by Ashley Janes
Morinville – The close of Nomination Day Monday saw 17 residents filing papers for six Council seats, a number seven higher than the 2010 race and 11 higher than 2007’s acclaimed Council.
Candidates did not become official until after our Monday afternoon press deadline. Candidates had 24 hours after the close of nominations to withdraw their papers… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – After living in the community for more than a decade, Morinville resident Brent Henry decided it was time to serve on Council. The 48-year-old father of two spent 27 years in the regular army and retired last year as Logistics Officer with a rank of Major. Over the past nine years Henry was a financial controller and responsible for budgets ranging between $500,000 to $200 million. He is currently employed by Health Canada as the Nursing Operations Management Advisor… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Council took advantage of their last opportunity to spend some money by dealing with the latest intake of Community Grant applications. Council weighed the merits of four grant requests for a total of $6,274, granting two applicants the full amount and offering to support the other two in other ways.
Under it’s current form, the Community Grant Program offers a maximum $2,500 grant to groups… […]
By Stephen Dafoe Morinville – Councillor Sheldon Fingler has announced he will seek the mayoral seat in the fall general […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The community has a new mayor, at least until the next one is sworn in after the Oct. 21 election. Councillor Gordon Boddez was appointed mayor Tuesday night during the Aug. 27 meeting of Morinville Town Council. He fills the mayoral vacancy left by the June 30 passing of Morinville Mayor Paul Krauskopf. After beign appointed mayor, Boddez was sworn in and resumed his regular Council seat and not the chair reserved for mayor.
The discussion was the first order of business at Council’s Aug. 27 meeting. Deputy Mayor Lisa Holmes took nominations from the floor and Councillor Sheldon Fingler put forward Boddez’ name. Boddez was appointed mayor with a unanimous vote of Council… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A love of community and a love of the job she’s held for the past three years are prompting Councillor Nicole Boutestein to seek a second term on Morinville Town Council. She says she does not consider herself a politician and has no intention of ever becoming one. Rather, the life-long resident of Morinville sees herself as someone elected by voters to do a job. She is hoping those voters will elect her to that job once again this fall.
“It is a job. It’s a full-time job,” Boutestein said, adding she puts in about 40 hours each week. “It is a job I have to say I really love. I get up in the morning and I’m happy to go to work.”… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville –Former councillor Barry Turner is looking to return to the table for another term on Council six years after completing his last. Turner, 39, was first elected to Council at the age of 21 and served for four terms between 1995 and 2007. Turner decided to step away after four terms to spend time with his young family and to apply a little more attention to his professional career.
“I had put a lot of time and effort and had went full bore in terms of putting everything I could into fulfilling my Council duties,” Turner said of his initial run on Council, adding he and his wife had their third child during his third term on Council… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Coach’s Corner owner Lawrence Giffin is the fifth resident to declare they will run for Council in the fall election. Giffin has lived in Morinville for the past four years and has been an active volunteer during that time, most notably with the Morinville Lions Club and through his work on a number of local fundraisers for breast cancer, autism and the Midstream Support Society’s Santa Store.
Giffin said he is a person who likes to make a difference and fells the only way to do that is to be part of the process. It is that belief, combined with some concerns about how things have been done, that prompted him to take a run at a Council seat… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – After living in the community for six years, 31-year-old Fort McMurray Native Rob Ladouceur said he is certain of two things: Morinville is where he wants to continue to raise his family, and Morinville is where he wants to make a difference. Ladouceur is the latest resident to step forward and announce he will run for a Council seat in the fall election.
“I’ve been interested in helping people for a long time,” Ladouceur said, adding his time working behind the scenes in provincial politics… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A special meeting regarding Council leadership in the absence of a mayor will be held Thursday afternoon. The Town announced at 2:27 p.m. Tuesday afternoon Deputy Mayor Lisa Holmes had called the meeting for Thursday at 5:30 p.m… […]
It has been a tough 12 months for Morinville Town Council. In August of 2012, then Councillor Ben Van de Walle took ill and resigned from Council, opening the door to a by-election that placed Councillor Sheldon Fingler in the seventh seat by a 32-vote margin over a largely one-issue candidate… […]
Morinville – A community is in mournimg after the news Morinville Mayor Paul Krauskopf has died. Krauskopf, 63, was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and continued to serve the community as councillor – and subsequently mayor – until his death June 30.
Debbie Oyarzun, the Town’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), released the news of the mayor’s passing. “With Paul Krauskopf’s passing, Morinville has not only lost its mayor, but it has lost a dear friend who was tireless advocate for Morinville… […]
Town helps out with Canada Day fireworks
The pops, whistles and flashes of colour overhead on Canada Day will be partly covered by the Town of Morinville. Council unanimously approved a $1,190 request from the Morinville Historical and Cultural Society… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – With nomination day just three months away, not everyone on Council is ready to play his or her campaign cards just yet. Of the six current members of Council, only four were prepared to say they were ready to throw their hat in the ring come fall. Only two of those said with certainty what chair that hat would be tossed at… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Town’s deteriorating tennis courts, located at 100 Avenue and 101 Street, could be ripped up and replaced with new ones at Bob Foster Park or another location in town. The courts were approved for $120,000 worth of refurbishing in the 2013 budget; however, the Sturgeon School Division who now own the land the courts sit on have put forth a few conditions that would extend the costs beyond what was allotted for the project this year… […]
Well! Champion Petfoods has its well-deserved and hard earned $5,400 in fines waived. Lots of people are upset.
We are informed by CAO Debbie Oyarzun that “Champion has agreed to stay the course, and the Town has agreed to stay the previously issued tickets.”… […]
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