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Arts & Culture

Dancing banned in Morinville for the rest of the week

Photos By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Dancing has been banned in Morinville this week, at least in the context of Morinville Community High School’s performance of Footloose. This year’s theatrical production is a performance of the 1998 stage adaptation of the popular 1984 film and includes a cast of more than 40 MCHS students… […]

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Morinville News

Morinville RCMP Police Briefs

Commercial break, enter and theft in Bon Accord

Morinville RCMP responded to a commercial alarm at Chelsea’s pub Dec. 10 at approximately 5:30 a.m. Upon arrival, officers observed extensive damage to the front door of the business. Subsequent investigation revealed that unknown individual(s) backed up a truck to the front door, knocking the pane of glass off. An undisclosed amount of alcohol… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: Progressive Views – The Inequality Problem

By Tristan Turner

Canada is not an equal society. Today, the top 1% of income earners receive 14% of all income in Canada, and the trend is increasing rapidly. Over the past 20 years, for every $1 increase in national earnings, 30¢ have gone to the top 1% of income earners and the remaining 70¢ was shared between the bottom 99% of income earners in Canada. In fact, from 1982 to 2004 there was no increase (when factoring in inflation) in the incomes of the bottom 60% … […]

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Local Sports

Warriors defeat Jets in home game

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Jets fell to the Beverly Warriors Sunday night in a 3-2 decision. After defeating the Spruce Grove Regals, the top-ranked team in the league, a week earlier, the Jets were just not able to recreate the magic on home ice a week later…. […]

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Local News

The weekend in photos

Dr. Joy Berg conducts Edmonton’s Concordia Symphony Orchestra, Concordia Chorus and soloists from ProCoro Canada during the Hallelujah Chorus, the most recognized piece from Handel’s Messiah. The Sunday afternoon concert drew an audience of approximately 300 to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. The performance was followed by the audience… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column – Healthy Routes: Enjoy the Christmas Feast!

By Gladys Kublik, owner Neighbors Vitamin Shop

December and the Christmas Season seems to revolve around food. Everywhere we go there is a burgeoning table of goodies from appetisers to desserts, the selection is overwhelming. With this great variety of high quality food it is strange that so many people are sick at this time of year. You would think that this abundance of nutrition would boost our immune system for the next three months… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: From the Desk of Fire Chief Ron Cust

‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, When down through the chimney all covered with soot, Came the SPIRIT OR FIRE, an ugly galoot…. […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Editorial: Time to crack down on snow removal

The snowflakes hardly finish falling before someone calls us or sends us a tweet asking when their neighbourhood is finally going to get ploughed. We seldom remind the caller or tweeter that the Town does not employ us. We just provide them the well-memorized information that main roads, sidewalks and trails are done first, followed by arterial roads… […]

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Local News

Local builder brings personal touch to custom home building

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Sitting behind the desk at his new Morinville office, home builder Larren Monti looks at a complete 3D rendering of what a client’s home will look like before a shovel is ever put in the ground. Monti is the owner of Atlas Premium Home Development Ltd. The company specializes in custom homes and recently opened a new office at 113 – 9918 100 Street in the Morinville Centre…. […]

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Arts & Culture

Battle of the Boxes looking for creative side of recycling

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A local woman is hoping boxes, cartons and other by-products of Christmas gift giving will be given a second life as works of creative art before ending up in the recycling box. Stacey Buga is organizing The Battle of the Boxes, the first of what she hopes will be a recurring recycling event.

“The Battle of the Boxes is hopefully going to be an annual event to encourage community involvement … […]

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Local News

Collision leads to impaired driving charge

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – A 24-year-old Bon Accord man is charged with impaired driving after a late night collision outside Morinville.

Morinville RCMP and Morinville Fire Department crews were called to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 2 at the Highway 37 overpass around 11:05 p.m. Thursday night. Police say a southbound Ford Escape was rear ended by a Ford F-150. RCMP… […]

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The week in photos so far

Bah Humbug
Legal School Educational Assistant Marie Letourneau was helping Aaron MacIntyre with his lines Wednesday afternoon. MacIntrye will portray Ebenezer Scrooge in Bah Humbug – Scrooge’s Christmas Carol, a play being performed Dec. 6 at the school. The K-2 Christmas Concert will also be held the same evening… […]

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Local News

Morinville has a new face at FCSS desk

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – There is a new face in the Town’s Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) Department. Karin Debenham took on the role of FCSS Coordinator Dec. 3, filling a position that had been vacant for a few months. Debenham comes to Morinville with 15 years experience, having previously worked in the field in Spruce Grove… […]

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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 24 pages of our regular round up of local relevant news, including our coverage of the weekend’s Christmas festival. If you are unable to obtain a copy at one of our more than 100 locations,… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: Joe Morinville

Editor’s note: Joe has no theme this week, just a random list of his thoughts – thoughts that seldom seem to have an order or theme to them…. […]

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Arts & Culture

Community Christmas Celebration marks its 34th year

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The sounds of the season will once again be ringing from St. Jean Baptiste Church Dec. 20 as the community comes together for the 34th Annual Community Christmas Celebration, an interdenominational Christmas gathering that organizers are hoping will once again bring residents and visitors together…. […]