By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Sturgeon County – A tribute to the military was celebrated Wednesday afternoon with the official re-opening and re-naming of 195th Avenue, a ceremony marking the culmination of more than two year’s work designing, engineering and constructing a four-lane connector road linking Sturgeon County to the City of Edmonton and Anthony Henday Drive… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Ken Kowalski announced Wednesday plans for the new overpass at Highway 2 and Cardiff Road are underway and that the search is on for a contractor to do the preliminary work… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – Local Rotarians and members of the business community gathered at the Rotary Spray Park Wednesday morning to put the ceremonial touch to the opening of a new gazebo, a project that has taken a couple years from concept to completion… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – With large blue rubber balls firmly in hand, a group of women squeeze and manoeuvre them as if they were dance partners, stepping and striding across the mezzanine of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre with purpose. But the choreographed routine is not part of any new dance class. Rather, it is a fast-paced exercise program called Bender Balls… […]
With kids returning to school this week, most RCMP detachments in the province are issuing their cookie-cutter press releases of back-to-school safety tips. Blah, blah, excited children forget safety rules. Blah, blah drivers need to look out for darting children with lunch pails, etc. No, the preceding is not me diminishing the importance of such messages, but rather what it must sound like to many Morinville motorists who hear the annual message re school and road safety. Seems to me people simply aren’t listening or if they are, they don’t seem to give two thoughts in a twin hula hoop about it… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Following word Champion Petfoods would not have its odour issues solved by the end of August as originally planned, Morinville Town Council and administration had an opportunity to tour the plant Tuesday afternoon to find out why. What councillors saw was Champion’s odour problems were not as simple as merely sticking a scrubber onto the existing $500,000 plasma injector system, and that up to $3 million would be spent on the Morinville plant for odour management and airflow alone… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Bon Accord – It’s three days of corny activities this weekend at Prairie Gardens. The popular destination for tourists and locals will be holding its Sweet Corn Fest over the Labour Day weekend – Sept. 3 – 5… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Alexander – Band members line up in the powwow grounds of Alexander First Nation on a Friday morning, each member of the band having their name checked against an official list. With the name found and suitable identification provided, a $5 bill is handed to an RCMP officer in red serge to pass on to the band member along with his firm handshake. It is an annual tradition that dates back to 1876 when the Cree of Alexander or Kipohtakaw became a signatory member of the Confederacy of Treaty 6… […]
Twenty years ago when the phone rang it was generally for something important, a customer wanting to place an order, a colleague requiring detailed information on some joint work or your mom giving you the latest scoop on aunt Sadie’s recent gall bladder operation. If someone dared to call with the mundane or trivial garbage we now routinely accept we’d all have said, ‘I’m sorry, but I cannot talk now. I’m working.’… […]
By Stephen Dafoe Morinville – After nine years, Servus Credit Union Branch Manager Kevin Wunsch will be leaving the Morinville […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Sitting with a cup of half coffee and half hot chocolate, Morinville Councillor Paul Krauskopf pauses between sips to tell his story, a story of his battle with cancer, his determination to press on with life, and his desire to assist others battling the disease… […]
By Étienne Thevou
Morinville – Mild, medium or hot, pots will soon be boiling in Morinville as beans and other ingredients are mixed and nurtured in preparation for the Battle of the Chillies at the Morinville Famer’s Market Sept. 9. The competition pits chili cooks against one another for a chance to be the top chili maker in one of three chili style categories… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Edmonton – It’s hands on the wheel and eyes on the road Sept. 1, the day Alberta’s new distracted driving law comes into full effect. Under the new law, drivers are prohibited from talking, texting, e-mailing or web surfing on a hand held cell phone while driving. Other prohibited activities under the law include using hand-held radio communication and other electronic devices, reading, writing or engaging in personal grooming while behind the wheel… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Edmonton – Albertans now have more ways to receive potentially life-saving information. The province announced Tuesday the new Alberta Emergency Alert system uses the latest in digital technology, social media and a dedicated website to make information available to Albertans… […]
Sturgeon County Mayor Don Rigney was surprised during Tuesday’s meeting of Sturgeon County Council when a birthday cake was presented to him in honour of his having reached his 60th birthday. The mayor was also presented with a… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Sturgeon County – It was standing room only in Sturgeon County Council chambers Tuesday morning. Residents came out in full force for the reopening of a public hearing on a proposed bylaw that would have seen Intensive Agricultural Use with Farmstead shift from a permitted to a discretionary use in the Urban Fringe District. The large contingent of those opposed to the amendment prompted council to vote 6-1 against third reading, defeating the amendment… […]
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