Local News

A young man with possible anger issues was sentenced Monday to 18 months of probation for two emotional outbursts that ended with him threatening people or hitting them.

The city will try to bundle four transit projects into a single P3 project in order to take advantage of federal P3 funding. A federal program called P3 Canada allows municipalities to apply for up to 25 per cent of the capital value of projects.

A former police officer in Morinville says the town's photo radar guys aren't playing by the rules and wants council to call them to account. Kevin Wedick was one of about 20 people at Morinville town council on June 14 to discuss photo radar.

The 30-something-year-old man who won $1.3 million on the Diamond Millions slot machine at Apex Casino Monday afternoon reportedly screamed when the news of the jackpot flashed on the screen before him.

A 17-year-old Sturgeon Composite High School student was killed in a rollover on the last day of school. Emergency crews responded to the accident at about 1:35 p.m. on June 15 south of Gibbons on Range Road 233, just north of Township Road 552.

Members of the local RCMP drug unit arrested a 19-year-old man last week with several different types of drugs and $635 in cash.

The city will not buy back unused blue garbage tags from residents. Coun. Cam MacKay tried to convince council that buying back the tags was the right thing to do now that the city has its new toter system in place, but only Coun.

The city will spend about half a million dollars replacing a ventilation unit that is failing prematurely at Servus Credit Union Place.

The RCMP is warning homeowners about a worrying trend they believe they have discovered in a string of recent break-ins.

Ah, summer and with it comes the sweet embrace of warm days and time to do what you want.