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Weatherly off to dart nationals

By Lucie Roy

Morinville – Jessica Weatherly of Morinville will be one of the youth dart players to represent Alberta at the nationals. She placed 2nd in the Junior Female 2012 Youth Provincial Championships held Feb.28 in Calgary, winning her a spot on the 2012 Team Alberta Youth going to Thunder Bay, Ontario May 18-20 for the national competition… […]

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Schools and Lions helping local family

By Lucie Roy

Morinville – The Morinville Lions Club have donated one-and-a-half garbage can, approximately 25 litres, of soft drink tabs to École Alexandre-Tache, one of two schools trying to help a Morinville family. The two schools, Ecole La Mission in Heritage Lake St Albert and Ecole Alexandre Tache are collecting the tabs for Morinville parents Nathalie Dufour and Eric Bouchard and their two children, Frederic and Melodie, each of whom require a vertical electric wheelchair… […]

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Change your PIN each month, expert recommends

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Change your bank card PIN monthly if you want to make sure your dollars stay in your bank account. That’s the recommendation of Corporal Julie MacFarlane-Smith of K. Division’s Commercial Crime Section North.
“That’s the best advice I can give you,” the commercial fraud expert said at the conclusion of a 90-minute presentation on debit and credit card fraud Mar. 5… […]

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Jets enter round three Wednesday night

By Morinville News.com Staff

Morinville – The Morinville Jets take to the ice Wednesday night for game 1 of round 3 of playoffs. The Jets opponent in the semi-final best-of-seven series will be the Edmonton Royals, a team that unseated the league-leading Sherwood Park Knights in round 2… […]

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Native art exhibit on display at Notre Dame School

By Lucie Roy

Morinville– Art and art history are coming together at Notre Dame Elementary School. A visiting exhibit featuring works from a member of the famous Indian Group of Seven is on display at the school’s library until Mar. 22… […]

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RCMP looking for big screen boosting bandit

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – Police are turning to the public for assistance in finding out stole a 64-inch plasma television from the back of a truck in broad daylight… […]

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Legal

Legal a finalist in Big Valley Jamboree contest

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – Big Valley Jamboree’s Small Town Saturday Night contest have selected their 10 finalists and Legal is one of them. The community recently rallied together to show their community spirit in the production of a two-minute video entry in the contest… […]

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Canadian Blood Services looking for new donors

By Morinvillenews.com Staff

Morinville – Canadian Blood Services will be back in Morinville for another blood donor clinic at the Rendez-Vous Centre Mar. 13, and are hoping more Morinvillians will step up and save lives… […]

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COP keep eyes and ears open for RCMP

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Armed with nothing more than a pen and paper, cell phone, flashlight, police scanner, and a couple cups of coffee, a small number of local residents regularly take to the streets of Morinville and Cardiff after dark, keeping their eyes and ears open for what doesn’t look and sound right. They’re Citizens on Patrol (COP), a civilian watch organization that has been operating in Morinville since 1997… […]

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Ballet Kelowna bringing romantic journey to Morinville

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – A Grand Passion is coming to the stage of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Friday night. Ballet Kelowna will perform a show that takes their audience on a romantic journey through ballet history. From the greatest tragic love story Romeo & Juliet to the famous pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty… […]

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Local Sports

MCHS has something to cheer about

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The MCHS Cheer Team return to school Monday morning with the 2011/2012 Small Varsity Cheer Provincial Championship in their hands. The team travelled to Brooks over the weekend for provincials and competed Mar. 2 and 3… […]

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Youth Rally looking to make an impact this weekend

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – An evening of music, drama, testimonies, and Jesus is planned for Saturday night at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. Impact Youth Ministries, a branch of Morinville Christian Fellowship, will be holding a Youth Rally Mar. 10 from 7 p.m. until 10:30 p.m… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Editorial: What to do about the cultural centre

It is disappointing to look at the fourth quarter report on the Morinville Community Cultural Centre (CCC) and see the facility lost $353,352 in its first half year of operation. We take comfort that estimated losses were in the neighbourhood of $418,477 and the actual losses were less… […]

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Local News

Monday Morning News – Mar. 5 edition

The Mar. 5 issue of Monday Morning News hits store counters and shelves Monday morning. This week’s issue is 32 pages of news, views and things to see and do in Morinville all bundled up into one weekly community magazine… […]