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Local News

Sturgeon Victim Services reports to council

by Tristan Turner

Morinville – Amy Taylor, the newest board member for the Morinville-based Sturgeon Victim Services, gave a presentation to Morinville Council Mar. 11 on the operations her organization undertakes in the county, and the service they provide in Morinville. Victim Services provides assistance to victims of crime under the criminal code, as well as the victims of natural disasters or other trauma… […]

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Local News

Community groups receive grants

by Tristan Turner

Morinville – Four grant requests were presented to council at their Mar. 11 regular meeting. Grant requests that were considered were a $1,000 habitat signage request from the Morinville Fish and Game Association, a $2,500 grant request from the Morinville Public Elementary School Parent Fundraising Committee for their annual Community Carnival… […]

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Columns

Progressive Views Column: Budget Fails Albertans

by Tristan Turner

Finance Minister Doug Horner recently released the province’s 2014 budget, a budget that will mean lacking support for services, inadequate post-secondary funding and an unsustainable debt-borrowing model that will only serve to hurt the province’s pocket book in the long term… […]

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Uncategorized

Our Morinville in photos

Our Morinville is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be of this and surrounding […]

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Local News

Mar. 12 Print Edition download

Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, and in rural mailboxes Wednesday as well…. […]

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Columns

Column: Joe Morinville

They stuck me on the back page this week because the new columnist’s seniors’ column took over my spot. But that’s OK with me because I’m a senior now and he’s got some good things to say about seniors. Anyway here’s my list of stuff I found odd this week… […]

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Morinville News

Province urging Albertans to buckle up

by Morinville News Staff

Edmonton – The Government of Alberta is asking Albertans to join the 95 per cent of people already wearing seatbelts. The province has seen a 26 per cent increase over the past 15 years, rising from 60 per cent compliance in 1999 to 95 per cent currently. It is a trend the government wants to see continue… […]

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People

Scout leaders find experience rewarding

Sturgeon County – Every Wednesday night from September to May, boys and girls of all ages meet at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre and in the basement of the Morinville United Church to participate in a movement that has been around for more than a century… […]

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Local News

Councillors, Mayor disclose campaign donors, some expenses

Morinville – As Council continued to wade through the balance sheets and public consultations of the 2014 budget approval process, individual council members have also been busy preparing and filing campaign finance disclosure statements… […]

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Local Sports

Fish and Game Association gathers for auction and awards … and good food

The Morinville Fish & Game Association held their annual Brag Night Dinner and Silent Auction Saturday night at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. The sold out event mixed a buffet dinner that included moose, elk, bison, salmon, turkey and unique combinations of venison cooking styles with a silent and live auction, the latter a major fundraiser for the local outdoors group… […]

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Arts & Culture

The weekend in photos

An original art piece by Tara Chubey was one of the items on display when The Musee Morinville Museum unveiled the Iskwewak (Women) of Alexander First Nation Display Saturday. Guests in attendance included Councillors Brennan Fitzgerald, Stephen Dafoe, Nicole Boutestein and Barry Turner, Sylvia Jennings, and Adele Paul,… […]

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Business

Column: Morinville Housing Report

What a cold February!  Hopefully, by the time this article is printed, the weather has let up at least a bit.  It seems the weather has kept buyers from commencing their home search but for those who already had, it didn’t seem to deter them…. […]

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Local News

Youth rally part of weekend CARE Conference 2014

Morinville – Five speakers will take to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre this weekend for the Father’s House CARE conference 2014, a two day event that includes the faith community’s third Youth Rally. The latter event takes place Saturday night from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m… […]

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Province

MLA sees provincial budget as good news, others disagree

by Colin F. Smith

Edmonton – Good news is how local MLA Maureen Kubinec describes the provincial budget introduced Thursday.

Heralded as the first balanced budget in six years, it anticipates the highest-ever government revenues at $44 billion, with operational spending set for $40.4 billion… […]

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Columns

Column: Seniors’ care faulted in throne speech responses

Not a lot was said about seniors in the Alberta government’s speech from the throne least week. In the speech given by Lieutenant-Governor Donald S. Ethell at the March 3 opening of the second session of 28th Alberta Legislature, the government congratulated itself for building a seniors’ care home in Strathmore… […]