Local News

Morinville Jets need one more for round two win

The Morinville Jets squeaked out a 5-4 road win over the Stony Plain Flyers Wednesday night to take the third game of their best-of-five CJHL Round 2 Playoff series. The series now stands 2-1 in the Jets favour.
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Business

Town considering paving over part of Perras Place

Council has received a report from Morinville’s Director of Planning and Development Greg Hofmann which outlines concept plan and development process for the area surrounding Town Hall including the Midstream Support Society Building and Perras Place, both of which are scheduled for future demolition. The report was lacking in details but mostly outlined that work is underway to determine the future of the large publicly-owned site including and surrounding St. Germain Place (Town Hall). […]

Arts & Culture

Morinville to join national French heritage celebration

Blue, white and pink flags will soon be flying over municipalities in Alberta as communities raise the Franco-Albertan flag in honour of Rendez-vous de la Francophonie (RVF), running Mar. 2 to 22. Morinville is set to hoist their flag Mar. 2 at noon to kick off a day of activities.
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Arts & Culture

One cultural centre show cancelled, another has a time change

This weekend’s Faustwork Mask Theatre: Little Big Frog, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25, will no longer be presented as part of the LIVE @ the CCC 2016-17 Season due to unforeseen circumstances, the Town of Morinville announced Wednesday.
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Columns

National Column: Hamburg speech hints at Ottawa shift

The St. Matthew’s Day Banquet in Hamburg has been a big date on the German city’s social calendar for more than six centuries. Everyone who’s anyone in Hamburg attends. Under the gilded roof of the historic town hall’s palatial banquet room, keynote speakers – each year, a German dignitary and a foreign guest – discuss the great matters of the day before hundreds of revelers. […]

Columns

National Column: Justin Trudeau explains Donald Trump to Europe

Justin Trudeau has discovered Europe. The prime minister had hoped to find there a counterweight to Canada’s economic dependence on the U.S. He found instead a continent anxious about American intentions and desperate to find someone who could interpret Donald Trump. […]

Business

Rotary urgently looking for students to send on trips

Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia are the points of call for three of five Rotary adventures taking place this spring. The Adventures in Technology program takes place in Saskatoon, the Adventure in Citizenship Program takes place in Ottawa, and the Adventures in Tourism takes place in Kelowna. […]

Obituaries

Obituary Notice: Brenneis, Glenn

It is with deep sorrow and much love that we announce the peaceful passing of our husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, Glenn Brenneis, on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at the of 59 years. […]

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Local News

Morinville mandates new rules for those looking to join local committees

Morinville’s council recently approved a policy that guides how members are to be selected for all boards, committees, or commissions established by Council under Provincial legislation, on February 13.

This includes membership for the Town’s Assessment Review Board (ARB), Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB), and the Morinville Public Library Board, among others. […]

Local Sports

Jets sit one and one in second round of playoffs

It was a win and a loss for the Morinville Jets over the Family Day weekend. The Jets entered Round Two fo the 2017 CJHL Playoffs against the Stony Plain Flyers with a 5-2 home-ice win Friday night but fell by the same margin on the road Monday evening. The respective wins leave both clubs evenly matched in the best-of-five series. […]

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Local News

Coming up at Town Council

Morinville Town Council is scheduled to hold their monthly Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday night.

The public agenda includes: […]