Notre Dame students Ethan Oliver and Jayden Gratton get a little lacrosse training monday from Ryan Dilks of the Edmonton Rush. Dilks was at the school all day Monday teaching students how to play lacrosse, the history of the game, the Edmonton Rush organization, and what it takes to be a professional athlete… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Sturgeon County – County Council passed second and third reading of its 2012 tax rates with a 4-3 vote Tuesday, Councillors David Kluthe, Donald McGeachy and Mayor Don Rigney opposing the two motions… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Sturgeon County – Council unanimously approved first reading of a series of amendments to Sturgeon County’s Land Use Bylaw. … […]
By The Morinville News Staff
Sturgeon County – Council unanimously endorsed a development permit for Horton CBI Ltd. to build an estimated $18 million facility at their Sturgeon County location… […]
It was interesting to watch one of the vacuous TV talking heads announce with complete seriousness Monday night that there were no real surprises in the PC majority. Of course many of us were quite surprised given the vast number… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Sturgeon County – The County’s Economic Development Team returned from the Economic Developers Association of Albert (EDA) annual award banquet with another two awards to add to their collection… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Westlock County Councillor Maureen Kubinec ensured Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock remained in PC hands Monday night after garnering 45 per cent of the vote. Kubinec received 7,447 votes, 341 more than Wildrose candidate and former Alberta Report publisher Link Byfield who received 7,106 votes (43 per cent) in the constituency.
Byfield was the frontrunner throughout the evening with a healthy to moderate lead until Westlock and Morinville vote tallies began coming in around 10:30 p.m. … […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – An historical artefact from Morinville and Alberta’s past stopped many visitors to the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce Trade Show over the Apr. 20 – 22 weekend… […]
Stephen Dafoe Photos
Morinville – Veteran Canadian fiddler Calvin Vollrath was back in town over the weekend, entertaining approximately 600 fiddle music fans in three separate shows. The musician, who grew up in Cardiff and cut his musical teeth in Morinville and surrounding area, released his 55th and 56th CDs at a CD release concert Saturday night: the aptly named The Homecoming and a second release titled Spring Creek… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville & District Chamber of Commerce Trade Show came to a successful end Sunday afternoon. Trade Show Committee Chair Paula Hittinger said she was pleased with how the event went… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Sunday afternoon’s Annual Trade Show Baby crawl (hosted by The Morinville News ) saw six competitors take to the stage, each eager to take this year’ competition glory. Although all competitors were in top racing form, only the top three took the prize packages home: a $500 registered education savings plan (RESP) from Knowledge First, a gift basket from the Morinville Fire Department, and a gift basket of baby products from Neighbors Vitamin Shop / Morinville Health Foods… […]
Kony Morinville
A woman walks by a Kony 2012 poster in downtown Morinville Saturday morning. The international movement to raise awareness of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony did not skip the small communities. Area youth participated in a somewhat subdued Cover the Night campaign Friday evening,.. […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A local singer / songwriter was in the studio last week to begin the long road he will travel towards his next album. Justin Hogg, who has been involved in music for as long as he can remember, began recording his second CD at Smith Music Studios in Morinville Apr. 17… […]
Photos by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Local exercise enthusiasts have been putting the trail and trail equipment at the fish and Game Association pond to good use for the past two Wednesdays. Walking Trail Fit Camp began Apr. 11 and continues until May 30, offering area residents an opportunity for a weekly one-hour fitness session that is part commune with nature and two parts boot camp. Organized by Morinville’s Community Services Department and instructed by Lara Thompson… […]
By Lucie Roy
Legal – The 18th Annual Volunteer Appreciation Night sold out early Friday night with a large number of staff and volunteers from a wide variety of community non-profit organizations in attendance. Special guests included the Legal Town Council and members of ACFA and Centralta Tourism Society. The program included the third Annual Volunteer Recognition nominations and a fiesta … […]
Veteran Canadian fiddler Calvin Vollrath is back in Morinville. The musician performed to an audience fo about 150 Friday night, the first of three varied performances at the Morinville Community cultural Centre this weekend… […]
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