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Monday Morning News – Mar. 12 edition

The Mar. 12 issue of Monday Morning News hits store counters and shelves Monday morning. This week’s issue is 36 pages of news, views and things to see and do in Morinville all bundled up into one weekly community magazine. For those unable to get a copy at one of the 50 locations… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Editorial: $870,000 is a lot of money

Some Morinville residents who keep up with what’s going on in the community were outraged at the end of February when it was disclosed renovations to Civic Plaza were estimated to be $870,000 over budget. Comments included the belief taxes would surely go up, the proclamation that heads must surely roll, and the request someone must be made accountable for this egregious example of a council gone wild and spending money like drunken sailors on shore leave… […]

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Local talent to help build Indonesian school

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It’s not uncommon to see local talent gather at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar on a Friday night for their monthly Hot Dogma nights, but this Friday singers, musicians and other performers will gather to help raise funds to build a school in Indonesia… […]

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Local business comes through for family of six

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A local family of six will settle into their new home this week thanks to a local business that came to their aid when the one they were living in was deemed unfit for occupancy. Ian Morrill, Therasa Smith, and their four children are the recipients of a brand new mobile home, delivered last week by Pleasant Homes… […]

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What’s on this weekend in Morinville

Morinville has a wide-variety of stuff going on this weekend and it couldn’t be any more diverse. It all begins Friday night.

Ballet Kelowna
Ballet Kelowna will be in town Friday night with a five-piece show that takes the audience through a history of ballet. From the greatest tragic love story Romeo & Juliet to the famous… […]

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Around the town – Thursday edition

Tap dance students work their moves at the bar Mar. 7. About 12 area residents are signed up for tap dance lessons at Dance Connections in Morinville. The class meets weekly… […]

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Local scouts paint for peace

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – There was plenty of face painting going on Wednesday night as 1st Morinville Scouting members got together to apply a little creativity to each other’s faces. Scouts, Cubs and Beavers paired off to take turns being artist and canvas, each using water-washable crayons to create a peaceful design on their fellow scouter’s face… […]

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Local Sports

One down, three to go for Jets

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – You could not have asked for a closer hockey game Wednesday night. Tied 1-1 through three periods and matched 28-28 in shots until the final three minutes of overtime, the Morinville Jets and Edmonton Royals were not prepared to give up any ground in the opening game of a best-of-seven semi-final league series… […]

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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… […]