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Morinville RCMP charge four men in Yellowbird homicide investigation

Morinville, Alberta – Investigators from the RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit (MCU) and the Morinville RCMP Detachment have charged four men with first-degree murder in the investigation into the October 17, 2017, discovery of Kevin Dean Yellowbird’s body in a rural area in Sturgeon County.
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Letter: God’s House About to Be a Mobile Home

The Father’s House Christian Fellowship (TFH) is excited to announce that their church building is now ready to be moved. Four sections of the church, currently alongside the highway on the north end of St Albert, will be moved 15 kilometers north, to a new and permanent location, west of Morinville next to Heritage Lake. […]

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Alberta RCMP and Alberta Rural Crime Watch Association sign official partnership

A memorandum of understanding, outlining the roles RCMP and the Province’s Rural Crime Watch Association will play in keeping rural communities safe throughout the province was signed Thursday in Edmonton by Deputy Commissioner Todd Shean, Commanding Officer, Alberta RCMP and Mr. Trevor Tychkowsky, President of the Alberta Provincial Rural Crime Watch Association.
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Council approves second reading of budget after $301,656 in cuts

Morinville ratepayers will be seeing a smaller increase to their property tax rate than expected at first reading of Morinville’s budget after more than a quarter million dollars was slashed from the budget during second reading, dropping a proposed tax increase from 6 per cent to 4.9 per cent with one last opportunity to make reductions later this month. […]

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Council approves $2,500 instructor contract to Councillor Balanko

Morinville will be renewing an annual contract with Councillor Rebecca Balanko up to a limit of $2,500 following a unanimous motion of council. The contract is for seasonal educational programing for children in Morinville, both the GIRLS (Girls in Real Life Situations) and BOYS (Boys Owning Your Situation) programs. […]

Business

Morinville Dairy Queen helping Jessica Martel Foundation

Dairy Queen Morinville is hoping to see a lot of people lined up to buy Blizzards on Mar. 1, a day they have marked to help the Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation.

The local restaurant will donate all proceeds from Blizzard Sales to the charitable group who work with victims of Domestic Violence.
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Morinville RCMP investigate theft of gas

On February 9, 2018 Morinville RCMP responded to a complaint of a theft of gasoline from a residence in Cardiff that occurred February 8, 2018 between 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Surveillance video shows a male suspect coming up to a residence and taking a jerry can of gas. […]