Editorial & Opinion
LETTER: Re: open letter to our chamber
Mr. James O’Brian, our letter Aug 14/2013 spoke to the broader community about the need for doctors, the article made this statement for the Chamber:
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Month: August 2015
Local News
Pet Food Bank opens in Morinville
by Stephen Dafoe An adopted turtle and a financial rough spot have combined to create a new community service in […]
Local News
Police search warrant results in drug bust
Morinville RCMP revealed Sunday afternoon a search warrant conducted Thursday morning resulted in the seizure of 54 marijuana plants and the arrest of two males. […]
Local News
Adopt-a-Pets [VIDEO]
The Morinville News is pleased to partner with the Morinville Veterinary Clinic to bring these adopt-a-pet segments to our readers. Here are this week’s animals up for adoption. […]
Arts & Culture
Country Fair provides variety of activities [VIDEO]
The Morinville Festival Society held their annual Country Fair Saturday at the Ray McDonald Sports Center. The event included a farmers’ market, bench fair and a number of activities, including a couple of sports events.
The event wrapped up Saturday night with the farm-to-table dinner and a street dance. […]
Legal
Poker run remembers Erin Doyle [video]
Engines revved Saturday afternoon as more than 100 riders departed from Kilroy’s Pub in Legal for the annual Erin Doyle Memorial Poker Run. All proceeds from this year’s event go to Kids with Cancer. […]
Arts & Culture
Week in Photos
The week of Aug. 17 to 23 was an active one in the region. Here are some pictures of the events that we attended. Above – Dax Toelle puts a little style into his trip down the inflatable slide at the Father’s House Block Party Friday night. The event was held at the skate park and organized by the church’s youth group. […]
Arts & Culture
Alexander holds Traditional Pow Wow [video]
Alexander First Nation held their annual Traditional Pow Wow Aug. 22 and 23 with singers, drummers, dancers and spectators coming from throughout the province and beyond. […]
Arts & Culture
Music in the Park wraps up a summer of song [VIDEO]
Above: Singer Tim Chesterton performs a Canadian folk song as fellow performers Laura Bachynski (left) and Jessica Heine (right) watch. […]
Local Sports
Morinville Jets readying for another season
by Stephen Dafoe The Morinville Jets will hit the ice for a series of seven training camp sessions between Aug. […]
Columns
National Column: Another Orange Wave for Alberta?
Can a revolution repeat itself twice in five months? Or is lightning in a bottle, by its very nature, captured but once?
That is the political question in Alberta in this federal election, but the fact that any questions are being asked in Alberta during a federal campaign is news in itself.
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Local News
Police investigate motorcycle fatality
At approximately. 8:35 p.m. Wednesday night, Morinville RCMP members were dispatched to a single vehicle collision on Highway 2, just south of the Highway 2 and Secondary Highway 642 overpass. […]
Legal
Collision claims life
At approximately 11:12 am Morinville RCMP were dispatched to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 2 between Township Road 572 and secondary highway 651. […]
Arts & Culture
Westlock Centennial project being produced in Morinville
The Town of Westlock will celebrate its centennial in 2016, but preparations for that 100th-anniversary celebration are already well on the away. Part of those plans include a centennial celebration song and accompanying music video, being produced by Morinville’s Smith Music and PMPI, the latter the owner of The Morinville News. The song, written by Smith with some assistance from the committee is called Community With Spirit.
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Legal
Ambrose talks economy and security with local Rotarians
Canada’s economy and national security were the main topics of a 20-minute presentation to local Rotarians by Federal Minister of Health and Sturgeon River–Parkland Conservative candidate Rona Ambrose Aug. 12.
The Rotary visit was Ambrose’s second to the Morinville club. Her first visit was where she announced she would be running in the newly announced Sturgeon River — Parkland riding. […]
Legal
Legal’s Arinn Young helps forge another medal win
Legal resident, Arinn Young, and the Canadian Parapan Am Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team, captured silver at the Toronto 2015 Games on Friday after dropping the gold-medal final 80-72 to the United States. The silver-medal finish earns Young’s team a berth into the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. […]