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She’s a winner The winner of $2,500 from the Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch 50/50 draw was presented with her cheque […]
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Morinville News
Emergency Management Bylaw passes second reading
By Stephen Daofe
Morinville – Council gave second reading May 14 to a new Emergency Management Bylaw designed to better fit the emergency management model created by the province and the Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA)… […]
Morinville News
Council approves Highway 642 Functional Plan
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – More than a year’s work on improving economic opportunities in Morinville’s downtown core was approved by Council May 14 with a unanimous vote. Administration and Council believe the Highway 642 Functional Planning Study is the right plan, one to create a long-term plan for 100 Avenue that ensures traffic and pedestrian safety while easing the issues that have stalled development and redevelopment in Morinville’s downtown core… […]
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Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is another 24 pages of local, relevant community news…
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Local News
Column – Joe Morinville
Judging by all the buds on the trees outside my living room window, I’m guessing they could be leaves by the time you read this column. That means summer is coming. It got me to thinking about how much I am not a fan of summer… […]
Morinville News
Bike ride honours memory of fallen Morinville resident
By Lucie Roy with Morinville News files
Morinville – It has been many years since Roger Champagne was gunned down in Las Vegas by a man looking to feed his drug habit, but the Morinville man, well known for his kindness in the community, has never been forgotten by friends, family or the hundreds of Morinville Community High School (MCHS) students who were born some years after the man’s passing. Such is the legacy of Roger Champagne whose memory is honoured each year by MCHS students who take to the mountains for a bike ride that bears his name. For many of those years, the Champagne family has presented a student with a bike to take on the annual trip… […]
Arts & Culture
Students experience jazz dance from international experts
Photos By Stephen Dafoe and Lucie Roy
Morinville – Local students had the opportunity to experience jazz dance in two entertaining performances May 13. Calgary-based Decidedly Jazz Danceworks performed The Great Jazz History Mystery in two 45-minute school performances at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre… […]
Sturgeon County
Sturgeon County under fire advisory
Press Release
Sturgeon County FIRE ADVISORY in effect. Permits will not be issued until further notice. Existing permits are hereby revoked… […]
Legal
Legal sets off into the Wild Pink Yonder
By Lucie Roy
Legal – The Wild Pink Yonder is a Charitable Society raising money for Breast Cancer Awareness while travelling on horseback through 21 towns in 23 days. Every town along the Pink Trail is challenged to raise more money per capita than the others and to be the pinkest town when the riders come through town… […]
Legal
Weekend in photos
Bob and Paul Riopel visited their mother Raymonde Riopel at Aspen House on Saturday afternoon for the Mother’s Day Tea. Bob surprised his mother with flowers… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: From the desk of Public Works
Morinville is implementing a new initiative called “Reuse it or loose it” where unwanted items from residents will be set loose and brought to a central location for others to browse through and take home, free of charge, for reuse… […]
Local Sports
Town offering intro to self defence for women
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Town of Morinville is partnering with Rooke School of Karate to offer a three-hour introductory Ladies’ Self Defence class May 31 at the Rooke School of Karate (10301-100 Ave.)
Tyler Edworthy, Morinville’s Operations and Program Coordinator, said the idea for the class came from a talk with a Morinville High School Teacher who was looking to put something together for she and her friends… […]
Morinville News
Clean Sweep pitches in to beautify Morinville
Morinville – Town staff, business owners, students and residents gathered together for one common cause Wednesday – cleaning up Morinville. Operation Clean Sweep, Morinville’s contribution to Pitch-In, Canada’s nationwide initiative to clean up our own backyard… […]
Morinville News
Wildrose MLA Rob Anderson visits Morinville
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Wildrose MLA and Opposition Finance Critic Rob Anderson visited Morinville Wednesday night, his third public meeting in the constituency to discuss what his party refers to as a Financial Recovery Plan for Alberta. The 90-minute talk at the Morinville Rendez-Vous Centre drew mostly party supporters to hear the former PC MLA speak.
Anderson’s talk criticized the Redford government for what the Wildrose see as mismanagement of revenues, overspending on bureaucracy, and a string of broken campaign and budget promises, including the premier’s pre-election promise of not running a deficit… […]
Local News
Champion champions local champions
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – The Morinville Road Runners program has gone from strength to strength in recent years, growing from a handful of basketball players to more than 100 players this past season. Along the road, the Road Runners’ Midget Girls have accumulated three consecutive City and Provincial Championships and won more than 60 consecutive games… […]
Local Sports
Morinville launches walking and running clubs
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Town is hoping residents will put both feet forward Wednesday when they launch a free walking and running club on the same evening. The Walk With Us Club and Morinville Running Club start May 8 at the Morinville Fish and Game Association pond trail and will run for eight consecutive Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m… […]