Editorials, columns and letters to the editor from our readers.
By Ed Stelmach
On February 28, Alberta introduced the latest provincial budget – a budget that set aside billions of dollars for health care. Our Action Plan for Health makes Alberta the only province to provide the health care system with stable funding for the next five years – including a six per cent increase this year alone… […]
It is strange to think of a community in its centennial year as having an identity crisis, but that is precisely the problem that confronts Morinville 100 years after the community became a town. An identity crisis is…
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Dear Editor:
Plans for the Morinville Centennial Community Garden are in full swing and at the moment we are awaiting to see if we will receive a community grant from the town at the end of the month. As we wait we however must continue to plan so we can hit the ground running… […]
Dear Editor:
As you may or may not know Char Parrent of the Flower Stop was a Finalist for the 2010 Alberta Business Awards of Distinction. This is an amazing honour for one of our local businesses to be nominated and make it as one of the four finalists in the Small Business … […]
Dear Editor:
I have been following the articles and discussions regarding the lack of truly public schools in Morinville. There are some forty major recognized religions in the world, including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism… […]
Dear Editor,
After receiving a notice in my email inbox about going over my monthly internet bandwidth allowance, I couldn’t help but think that the recent debate over usage-based billing in Canada has left out one group: the rural user. While internet users in urban areas… […]
Mr. Mayor, Councilors, Members of the Chamber of Commerce of Morinville
I am concerned by the council’s lack of stance on the issue of public education in our community. I recognise your belief that the concern is not within the purview of your scope of responsibility… […]
I remember the first time I met Roland Blackburn. I was working as a reporter for the Morinville Mirror and Roland was looking to raise the profile of the Morinville Jets. There wasn’t a lot of hockey coverage in the local papers in those days other than the annual pictorial parade … […]
Nothing to see here folks. Kindly move along, please. The Speech from the Throne was made last Tuesday, the provincial budget was released last Thursday, most of the political parties are looking for new leaders and I’ve got a prostate the size of a mutant cantaloupe… […]
Dear Editor:
I would like to give my thanks to: Don & staff at Don’s Bistro, Julie & Noreen at Vintage Petals Tea House and Kelley at Kelliey’s Deli & Bakery from myself and my husband.
My hubby and I went for breakfast at Don’s Bistro on Sunday… […]
Dear editor:
This year is Morinville’s 100th anniversary and we invite you to join in the festivities by participating in the Morinville Centennial Community Gardens. This is a return to our roots with a modern twist. Our objective is to promote community spirit, education and provide a place to grow healthy food inexpensively… […]
A MorinvilleNews.com editorial
By Stephen Dafoe
The Mayor of Morinville and his council are idiots who couldn’t govern a community on Farmville, let alone a growing community like Morinville.
The following statement is… […]
Dafoe’s Dossier
Monday marks another Family Day in Alberta, the cap to a long weekend that encourages Albertans to spend time with their families. While that is precisely what many of us will do, there are those families who will be deprived of that opportunity because they have to work. I’m not talking firefighters, police or other emergency service workers, but those workers whose job it is to man the tills and stock the shelves in retail operations throughout this province, retail operations that could be closed on a day set aside for the Albertan family, businesses that should in fact be closed on a day set aside for families. […]
A MorinvilleNews.com Editorial
February 14 marks a special occasion around our newsroom. Monday Morning News has just released its 13th issue marking more than three months of coverage in Morinville and MORINVILLENEWS.COM has been online providing Morinville and surrounding area … […]
By Legal Councillor Phil Hughes
This Year the AUMA convention was held in Edmonton at the Shaw convention centre.
The AUMA gives elected officials in Alberta a chance to network, learn about programs available for their community, provide toolkits and resources to better their communities and allows them an opportunity… […]
Dear editor:
There is confusion or misunderstanding about what our Morinville parent delegation has requested from our public schools. We are advocating for our public schools to operate like other public schools across the province. We have no issue having Religious Studies class or a faith-based program like the Christian LOGOS program… […]
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