Province
Province shows appreciation for caregivers
The third week in October is Foster and Kinship Caregiver Week in Alberta, a weeklong initiative acknowledging caregivers who provide safe and healthy homes for children in need.
[…]
Columns
National Column: Morneau capital runs low
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is headed back to the House of Commons on Monday with a target on his back and much of the burden of his government’s declining popularity on his shoulders.
[…]
Local News
JMMF prepares a big announcement for its third annual Break Free Gala
The Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation (JMMF), a non-profit organization from Morinville that will be opening a women’s shelter in the area and who raises awareness on the realities of domestic violence, is hosting its third annual Break Free Gala, on Oct. 28. The event, which takes place at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre, will showcase a major announcement regarding JMMF’s forthcoming shelter. […]
Local News
Talk of the Town
Above: Conservative Party of Canada Leader Andrew Scheer speaks with attendees at a meet-and-greet at Putnam and Lawson Oct. 10. […]
Columns
National Column: Canada has options if Trump kills NAFTA
If U.S. President Donald Trump deep-sixes the North American Free Trade Agreement, there are essentially three things that Canada can do.
It can try to salvage a bilateral deal with the U.S.
[…]
Arts & Culture
Morinville entertainer performing at Eskimos game
Edmonton Eskimos fans will get a taste of Morinville talent at the Oct. 28 game against Calgary. Morinville Community High School student and juggler Jordan Imgrund-Harvey has won an Edmonton-wide talent search to perform at the game later this month.
[…]
Local News
Food bank and youth supported by ice cream sales
Last summer, Sobeys celebrated Canada’s 150th birthday with its Canada Screams for Ice Cream campaign. Morinville Sobeys customers made $2 donations in exchange for ice cream treats.
[…]
Local News
No Frills supports school lunches
Seven Morinville educators lined up alongside Chris and Tracey’s No Frills owners Chris and Tracey Mansbridge to receive a cheque for $7,561 Thursday morning. The monies will support Morinville Community High School, Georges H. Primeau, Ecole Notre Dame, and Morinville Public School’s lunch programs. […]
Editorial & Opinion
National Column: In Canada, there’s no consensus on secession
If Quebecers were asked again to pronounce on their political future in a referendum, Canada and Quebec would hardly be immune to a stalemate of the kind that is pitting Catalonia against Spain. […]
Local News
Town hosts an Evening with Enforcement Services
Morinville Detachment NCO 1/c Sgt. Dale Kendall and Jennifer Kee, RCMP K Division Community Policing expert made a presentation at the cultural centre Tuesday night as part of an enforcement services event. […]
Local News
Community Standards Bylaw open house sees few attendees
Fewer than 15 residents attended a presentation on the proposed changes to the Community Standards Bylaw at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Tuesday night.
[…]
Local News
Church move a field of dreams for the Father’s House
Eight months after St. Albert real estate developer Landrex Inc. gifted the Father’s House with the former King of Kings Lutheran Church building at the north end of St. Albert, the Morinville church is one step closer to calling it home. […]
Columns
National Column: Weinstein only shunned after public outcry
You could say the slew of sexual harassment accusations against him reported in the New York Times last week had placed this blindingly high wattage Hollywood producer on the path to qualifying for the United States presidency. […]
Local News
High-tech drones to assist Morinville Fire Services through new partnership
The Morinville Fire Department has launched a new partnership and collaboration with A3UAV, a Transport Canada certified Canadian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) company providing UAV services to municipalities. […]
Columns
National Column: Japan debates about U.S. reliability in Korea crisis
by Thomas Walkom How does an officially pacifist country like Japan protect itself from a nuclear-armed North Korea? The short […]
Local News
Conservative Leader Scheer visits Morinville
A meet and greet with the Honourable Andrew Scheer, P.C., M.P., Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, and Dane Lloyd, Conservative Party Candidate for Sturgeon River-Parkland took place Tuesday afternoon under a big white tent in the Putnam & Lawson Parking lot.
[…]