like to thank [Morinville CAO] Debbie [Oyarzun] for writing a well thought out document regarding photo radar. It is clear that the Town has “heard” the unkind things said about our “cash” cow. I’m pleased to see that there is actually going to be a review done and would hope that the findings are brought before the public… […]

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Editorial: Good news comes in threes

It is interesting how often a week’s news develops a common theme when it is laid out ready for print. This week we learned about three completely different things, all of which had one thing in common. The first was a wallet with money that was turned in intact… […]