Local News
Halloween around town
There were plenty of ghosts, goblins and costumed Morinvillians roaming town Wednesday. Here are a few moments our lenses captured… […]
Month: October 2012
Morinville News
Kubinec takes Cardiff Road question to Legislature
By Stephen Dafoe
Edmonton – After three cracks at bat the previous week, Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec finally got to ask about the Cardiff Road interchange in the Legislature Wednesday afternoon. But the answers from Minister of Transportation Ric McIver provided little in the way of new information. … […]
Local Sports
Free program to tackle physical literacy
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Parents, coaches, teachers and early childhood educators are being invited to take part in a free 90-minute workshop Nov. 12 to help them incorporate physical literacy and fundamental movement skills into their work. The program takes place at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and is part of the Canadian Sport for Life movement, an initiative to make sport better through long-term athlete development and the encouragement of healthy lifestyles… […]
Local News
Pedestrian safety RCMP focus for November
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – November has been designated Pedestrian Safety month under the Alberta Traffic Safety Plan. Morinville RCMP members and their road safety partners will be keeping an eye out to ensure drivers… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: Council is spending my money on what?
If Budget 2013 passes third reading this December, Morinville Town Council is planning on spending $3.7 million to build a giant tin lunchbox at the east and west entrances to town, an homage to the hard-working men and women who leave Morinville each morning and who return to the “Family Choice” each and every night around supper time… […]
Local News
Wednesday Print Edition Download
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is 32 pages of our regular round up of local relevant news all wrapped in a special Halloween-themed cover… […]
Morinville News
Zombie Apocalypse to aid local food bank
By Stephen Dafoe
Take a love of the Walking Dead and a love of helping a good cause and you have the making for another Zombie Apocalypse, set to take place Nov. 17 at the Morinville Zoo… […]
Morinville News
Column: Joe Morinville – Halloween Edition
Joe reflects on Halloweens of his past and how they differ from today.
1 – When I was young we dressed up as vampires…long cloak-wearing vampires that talked with thick Eastern-European accents and were afraid of garlic. Now kids dress up as vampires named Edward, vampires that are supposed to sparkle… […]
Legal
Catholic school district looking to create legacy for students
By Morinville News Staff
St. Albert – Greater St Albert Catholic Schools are looking for seven community members to be part of an initiative they believe will build better futures, one student at a time. The newly established Education Foundation for Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools will consist of nine members: one trustee volunteer, the district secretary-treasurer, … […]
Local News
Youth earn rewards for positive results
Submitted
Morinville – Eight-year-old Tyson Francis, 10-year-old Alex Winterhalt, and 13-year-old Matthew Thiessen are the latest recipients of recognition through Morinville’s Positive Ticket Program…. […]
Editorial & Opinion
MLA Column: Environmental monitoring
By Maureen Kubinec, Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA
Here in Alberta, we are blessed with abundant resources and breathtaking landscapes. Our environment provides us with endless recreational opportunities and our resources are not only ensuring prosperity for our province, but for all of Canada… […]
Legal
Local chef teaming up with TV chef to promote healthy eating
By Stephen Dafoe
Legal – Chef Phil Hughes of Premium Food Services has joined celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, a global initiative to have people take a stand for real food. Hughes is currently using the program’s concepts in the school lunch program he runs in Legal but is looking to expand the benefits of good eating…. […]
Local Sports
Rough week for the Morinville Jets
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Two points in three outings is not the week the Morinville Jets wanted, but it is the week they got. After losses to the North Edmonton Red Wings and Spruce Grove Regals, the Jets returned to home ice Sunday night to defeat the Strathcona Bruins… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Food drive a success
We wish to thank the citizens of Morinville that gave so freely to restore supplies for the Morinville Food Bank…. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: A thaw for the budget open houses?
Editor:
A warm front…sorta?
It was encouraging to see the sun peek through the mist and have the proposed tax increase for 2013 announced in the October 23 edition of The Morinville News… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: from the desk of Public Works
By Claude Valcourt
As reality is about to set in terms of winter approaching, a few projects are being completed or will be undertaken shortly as we wrap up construction season for this year. Trees will be planted along the new trail on 100 Street in… […]