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Morinville News

Morinville neighbourhood vandalized

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Residents awoke Wednesday morning to find their quiet neighbourhood blanketed with graffiti after an overnight vandalism spree. Vehicles, garbage cans, fences, sidewalks and buildings were tagged with symbols, slogans, and profanity. The vandalism took place off 102 Street in the area of 95 to 97 Avenue.

Morinville RCMP responded to complaints on the incident before 8 a.m. Wednesday morning… […]

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Province

More employment standards enforcement coming

By Morinville News Staff

Edmonton – A new web page listing deadbeat Alberta employers who have not paid employees properly is one of the tools in the province’s new arsenal of tools to improve fairness in the workplace. The government announced June 19 the initiative would combine increased education tools and employment standards enforcement… […]

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Morinville News

Town of Morinville back in business…sort of

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Town staff moved back to St. Germain Place over the weekend. But the return to home base was not without its hiccups, the largest of which has been having no phone lines. Those who have tried to call the Town of Morinville have been unable to get through… […]

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Morinville News

Plenty for kids to do this summer

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – There will be no reason to sit on the couch this summer; the Town of Morinville has six weeks of summer activities this July and August, entertaining and educational programs aimed at children aged 6 to 12. Program organizer Breanna Grant is excited about the opportunities for children to mix social learning skills with physical exercise in a fun series of programs that will take place inside… […]

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Arts & Culture

Concert series feeds souls and bellies

Photos by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Approximately 120 music students took to the Smith Music stage over the Father’s Day weekend in an annual concert series that was one part recital and one part giving back to the community… […]

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Legal

The weekend in photos

An upward lift
Champion Petfoods raised their new high tech stack to the roof of the plant Sunday morning. The new piece of technology will be calibrated over the next two weeks and is to be the final component of the company’s odour mitigation plan. – Stephen Dafoe Photo… […]

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Local Sports

Teachers gather to pitch mental stereotypes

Photos by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Skyline Diamonds were taken over by approximately 100 teachers, support staff and their guests for the second annual Pitching Mental Health Stereotypes Tournament, a fellowship and fundraising effort by the Sturgeon ATA Local 27… […]

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Morinville News

Town Hall reopens this week, library to follow

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – Movers, construction workers and Town and library staff were busy over the June 15 weekend packing boxes at the Parish Hall and unpacking them at the newly renovated St. Germain Place… […]

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Arts & Culture

St. Jean Baptiste Festival ready to rock the weekend

By The Morinville News Staff

Morinville – It’s another weekend of something for everyone this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The third annual St. Jean Baptiste Festival kicks off Friday afternoon in and around the Ray McDonald Sports Centre (arena). Organizers of this year’s volunteer-run community festival are pretty confident this will be the best one yet… […]

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Arts & Culture

Festival attendees in for royal treat

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – It’s a triple theatrical treat this weekend during St. Jean Baptiste Festival 2012. The Caviar Players will put on three performances of A Health Unto Her Majesty, a commissioned play written by David Haas and directed by Claudette deBruijn, both of whom have been involved with the local theatrical group for several years… […]

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Morinville News

County collision claims life

By Morinville News Staff

Sturgeon County – A man is dead after a collision Saturday night. Morinville RCMP responded to a single vehicle collision at a Sturgeon County residence around 9:15 p.m. June 16… […]

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Morinville News

Father’s Day marks big changes for local church

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The sun and the Son rose on local Christians Sunday morning as they gathered to celebrate the word of God as they do each and every week in Morinville. But this week’s services had an extra level of celebration for members of Morinville Christian Fellowship. Pastor Greg Fraser told his congregation the church would be getting a name change… […]

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Arts & Culture

What’s on this weekend

Music the weekend through

The Smith Music concert series has become a Father’s Day weekend tradition in Morinville, providing music students at all levels with an opportunity to share what they have learned and the music school and its students with an opportunity to help the Morinville Food Bank Society. Simultaneously filling the soul with the sound of music and filling some bellies with food is a combination that will occur during six concerts set to take place June 15 to 17 at… […]

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Morinville News

Downtown open house dispels a few myths on ASP

Photos by Lucie Roy

Morinville – Approximately 100 people attended an open house Thursday night on an area structure plan that will affect the downtown core and seeks to expand commercial opportunities for Morinville. The session, held at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre, included a presentation on the plan and a question and answer session on the same… […]