Local News
Gosselin running to be Wildrose candidate
Morinville resident Joe Gosselin has announced he is seeking nomination as the Wildrose candidate for Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock in the next election.
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Province
Morinville News
Survey says … Albertans want to be taxed for their sins
Albertans want to be taxed for their sins. This according to Wellness Alberta, a coalition of more than 100 organizations from various sectors that are calling for the creation of a provincial Wellness Foundation to improve Albertans’ health. […]
Local News
Kubinec talks budget in Morinville
by Lucie Roy Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA and Minister of Culture and Tourism, The Honourable Maureen Kubinec made a presentation on the […]
Legal
Wildrose members hold AGM in Westlock
by Tristan Turner The Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock Wildrose Constituency Association (CA) held their Annual General Meeting in Westlock Jan. 20. Approximately 50 […]
Local News
Liberal MLA presents public school issue in Legislature
by Colin Smith The results of a recent value-scoping exercise on public school needs in Morinville will be considered seriously […]
Local News
Champion Petfoods featured in province’s Rural Action Plan
by Colin Smith
Champion Petfoods has been showcased as a growing value-added industry in an Alberta government plan for the province’s rural economy… […]
Local News
Morinville parents launch school petition
by Colin Smith
A petition urging construction of a public junior high and/or high school in Morinville had received more than 350 signatures less than a week after it was launched, according to the organizers…. […]
Local News
Enbridge holds info session on Northern Gateway Project
by Morinville News Staff with files from Colin Smith
Morinville and Sturgeon County residents had an opportunity to learn more about the controversial Northern Gateway Project and have their own views heard Oct. 14… […]
Local News
Enbridge to hold Morinville open house on pipeline
Morinville residents are getting an opportunity to learn more about the controversial Northern Gateway Project and have their own views heard.
On Oct. 14, Enbridge will be holding an information session in Morinville on the $6.5 billion Northern Gateway Pipeline it is proposing to build to take Alberta crude oil to the B.C. coast for shipment across the Pacific… […]
Province
Morinville to get new K-6 school
A K-6 school in Morinville is among 55 new schools and 20 modernization projects announced for 2014-15 by Premier Jim Prentice on Oct. 8… […]
Local News
Prentice sworn in as premier, announces his cabinet
Premier elect Jim Prentice is now Premier Jim Prentice. The leader of the PC Party was sworn in at 1 p.m. Monday afternoon and immediately set about announcing his cabinet… […]
Local News
Morinville special needs families struggling with caregiver support
by Colin Smith
Many Morinville parents of special needs children are having trouble finding workers to provide caregiving support… […]
Local News
Gibbons Council sanctions mayor
by Colin Smith
Gibbons Mayor Doug Horner has been stripped of much of his power to act for six months as a result of a decision to impose sanctions on him taken by the town council… […]
Local News
Alberta Debt Clock ticks its way through the area
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s (CTF) Debt Clock made a stop in Westlock Friday. The tour that started Monday, July 14 ended Saturday, July 19 after the Debt Clock ticked away as it travelled more than 2,730 kimlometres through 25 communities, including St. Albert, Spruce Grove, Leduc, Fort Saskatchewan and Lacombe… […]
Morinville News
Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after Friday collision
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – A 54-year-old Calgary man was airlifted to hospital after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 2 and Cardiff Road Friday evening. Morinville RCMP, Morinville Fire Department and EMTs were called to the scene during the evening rush hour at approximately 5:12 p.m.. STARS Air Ambulance dispatched STAR-3 to Morinville shortly after and landed on Highway 2, north of the collision. The man was taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries… […]
Province
Province looking for votes on new plate design
by Morinville News Staff
Edmonton – Three new Alberta licence plate designs await voters in a new online provincial survey that launched July 8 and will run until Aug 19. The plate with the most votes will be Alberta’s new licence plate. Albertans can vote on one of the three designs at alberta.ca/licence-plate-survey.cfm… […]