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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Edmontonian not happy with ticket availability

I’m writing to express my concern, disappointment and frustration with ticket sales and promotions for events at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. My wife and I live in Edmonton and are great lovers of the arts. Not only do we support our local symphony, opera, and several Edmonton theatre troupes, we frequently buy tickets to events in outlying areas… […]

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Local Sports

Mavericks take to ice for sixth season

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Saturday mornings will soon see the bleachers of the Ray McDonald Sports Centre full of parents, grandparents and other relatives enthusiastically watching children play hockey. But for three hours each Saturday what will set the players on the ice apart from many other teams that will occupy the rink that day and throughout the week is the range of ages and genders playing together on the ice…. […]

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Arts & Culture

The weekend in photos

This & That … and the other thing
This & That owner owner Amanda Jepson mugs for the camera with one of the more animated Halloween items in her new store. The shop, located at in the Westmore Plaza behind Tim Hortons, had its grand opening over the weekend… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: Progressive views – Abandoning our Future

By Tristan Turner

Canada once held a sterling international reputation on seeking solutions to the issue of climate change – the defining issue of my generation. After all, in 1988 Toronto hosted the first-ever international scientific conference on climate change “Our Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security”. After the conference’s proceedings, international scientists… […]

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Arts & Culture

Youth fiction has a new protector

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Sipping an iced beverage at a local coffee shop, 18-year-old Grant MacEwan student Rebecca Bourque is modest in telling how her four-year long journey to becoming a published author unfolded. The Morinville resident has recently published The Protectors, the first of a three-book fantasy series she has written.

“I’ve always been really interested in reading,” Bourque said of her love of the printed word, a love that has caused… […]

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Morinville News

The day in photos

Sausage sensation
Morinville Community High School(MCHS) Principal Todd Eistetter was cooking up homemade Italian sausages for the Meet the School Faculty Barbeque held Thursday night at MCHS. Eistetter said 25 staff members along with Peter Nolan who procured the meat, spices and equipment got together in a commercial kitchen and made 450 pounds of sausage for the event… […]

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Local News

The week in photos so far

They’re all reading it
Paul Krauskopf, Tom Hammond and Larry Rivet reading and other patrons were all reading the latest edition of The Morinville News at Friends & Neighbors Family Restaurant Wednesday morning… […]

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Morinville News

Anglicans have new ministry team

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Morinville has two new people behind the pulpit these days. Recently joining the church are Reverend Ron Hörst and Deacon Laureta Blondin, a duo who will share responsibilities in leading worship… […]

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Morinville News

Champion puts focus on employees after factory fire

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Champion has an extra workload ahead of them after an early-morning fire Saturday took out the company’s dryer in Kitchen 2. Morinville fire fighters were called to the local pet food manufacturer around 4:30 a.m. Sept. 8 where they discovered some extremely hot metal.

“Upon arrival the fire fighters discovered the large heater dryer was overheated and the sides… […]

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Morinville News

Trees to come and go this fall

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Town of Morinville will be spending approximately $35,000 this fall to remove, trim and plant trees in the community. The monies allotted for in the 2012 budget will mostly be used for purchase and planting; however, $10,000 will be used to employ an arborist to trim and prune larger trees… […]

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Morinville News

Town finds Community Peace Officers rank

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Community Police Officers (CPO) working in Morinville will now have a pecking order. Council gave final reading to a new bylaw that establishes the rank of sergeant and adds supervisory duties to the rank… […]

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Morinville News

Municipal Development Plan passes third reading after public hearing

Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Although the infrastructure beneath its streets positions Morinville to provide water and sewer for a population of 30,000, a document worked on by the Town’s Planning and Development Department has been seeking to position the community to handle double its current population of approximately 8,500 residents. That document, Morinville’s Municipal Development Plan… […]