Local News

Ever tried to count the blades of grass on your lawn? That's basically what botanist Melanie Patchell has been doing all summer, except her “lawn” is Big Lake. It's meant slogging through the most remote corners of Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, through swamps and willow flats, carefully cataloguing the type, location and extent of every plant she finds.

It is a tray of chocolates that illustrates what Sandyne Beach-McCutcheon does best.

A trip to the grocery store might yield a shopping basket filled with milk, eggs, a couple of fruits and vegetables and sandwich fixings for the upcoming week.

Morinville town council will provide at least $107,000 at the Lakes district to build a playground, but an expert says that might not be enough to make the park happen.

The trip up the mountain earned one St. Albert agency a trip to the podium for a provincial award last week.

Morinville council is gearing up for a total overhaul of its grant policy, one that could lead to tighter rules on how it spends its money.

A Morinville councillor has called for the elimination of a controversial photo radar location following the release of the town’s traffic safety review – despite the fact that one of the highest speeds in town was clocked at that spot.

The Youth Community Centre is scrambling to find a new home after being evicted by its landlord last week. The youth centre will have to leave its longtime home of Grandin mall and has until July 31 to find a new space, states a news release sent out Wednesday.

Most everyone who comes to St.

Governments around the world are responding with outrage about the revelations from National Security Agency traitor Edward Snowden. Snowden was an outside contractor to the NSA, one of the most secretive American intelligence agencies.